Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

This is my third pair of Keens, but first of this model. They are very comfortable and have little to no break-in time. I bought these boots for working outdoors for a job I started the second week of May. I have had a very good experience with my previous two pair of Keens and did not hesitate to buy these. During my typical work-day, I do a lot of hiking on multiple types of surfaces doing reforestation habitat restoration, these surfaces include going from pavement to gravel to trails to open meadows. Over the 9 weeks that I have been wearing them, they have protected my feet and have supported my arches and ankles, but here’s the bad… They are only waterproof to a degree. If you spend any time at all walking through wet tall grass, water gets in around the tongue and soaks your feet. Because of this, I have had to dry them out on a daily basis in order to have dry feet the next day. Today after arriving home I noticed that on either side of each boot toward the toe, the thin leather was cracking exposing the backing (see picture). I am super disappointed in the craftsmanship of this model of Keen’s, as 9 weeks for $145 in foot wear just doesn’t cut it. Before you say, “Well he didn’t put any leather conditioning products on his boots, no wonder they cracked.” I treated them with the same leather product I have used on my previous pairs of Keens and I do not have this issue on the older boots. Perhaps I received a bad pair as the other reviews here are good. However, if your buy these expecting them to last more than 9 weeks doing outdoor work, I would caution you to invest the cost of these boots in another manufacturer or another model of Keens.