I’m planning a portaging trip to Algonquin Park and I was thinking of getting a pair or combat boots to wear on the trails. Most likely one of these:

http://www.armynavydeals.ca/asp/products_details.asp?SKU=SWECBN&ST=2&Swedish%20Cap%20Toe%20Combat%20Boot

http://www.armynavydeals.ca/asp/products_details.asp?SKU=CANCBU1&ST=2&Canadian%20Combat%20Boot%20Mk5%20

I decided to get combat boots after my last week long trip of portaging where I did ALOT of walking in regular hiking shoes/boots and spent most of my time with wet shoes, socks and of course feet. I got the idea from old pictures of rangers and explorers wearing big army looking boots on trails, so I thought that must say something about the reliability of these boots.

But what I wanted to know is just how waterproof are combats boots? I’m not planning on walking through waist deep rivers or anything but I will be walking though lots of mud and shallow streams. On the event that I do step into a knee deep pond, how well would combat boots hold up in keeping water out? Of course I don’t expect them to be 100% waterproof either, so when wet do they dry fairly quickly? How well overall would combat boots do on a portaging trip?

** Also, I’m on a tight budget and combat boots are fairly cheap compared to heavy duty hiking shoes/boots.

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I was looking for hiking shoes for summer, my last pair were patagonia drifters, and i really didnt like those, the sites i checked out said they were waterproof , but thats a lie, the shoes i need must be under 0 and have to be WATERPROOF, i would like to know what you guys think is a good shoe, and nothing thats 30 different colors.
thanks for the help, but im really looking for shoes, i already have a good pair of boots.

I really need new hiking shoes to walk on mountains and and valleys with rivers and a lot of stones (I’m icelandic and live in Iceland and i love hiking). I don’t want them to cost too much but they have to be waterproof and comfortable and have good band that you tie your shoes with (i don’t know the word for it), the band on my old shoes are always untieing themselves

A couple days ago i sprayed my gray hiking shoes with a waterproof spray and when it dryed the shoe turned olive green and its really ugly.
how can i get rid of the green?
What can i spray on there or scrub on to get the green off?

THANKS(:

I am looking for hiking shoes which are waterproof and cheap?