| Men's Merrell Traverse |
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| Brand: Merrell
Category: Shoes
Department: Mens
Buy New: $224.95 - $225.00
Avg. Customer Rating:   (2 reviews)
Sales Rank: 37960
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Media: Apparel
Clothing Size: *
ASIN: B000BXU5E2
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Product Description
A fully realized mountain boot meticulously rendered in the Merrell manner-tough, durable, powerful and ready to face off with demanding conditions and buoy up a heavy load. Waterproof top grain leather upper is cut close to eliminate bulk and matched to an In-Board? construction that internalizes the EVA footframe and integrated stiffened insole. The Vibram Hiker? Sole recruits Trek and Super Trek rubber for grip and braking even at full-throttle wilderness speeds. " Slip Lasted Construction " 2.6mm Vesta Waterproof Top Grain Leather Upper " 1mm Waterproof Glove Leather Collar and Bellows Tongue " Tesivel? 3-Bar Knit Lining " Injection Molded TPU Rear Stabilizer " Protective Rubber Toe Bumper " In-Line Stainless Steel Double Hooks " Easy Rollers II Stainless Steel Ball Bearing Lacing System " Dual Density Footbed " In-Board? Compression Molded EVA Footframe with Grade 8 Insole Molded to Bottom " Air Cushion Midsole " 7mm Sole Lug Depth " Vibram Backpacker? Sole/Trek Rubber " Crampon Compatible (most styles) Weight: 4 lbs. 2 ozs.
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Customer Reviews:
 GREAT BOOTS March 27, 2008
Absolutely the best boots ive ever owned. Worth every penny. Extremely conferable for the most part but the metal buckle laces are quite stiff at first. Cant wait to tackle the Northville-Placid trail in these.
 Stick with Norwegian Welt boots... October 1, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I am a geologist and have owned a lot of boots in my career for work and pleasure. My first pair were leather hard shell "berg shue" I purchased in Germany. A lot of other boots died along the trail. I purchased a pair of Merrell's prior to a trip to Yellowstone and the Teton's 4 years ago. After the trip they sat in my closet until this weekend. I backpacked into the wilderness area of Enchanted Rock in Texas. BOTH soles detached the evening of the first day. I was leary of the injection molded construction process they use on most of their boots in place of the Norwegian welt stitching. My opinion was justified. On inspecting the first blown out boot, I found that the adhesive/rubber bonding compound afixing the vibram soles had just disentegrated into a gummy dry powder that you could rubb off with your finger. This is common of untried compounds. I had the same thing happen to the foam suspension ring on a pair of high dollar Infinity speakers too. DO NOT Purchase any Merrell boots with the non-stitched sole unless you want to throw them away after a year. We are apparently in the age of the disposable running shoe/boot. Boots should last a lifetime and be resoleable. If the welt isn't stitched don't touch it. I doubt if any of their high tech looking boots which look more like running shoes anyway, are resolable. I am in the process of trying to get redress, but I am sure any warranty has expired.
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