ROCKY Fq0000102 mens Military and Tactical Boot

update: Leather tore after a few dozen days of casual wear. Clearly a material defect. Nothing but static and redirect by their customer "service" both sides of the border. I would buy another set if it wasnt for them jerking me around. I should have trusted my gut and stuck with Danner. I am shopping for some now.

These are great boots and in the short time I have had them I put on about 100 miles already. They provide excellent support and the anti-roll feature seems to work quite well. I have not tested the "walk'em dry" claim so I am unable to comment. I found the boots fit as expected, I wear a size 8M in my runners and other shoes and ordered the same in the S2Vs and they fit well. I did find that there is a break-in period, especially in the heal area. I have used a bit of moleskin and the more I wear them the less I get blisters. I cannot think of a negative thing to say about these boot or Amazon.

I’m only giving a 1 start because the stitching on top starting breaking 30 minutes after my first wear. I didn’t believe it, but it happened. They still felt very confortable. I did returned them.

Everything is high quality. The insole is inches think and the inside of the boot is soft material. The price is a little high, but there are somethings that you just don’t want to cheap out on. I had the regulars in the army and now I got the steel toes for my new job. Same great quality.

I have owned this boot in Tan and Coyote. I wore them while in the Army and on deployment. I was looking for new boots for my Civilian job as a Correctional Officer. The job is demanding on your feet, I stand, walk and climb stairs all day. I have had many, many other boots over the last 17 years in the job (Bates, Magnum, Belleville, Nike, Oakley and multiple pairs of the Rocky Paraboot). In the military I have had the typical Standard Issue and Danner’s. Although once I switched to the S2V’s, I concluded pretty quickly.. I will never buy another boot. I was unaware that they came in Black, so I purchased these for my Career in Corrections. I am typically in a 9 running shoe, measured at an 8 - 8.5 wide by the computers in the running shoe stores, that said.. I ordered a 8.5 medium or normal (not wide boot) and they fit me perfectly. Pros: pretty much no break in period (very very little discomfort above the Achilles, went away after day one) , boots are very well constructed and feel like the equivalent of a running boot. -although the black seem to be stiffer than the Tan/Coyote (Completely different leathers) I think that they breathe well, I am in AZ and don’t have an issue with them being too hot in the AZ Summer. Cons: you will read over and over that the tread does wear faster then “normal” boots. These last at most 2 years, the Rocky Paraboot comes in best at about 4 years. I find that the price is worth paying for the comfort these boots provide .. 2 years is more than enough time that you should probably replace your boots anyhow.