Wrapt Waterproof Mid Hiking Sneaker (Men)

I really wanted to love these boots. After almost a year, almost daily hiking, I will say these are the best fitting, most comfortable boots I’ve ever owned. Chronic foot pain is no more. However, the fatal flaw is the use of fabric eyelets. I now have 3 broken ones. They are too weak for the continued stress. So the only way I could continue to wear these is to punch holes in the shoes and hope for the best. I have always liked Merrill shoes and fell in love with these, until they started breaking. Oh, and they are not waterproof, at least not now. Perhaps I wore out the waterproofing but my feet have been soaked the last few days in fairly wet walking conditions for a couple of hours. These could be stellar hiking boots, but they aren’t.