52 out of 55(95%)reviewers recommend this product.
Product Reviews
Overall rating
2/ 5
BigTony
fromOntario, Canada
Deep Cold Only
PostedSeptember 21, 2012
The side of the boot says, in large lettering, "waterproof".
I learned the hard way that this is misleading. Sure, the bottom part of the boot is waterproof, but so what? The tongue is like a sponge, rendering this boot risky at best in any early spring or late fall weather.
I got these around January last year. All went well until I broke through an ice sublayer and into a 5-inch-deep puddle of slushy water underneath. It's not as though a bit of water seeped in. The bottom of the boot filled like a bucket. I had to high tail it home as the water so throughly soaked my right foot that it travelled up my sock and as far as mid-calf of my jeans. This wasn't a huge excursion or anything, but I can only imagine the trouble if this had happened in the middle of the woods.
Today I treated my usual calf-high leather boots with mink oil and so had to let them dry. I wore the Bugaboot out in mild fall weather for a walk through a field of dewy wild grass. To my renewed amazement, the Bugaboot could not even cope with dewy grass. Again water soaked through the tongues and my socks within 15 minutes.
I am pretty angry at Columbia for putting such an inferior product on the market to save the cost of a $2 flap of gore-tex over the tongue of the boot. These boots are worthless unless it is -10 and snowy.
Written by a customer while visiting columbia.com
Overall rating
5/ 5
tomr
fromAshburnham, MA
Love my Boots
PostedSeptember 3, 2012
Very comfortable right from the start. Lightweight and warm...
Written by a customer while visiting columbia.com
Overall rating
5/ 5
Drrabbit
fromTennessee
Boots
PostedJuly 14, 2012
Boot feels good and looks great. Have not challenged them to a hunting season yet. This is July. Ask me in 6 months.10
Written by a customer while visiting columbia.com
Overall rating
5/ 5
Madrus
fromSan Angelo TX
Great Boots
PostedFebruary 15, 2012
ProsOther, Vacation
ConsCity, Freezing, Cement/Asphalt
Just got back from Ukraine. -8 degrees F. Totally comfortable with wool socks. My feet were always warm and they are easy to walk on uneven ice covered surfaces also.
