Any thoughts on the Hoffman 9000 leather calks?

[paccity]

theres a guy down the road that has vibergs's for under 4 bills. you can get them in cow or buffalo leather. might pic up a pare next month.

 

[802climber]

The Hoffman's are stretching out rather than breaking in.

Should have listened to you guys!

I will be looking at Viberg and possibly Wesco for my next pair of calks and also my next pair of lineman boots for climbing.

What I am wondering is if I am used to White's will I be happy with the fit/feel of Viberg or Wesco?

I like a high arch boot that really hugs my arch. Customs are an expensive habit, but I gotta say they are well worth it.

 

[hammerlogging]

my thought to this is that nothing will feel like white's, but given just a little while (like 2 weeks), which will seem impossible at the beginning, you will get over it and the white's feel/fit will be but a glimmer of a memory.

 

[wowzers]

The Hoffman's are stretching out rather than breaking in.

Should have listened to you guys!

I will be looking at Viberg and possibly Wesco for my next pair of calks and also my next pair of lineman boots for climbing.

What I am wondering is if I am used to White's will I be happy with the fit/feel of Viberg or Wesco?

I like a high arch boot that really hugs my arch. Customs are an expensive habit, but I gotta say they are well worth it.

Guys I work with are only getting six sor even months out of Wesco's. For the money that seems way too expensive. I would have loved to try out some Vibregs but there wasn't a dealer any where close to me , and I refuse to buy bots without trying them on, tso I went with apair of White's. This time I drove up to Spokane and got fitted in the shop and it seemed to make quite the difference. I bought mine a month or so after my coworker bough his Wesco's and mine are holding up great. I am pretty particular abut maintaining my boots though, always washing mud off at the end of the day and keeping them greased up. I'll say again my Hoffman's about ruined me.