[pct-l] Sundowner boots

[V Hurst]

Jack,
That would have been about the time I believe that the moved their operation to an Asian country or moved it back not sure and retailers didn't really know where the boots were coming from...at least that is the spin/story I was told...I worked for a major outdoor retailer at the time and then moved to a small high end type outdoor store and they decided not to carry them until they were assured in about 2004 or so that they were being made in Italy again...boot issues can be so aggravating and hike interupting for sure... I see that you did finish your hike despite the boot issue :) 

My experience with the blisters happened in 1998 (gack a long time ago!!) and I threw the boots OUT as soon as I got home...luckily I have hiked a few more miles since then.  Until I discovered the Montrails I ALWAYS had blisters...managed to move them to the toes and away from the heels so at least hiking wasn't SO bad.. :) My favorite hike was in a pair of La Sportiva trail runners and the whole time I kept telling everyone it was like hiking in slippers..down side was that the soles of my feet hurt cuz I was carrying too much weight! I'm learning...:) haven't had a blister since...:) and probably cut a couple of pounds of pack weight since..

vera




----- Original Message ----
From: Jack Richardson <jackrichardson at adelphia.net>
To: V Hurst <vjl_47 at yahoo.com>
Cc: pct-l at backcountry.net
Sent: Friday, November 9, 2007 11:07:20 AM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Sundowner boots

vera,


I have a love-hate feeling about them. I used them for my '01 AT thru. There was no break-in time and I did not get blisters; however the soles kept caming off the boots.  I was told they were manufactured in Italy and there was a single time production run problem (glue). They did replace them but the aggravation took its toll on me. 


tumbleweed2001at 




On Nov 9, 2007, at 10:36 AM, V Hurst wrote:


For a while they were made in Italy? then they sent them to China or somewhere to be made for a while..they were awful then...then they sent them back to Italy or somewhere to be made again within the last 2-3 years...now I haven't checked for  a year or so but this is what I think...soooo they may be better quality again now...
 
My experience with these are that you either love em or you hate 'em'...I do NOT like them.. :)
can you say mega heel blisters?! ruined my first AT hike.. :) but I was a newbie then and didn't know how to walk thru the pain... (kidding I'm sort of kidding:)
 
vera
 
, I talk badly about Vasque Sundowner boots! Specifically 
--- I had a pair a number of years ago and the leather cracked after 
a relatively short life and with no other problems. I have since 
heard that this is a typical occurrence. Maybe we don't know how to 
care for them properly, but I have had several pairs of other brand 
boots without that problem.

Pieces


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