Danner shoes are very poor quality I used to sell Danner…
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Danner shoes are very poor quality
I used to sell Danner boots (when they were all the rage after Reese Witherspoon wore them in a movie) sold a lot of them.
I don't know when/if the quality changed but have heard from multiple people even their leather Made in the USA stuff does not hold up well.
I made the mistake of trying a pair of their non-usa-made shoes (most of their shoes are not made in the us). They looked cool and the brand had a good reputation.
The first pair was a trail running shoe, somehow the sole was water permeable! Maybe it was a fluke, they gave me a coupon to buy another pair of something else, was content. I went for a pair of their Jag boots (Jag ii?) with high hopes, checked all the boxes on paper. Advertised as being repairable, meaning they could replace the sole for a fee, which is true of only a portion of their shoes. Indicated to me they would stand up to test of time!
This is what they looked like after \~8mo. Danner support said this was normal wear and tear and did not qualify for warranty return/refund/replacement.
I don't know about you but I have never seen "normal wear and tear" like this before. It looks like catastrophic design failure to me. I never scraped/cut/punctured/damaged the top at all where this rip appeared, *this is just from walking around!*
*​*Other foot is the same though hasn't reached all the way across the shoe yet.
If this is what their \~$200 boots do after less than a year of city wear I can only assume cheaper pairs would practically explode on your feet if you so much as looked at a mountain. I would never risk an even more expensive boot.
Hoping to save others from wasting their money.
Open to recommendations for other better boots.
#lifestyle
I used to sell Danner boots (when they were all the rage after Reese Witherspoon wore them in a movie) sold a lot of them.
I don't know when/if the quality changed but have heard from multiple people even their leather Made in the USA stuff does not hold up well.
I made the mistake of trying a pair of their non-usa-made shoes (most of their shoes are not made in the us). They looked cool and the brand had a good reputation.
The first pair was a trail running shoe, somehow the sole was water permeable! Maybe it was a fluke, they gave me a coupon to buy another pair of something else, was content. I went for a pair of their Jag boots (Jag ii?) with high hopes, checked all the boxes on paper. Advertised as being repairable, meaning they could replace the sole for a fee, which is true of only a portion of their shoes. Indicated to me they would stand up to test of time!
This is what they looked like after \~8mo. Danner support said this was normal wear and tear and did not qualify for warranty return/refund/replacement.
I don't know about you but I have never seen "normal wear and tear" like this before. It looks like catastrophic design failure to me. I never scraped/cut/punctured/damaged the top at all where this rip appeared, *this is just from walking around!*
*​*Other foot is the same though hasn't reached all the way across the shoe yet.
If this is what their \~$200 boots do after less than a year of city wear I can only assume cheaper pairs would practically explode on your feet if you so much as looked at a mountain. I would never risk an even more expensive boot.
Hoping to save others from wasting their money.
Open to recommendations for other better boots.
#lifestyle
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