Re: What kind of boots do you wear in the field? Danne
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: ArmaHeavy</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I got a pair of gore-tex Danners. Might be TFXs. Besides being 75% off, in coyote brown.
I like the coyote version the best. With that they are made out of roughed up leather and easier to clean then the tan suede version which gets dirty sitting in the box(stupid shit). Hard as hell to clean and pointless for a boot to match the uniform does that.
Too much work for a field boot. Altamas are good too.</div></div>
Those are the ones they call "mojave olive" (coyote brown)... not to be confused with ARPAT olive (sage green). They are what I'm wearing now after I sent back a pair of those light tan goretex TFX because the suede split on the side of them. For being a goretex boot and supposedly treated leather, my tan ones were NOT waterproof.
It snowed here & i've been wearing the mojave ones around in it. Nice & warm feet, bone dry.
I'm not sure i'd choose the gore-tex version for Iraq, they are pretty hot for a desert boot. However, they'd be great from somewhere colder like a-stan. I live at almost 7k feet of elevation and spend a lot of time above 8k in the mountains. It's cold as crud here right now and i'm plenty fine in these.
when it gets even lower i'll get out the 1000g Irish setter Elk Hunter boots in my closet. I wear those for winter camping & ice fishing because it's the only way I can still feel my feet. lol.