In June, 2018 GORUCK announced they were creating boots then posted up a pre-order with an anticipated ship date of October, 2018. A few days after that pre-order went live I had MACV-1 boots in size 12, 13, and 14 ordered. This post is going to be a long one (thousands of words) because there’s […]
Footwear
Preview: Rocky S2V Military Boot
I previously reviewed the Rocky S2V waterproof boots which received less-than-stellar markings. The quality was there but the website was misleading in terms of how well they would drain water. Since that review I had discovered the Merrel Moab Ventilator boots and hadn’t looked back. After using those boots in 10+ events (and hundreds of […]
Rocky S2V Waterproof Insulated Military Boot Review
I purchased the Rocky S2V Waterproof Insulated Military Duty boots in anticipation of the Seattle HCL 001 in the snowy mountains. I’m making waterproof and insulated bold because this review is about the waterproof insulated boots… not about the vented boots or any other boots made by Rocky. The waterproof insulated coyote brown boot is […]
Merrell Moab Ventilator Mid Boots Review
The Merrell Moab Ventilator Mid boots were recommended to me from a number of heavy hitters in the GORUCK community. The boots were reasonably priced at $100 (significantly cheaper than the others I was looking at) so I went ahead and bought them at REI. Fit Holy hell these boots run small! I generally wear […]