Reviews & Ratings for Hanwag Tatra II GTX Hiking Boots - Men's — 2 reviews — Page 1

I have love these shoes, I have owned probably 15 pair. I typically go through 3 pair a year. I wear them everyday, all day. This pair a lace holder pulled out just yesterday, not sure if they will be covered under warranty or not as they are only a month old.

After three resolings, it was time to retire my Asolo 520 GTX boots. I wanted to go lightweight, so I tried some lightweight Asolo boots, which worked fine for day hiking but didn't really protect my feet (note: it seems one of the first places light shoes lose weight, is in the outsole) even if they did a good job stabilizing my ankles. I then tried lightweight low-top hiking shoes, and the steep trails jammed my toes into the toe box, because my narrow heels wouldn't lock into place. Five years of trying different boots and I finally, after a trip with some pretty good Salewa boots--3 nights in Grand Canyon, including the Clear Creek Trail--my feet said: pack + rocky trails + super light outsoles = sore feet.

If you have a narrow heel and wide instep and it's hard to lock your feet into shoes and boots, you might consider this boot. The last set eyelets lock--pull the laces straight outward to tension them, and when you fold them to catch the lower eye hooks they lock the laces in place--and that allows me to tension the lower laces a little less snug than the uppers. I played with lacing trying to find the right tension, and by the time I was able to get into some mountains with the now-broken in boots--hikes around the house and some state park trails--I had heels locked comfortably in place, toes that didn't bang the toe box even though my laces were merely snug, not ratcheted down like in previous boots. And even Hermit's Trail may have almost hammered my poor qua...
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