06-08-2006, 04:57 AM
korkers - there are some that say the inter changeble soles fall off. I have not heard any of these people say that they had contacted Korkers about the problem. I have not heard anyone say that Korkers does not support their products.
I have not had that problem. I have had mine about a year and would class myself as a light to moderate user. I heard, after I had bought mine, that the early ones had some problems with the soles coming off but the problem has been fixed. The interchangeable soles can be quite nice.
Last winter I bought the the hard rubber soles with the large carbide cleats. I just love them. They are outstanding. I feel like a mountain goat in the water and climbing car size boulders and rocks on the river bank. Snow does not stick to them. They have great grip on wet grass, narrow gravel canyon trails, moss covered rocks and 'rock snot' covered rocks. The grip in the river is so good that some times you keep expecting you foot to slip down the side of a rock because you have years of experience with felt soles do it. But you find you have to actually lift your foot to get it to move. At times I have wished the boots had more ankle support because the aggressive cleats do grip the cobble in the river so well that you ankles do more rotating than they would with felt soles. If you are not as young and spry wading as you used to be I think you will be pleasantly please with the added security the carbide studded soles give you.
A number of environmental & state agencies are starting to recommend not getting felt soles. Small invasive critters like whirling disease, Rock Snot and New Zealand Mudsnails can get into the felt and be hard to properly cleanse. Also, the felt adsorbs cleaning solutions well and is then hard to thoroughly rinse out. Aquastealth and hard rubber studded soles do not have that problem.
Many many people think that Simms makes built proof boots.
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I have not had that problem. I have had mine about a year and would class myself as a light to moderate user. I heard, after I had bought mine, that the early ones had some problems with the soles coming off but the problem has been fixed. The interchangeable soles can be quite nice.
Last winter I bought the the hard rubber soles with the large carbide cleats. I just love them. They are outstanding. I feel like a mountain goat in the water and climbing car size boulders and rocks on the river bank. Snow does not stick to them. They have great grip on wet grass, narrow gravel canyon trails, moss covered rocks and 'rock snot' covered rocks. The grip in the river is so good that some times you keep expecting you foot to slip down the side of a rock because you have years of experience with felt soles do it. But you find you have to actually lift your foot to get it to move. At times I have wished the boots had more ankle support because the aggressive cleats do grip the cobble in the river so well that you ankles do more rotating than they would with felt soles. If you are not as young and spry wading as you used to be I think you will be pleasantly please with the added security the carbide studded soles give you.
A number of environmental & state agencies are starting to recommend not getting felt soles. Small invasive critters like whirling disease, Rock Snot and New Zealand Mudsnails can get into the felt and be hard to properly cleanse. Also, the felt adsorbs cleaning solutions well and is then hard to thoroughly rinse out. Aquastealth and hard rubber studded soles do not have that problem.
Many many people think that Simms makes built proof boots.
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