They sound like ideal shoes. If only they came in 4E widths!
Steve, I have owned two pairs of Saloman Quest 4D backpacking boots (for four years now).
My first pair (I bought em for the JMT) lasted the JMT plus two years, nearly 2000 miles of use. Never lost their grip and never lost their waterproofing. They were threadbare and coming loose at places, but to date were the best boots I've owned (plus the lightest high-tops I'd found). I didn't get a single blister on the JMT, and aside from stepping in creeks depper than my boots were high, i never got wet feet. I bought em a size up and the toebox was plenty big enough so long as I laced correctly. My only gripe is that they were an ugly rust orange.
I bought another pair about a year and a half ago. Better color, same general look, but now the ball of the feet is broken down, I'm getting heel blisters, and the waterproofing is worn thin.
They are still the grippiest boot, I just don't know if I feel like taking a $230 bath again
