Palladium Boots - yay or nay or surrender?

[Captain Hook]

As per title, does anyone have experience with these? I always thought these were yummy fashion accessories, but apparently they're actually meant to be military footwear.

I hate having hot feet in summer and I usually wear Converse All Stars, but of late the quality has been crap and the prices have e gone up, so I've been looking for another canvas based takkie. If these suck, anyone have any other suggestions?

Shot

CH

[flyinggun]

When I asked former French soldiers about these boots, they answered that they would rather buy their own Lowa's.

[Captain Hook]

When I asked former French soldiers about these boots, they answered that they would rather buy their own Lowa's.

So surrender...

[Samanjo]

I've owned several pairs of Hi Tec hiking boots over the years and they served me well

[oafpatroll]

I've owned several pairs of Hi Tec hiking boots over the years and they served me well

Same here. In terms of kilometres per ZAR they're hard to beat.

[Meteor]

I bought some Hi-Tec tekkies but didn't get the old quality. The soles came of in 2 weeks.
I don't think they are all from the same factory though so ymmv.

If the classic Hi Tec Granite is still up to spec I'd like to try my first pair.

[Kev123]

I have a pair of Palladiums for "fashion" while they are comfy, I have run them on the range a few times and were fine. As for actually using them everyday in the field, I cant comment.

[dwak]

I've had a pair for a while and only used them when traveling to snowy\cold environments.
Can't wear them a lot in SA, my feet get too hot.
Had no quality issues, they've been really comfortable and have stayed waterproof.