I have a pair of Vasques, and I wouldn't recommend them for heavy duty use. They're already starting to tear up. I was disappointed and won't be buying Vasques again.

Re: Goretex. At some points your boots are going to get overtopped, it's unavoidable in the outdoors. And goretex boots take a lot longer to dry out than regular boots. A lot.

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Posted by RogerTheShrubber

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Posted on 10/19/12 at 1:14 pm to Jim Rockford

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Re: Goretex. At some points your boots are going to get overtopped, it's unavoidable in the outdoors. And goretex boots take a lot longer to dry out than regular boots. A lot.

Whether to use it or not depends where you are hiking. Some type of water resistance is necessary for snow IMO.

I wear these for snowshoeing. Work fine and do a good job of keeping the feet dry. Merrell Thermo 6

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Posted by LSUintheNW

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Posted on 10/19/12 at 1:50 pm to Jim Rockford

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Re: Goretex. At some points your boots are going to get overtopped, it's unavoidable in the outdoors. And goretex boots take a lot longer to dry out than regular boots. A lot.

Gaiters help avoid that problem but I still would only use goretex for snow.

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Posted by Pectus

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Posted on 10/19/12 at 2:18 pm to Jim Rockford

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Re: Goretex. At some points your boots are going to get overtopped, it's unavoidable in the outdoors. And goretex boots take a lot longer to dry out than regular boots. A lot.

She was talking about using them for hiking.

Regardless of what boot you wear, when you get water in them it gets complicated.

I don't get your reasoning here.

My Vasques have seen many a mile and I wore the sole down on 1 in 2 summers, and am on my second pair.

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