Hello everyone.
I will do a 10-day jungle expedition next year. I was thinking about getting the Meindl Jungle Boots (see picture) for that case.
Does anyone have experience with these shoes, or do you have other suggestions on what shoes to pick?
Thank you, all input is appreciated!
when is some autistic photoshop gay gonna make a screencap of out's most recommended boots so we can stop these gay threads?
>Most recommended
>boots
Do your parents know you like the gay sex?
Salomon xa jungle boots look like they'd dry out exponentially faster than those.
it might sound counter-intuitive but in most jungles you actually want rubber boots, not military style jungle boots. the main reason is snakes. that's what i saw seen locals wearing and what i was told by locals. les stroud said the same thing in his Amazon director's commentary so it can't be bad advice https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqN1VmQw3bw
This.
Nobody understands that army boots are designed specifically for soldiering, in the same way bowling shoes are for bowling.
>army boots are designed specifically for soldiering
>soldiering never involves moving across difficult terrain
military boots basically just imitate hiking boots these days but there are some big differences that actually matter.
modern ones use outsole compounds that are designed to be non-slip multi surface because they have to handle stuff like oily pavement. this all comes at detriment to what's good in a compound for PrepHoleing.
here's one of the major outsole manufacturers, you can learn about the various compounds they sell by clicking 'technology' at the top. their website is dumb and won't let me directly link it.
https://us.vibram.com/
personally i don't frick around with boots that aren't at least as good as megagrip because i don't want boots that slip on wet rocks. https://us.vibram.com/technology/mega-grip/ some boot and shoe manufacturers have their own proprietary outsoles that are just as good.
none of this is really relevant to jungle boots but yeah, outsole material usually ain't the same on combat boots.
sandals are the superior jungle footwear.
I lived in the Amazon for 6 months. where I was everyone just wore regular shoes/flip flops. if they were doing any work in the jungle they would wear boots like this
Best bet is to wear whatever expat experts use, ask them (this goes for everywhere)
Next best is to copy what local workers use.
There may be a difference because local workers can't always afford nice western kit.
A lot of people wear sandals, but probably not for multiday hikes. Rubber boots feels like its a good idea and I have the vague mnemonic sense that I saw this a lot.
These things would be great too for living in depending on how many miles you are doing idk how they would be to hike all day in for 10 days. But again you wouldnt want them if you had to go through some deep water and then potentially sprint around in contact just after. Because they would be filled to the brim with water. That's where the jungle boots have come in for soldiers. And they dry out fairly quick just by changing your socks a shit load. But they will let water in very easy in the first place.
If you wore something like that or another dry boot and you think there is a chance you will go through deep water and get them wet inside, and you have to keep walking each day, maybe take a goretex sock liner as well for just in case because they will take days to dry out and you can frick your feet up pretty bad over 10 days of hiking with wet feet
I like danner reckonings a lot.
buy mcrae jungle boots and use lots of oil, beeswax, and polish on the leather
notice once the summergays go away there's only 1 boot thread other than the troll thread in the catalogue
>summergays go away
>middle of winter
I guess climate change is affecting PrepHole too
but yeah tl;dr a pair of hiking boots/runners with a sole compound like megagrip is going to kick the shit out of a military boot with a multi surface compound on difficult terrain. on typical terrain it'll be the same. there's a bunch of boots that have a hiking and combat boot version from the same manufacturer. the hiking one is better for hiking and the combat one is better for a soldier. combat boots are more generalist than hiking boots. the main difference between a modern combat boot and a hiking boot is the color and outsole compound pretty much. sometimes they'll use a different midsole. the outsole matters a lot though.
That looks like what OTB boots started as, but not military colored, I say yes to these
Forgot pic, if u can find these legends that are still made by new balance those are your best bet, simply the best boot, but failed some standard the army requested for fat shit tankers and the boot vanished
Jungle boots are designed to let water run out if you are wading through deep water. That doesn't make them a dry boot, in fact it means you step in so much as a puddle and water comes in the drainage holes. If you aren't planning to crawl around on the jungle floor and walk through the shittiest parts of it like a soldier has to do, and just accept that you are going to be wet all day.. If it's just a trail hike in the jungle. I would say to wear a dry goretex boot and gatiers instead
>10-day jungle expedition
As usual, OP makes an incredibly vague request and burns a thread for it. What jungle? What time of year? Are you staying on regular trails? Crossing rivers? Not even these basic bits of context were given.
its probably a PrepHole/k/got who wants a mental excuse to buy a fashion item and the trip isn't real