| | |  | Kenetrek | Home » » Kenetrek Unisex 10 Inch Grizzly Insulated Boot | | | | | | Colors: | | | | | Description: | | Outdoorsman and workers alike will call the Grizzly their everyday-all day boot. Made with old world craftsmanship using the finest components available, these boots are built tough for the demanding outdoorsman. Available in whole sizes 5 - 15. Assembled in Bozeman, Montana USA. | | | Features: | |
• Handmade vulcanized rubber bottoms for increased durability
• Removable insulating liner with 400 gr of Thinsulate insulation together with 3 mm of wool felt for warmth without the bulk
• High traction Kenetrek K-Talon outsole provides serious grip in mud snow or dry ground
| | | Product Details: | | | Package Length:
| 12.0 inches | | Package Width:
| 8.0 inches | | Package Height:
| 4.0 inches | | Package Weight:
| 2.0 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 2 reviews |
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 Backpacker and Hikers take.Mar 29, 2011
By Dry Clean Only
In my first two week long trek in January and Febuary in Oklahoma, I found that waxed leather boots were not effective in the long run in snow, ice and than warm melting periods that I faced in that winter. Perspiration would soak into the leather lining of the boots during the day. Snow melt would on the melt days warm into and soak the outsides of the boots. At night both layers of leather would freeze. The only solution was to bag the boots and put them between my legs, as the sleeping bag I was using did not have additional space at the foot. This was uncomfortable, my feet were severely blistered after weeks of having wet feet. I guess I'm lucky I did not get trench foot.
The next boot I would take needed to match leather backpacking boots in comfort and more:
GOOD
- Insualted for warmth
-Removable liner for drying at night
-Water proof bottoms.
-Good traction on the bottoms for wet rock, and wet logs (Similar to Vibram or Airbob)
-Stiff long shank to protect my feet from mis-steps into hidden rock points under the snow.
I examined Sorel, LLBean, and Kenetrek boots.
Sorels are more mainstream and readily available. Most models offer 9mm felt. Most models have Airbob or other high traction sole. All models lacked a steel shank, which I believed I would need.
Bean boots have 200g* Thinsulate/Goretex booties, and steel shanks that end after the arch of the foot. The traction on a Bean duck boot is completely inadequate. *200g Thinsulate: "200 grams* for cool conditions or high activity levels - Recommended for work boots, hiking boots, rubber bottom boots, hunting boots, snowboard boots, alpine ski boots, or athletic winter boots."
All Kenetrek boots use a combination liner that contains 3mm wool/poly felt like the Sorel and 400g Thinsulate. Their soles are a soft sticky rubber, much softer and shorter wearing than Vibram 100 lug, but providing much more traction. The shank goes from the beginning of the huge wide block heel, to right behind the widest part of the boot, where the ball of the foot would rest. This is excellent! On paper this is perfect.
Murphey's Law on the Appalachian Trail.
Break in took little time. Arriving on the AT in the dead of winter my feet faced conditions consisting of temps from -10F on bad days, 10F on average; ankle deep snow, or icy slush and mud as I trekked from Vermont to New Jersey carrying my possessions on my back.
The leather uppers of the grizzly are soft and spongy and soak in Limmer boot grease and SnoSeal readily providing the leather with a limited 4-5 days of water proof trekking. Although with regularly water proofing water never entered the rubber bottoms of the Grizzly is lined with duck canvas. Canvas duck is cotton and it soaks sweat and refuses to give it up. Each day my feet would be soaked with sweat, I would pull the liner out dry it in my sleeping bag. Wake up with dry liners and socks and by night the dance would repeat again.
Because of the collection of sweat from exertion each day and the limited breathability through water proofed leather and rubber, water would pool in the rubber bottoms. With moisture filling the insulating spaces in the Thinsulate and wool, the second I would rest the rubber being an excellent conductor of temperature would chill my feet to a terribly uncomfortable state, forcing me to keep water, and lunch breaks to a bare minimum, and hit the trail running again untill my blood pumped into my feet once again. Awful.
Worse than all of what I have just stated is that when left out of my sleeping bag, the rubber bottoms of the Grizzlys gets incredibly brittle. When the boots are put on each morning, any extreme flex ie a kneel to pick up gear of the ground would CRACK and crumble the rubber along the flex point. The cracks were patched with a tire patch, but given enough time, enough micro cracks appear and even a rubber patch is insufficient.
BAD:
-Dries slow
-Not warm enough for extreme winter conditions, take this into account when buying
-Rubber cracks when put on in extreme conditions, take this into account if you are camping, or just going for a walk out of your house.
 Solid and warmDec 22, 2010
By Foster68
I was looking for a pair of good quality winter boots that could get me through a Canadian or Swedish winter without problem. Would be used mainly for daily city wear, but I also enjoy winter hiking and wanted something that I could be out hiking in for 6 or 7 hours at a time, down to about minus 20 centigrade. So, not extremely hardcore, but something that could keep me warm and dry.
I decided on PAC style boots (removable liner) due to warmth (not always a high activity level outside, otherwise I would have been looking at hunting boots for mobility). I liked the looks of some Sorel and Kamik boots, but when I checked them in the shop, and researched them online, I was concerned about the quality - specifically the rubber shoe / sole and the insulation given by the inserts.
The Kenetrek boots seemed to have everything I was looking for, and although I couldn't find them in a local shop (Stockholm) to see them in person I liked the things they focus on when describing their boots (rubber quality, insulation quality for example). I also liked the fact that hunters seemed to be the main target market (get it? Hunters... Target market... Heh). So they certainly weren't sold as a fashion boot that would fall apart after two seasons.
So I took a chance and have been very very happy with them. The quality is unbelievable - really solid, waterproof, thick leather. No complaints at all. We've already had a lot of snow and cold in Sweden this year, and I wanted to give them a decent workout before I reviewed them. I've been out a half dozen times for at least a few hours at a time and they have been great. With a pair of liner and wool socks and moderate activity level they have been warm and light enough that they haven't felt like a burden while pushing through snowdrifts.
Sizing was standard, I've had a bit of rubbing on one heel, but that is my heel's fault. I got the 10 inch instead of the 13 more for looks and practicality (daily city use), but this hight has been great for what I will use them for. Also can just be slipped on for a quick walk to the corner store.
Can't recommend highly enough.
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