Those Hanwags sure are comfortable from day one and do keep your trotters dry. I bought mine to replace an identical looking pair of Meindls on which both of the soles delaminated on the same day after maybe 6 years. Guess what? After a similar timeframe the soles on those Hanwags simultaneously delaminated just like the Meindls. I then bought a pair of new in the box old stock MOD Meindls which are of the same construction style. They both delaminated on the first walk around my local park with the dog. I bought a pair of second hand Meindl fabric boots of a similar sole design but with fabric uppers- they delaminated too but at least I got half a season of sedentary walking out of them. I'm about done with this Meindl / Hanwag type of boot construction. I've just bought a pair of Alt-Berg Defenders principally because the rand design is reminiscent of an old pair of Brasher Hillmaster GTX that I've had at least 30 years and are still holding up. They have no tread left but at least they haven't disintegrated and I never had wet feet with them either. Let us know how you get on with the Banks SF and I'll do likewise with the Alt-Bergs. Simply great video anyway- I'm three hundred miles away in the softee sarf and videos like this are just fantastic for me, so cheers and a belated happy birthday.
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Those Hanwags sure are comfortable from day one and do keep your trotters dry. I bought mine to replace an identical looking pair of Meindls on which both of the soles delaminated on the same day after maybe 6 years. Guess what? After a similar timeframe the soles on those Hanwags simultaneously delaminated just like the Meindls. I then bought a pair of new in the box old stock MOD Meindls which are of the same construction style. They both delaminated on the first walk around my local park with the dog. I bought a pair of second hand Meindl fabric boots of a similar sole design but with fabric uppers- they delaminated too but at least I got half a season of sedentary walking out of them. I'm about done with this Meindl / Hanwag type of boot construction. I've just bought a pair of Alt-Berg Defenders principally because the rand design is reminiscent of an old pair of Brasher Hillmaster GTX that I've had at least 30 years and are still holding up. They have no tread left but at least they haven't disintegrated and I never had wet feet with them either. Let us know how you get on with the Banks SF and I'll do likewise with the Alt-Bergs. Simply great video anyway- I'm three hundred miles away in the softee sarf and videos like this are just fantastic for me, so cheers and a belated happy birthday.
@@KL3NCH hi actually they leaked after making the vid, but hanwag replaced them no questions asked. Did Skye trail in them.