In a nut shell I've purchased four pair of these over the past several years. I break a pair in usually wearing them 3-4 times on road trips or what have you. That pair gets set aside for hunting only. My first two pair were a cabelas/meindl version. With lots of tread left on the soles both pair of those the soles eventually came apart. I am having a cobbler put new soles on one of those to try( $125 ). My 3rd pair I had saved for hunting and just started wearing those for every day use cutting firewood, logging and what have you. They are like new and the toe cap started peeling back. Called Meindl and ordered another pair for my Adirondak hunting only. Talking with the tech on the phone and told him about my issues with these and he offered a free small sample of glue to fix myself and he would give me free shipping on the new pair I ordered. I did fix myself and hopefully they stay together. These boots are a 5 STAR all day long but here is why I gave them a four. First off if you a paying $350 on a pair of boots free shipping should be included, period! As far as the glue I got sent, it's $7 bucks on amazon. With my loyalty to Meindl buying Four pair of these boots over the past several years you would think the salesman would of offered up like 25-50% off the boots I just bought and not thrown me a package of glue and said fix it yourself. I will continue to buy Meindl boots. The cork inserts are a game changer as well. I buy these for my muck boots too. Hopefully…