Salomon Quest Element GTX Boots // has one big problem
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ส.ค. 2024
- I loved absolutely everything about these boots, EXCEPT FOR THIS ONE MAJOR FLAW! After going through two replacements, I've decided to go with another boot - KEEN CIRCADIA WATERPROOF BOOTS. Stay tuned, testing it at the moment.... and absolutely loving them.
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Glad I saw the honest review before I bought these boots. Thanks
No problem 👍
Thank you so much! I was just considering buying them at this very minute and you review saved me from making a wrong decision.
Glad I could help!
Returned mine under warranty after only two easy walks in the woods - less then 15km on them. Two of the lace-guides broke loose and got lost - clearly a factory fault. Now back on my trusty old army issue Bata M90's.
Guess I won't be going back to Salomon boots anytime soon. The quality used to be much better.
Yes this stinks of outsourcing probably to an Asian company without any quality control. Your video has probably severely damaged the hitherto good reputation of Salomon and let’s hope they learn their lesson
I learned all about the wonderful Contra-slip on my Maroon hike of doom. I was slipping and sliding all over the place like i was on skates!! Really affected my rock hopping confidence and ended my 10 year use of Salomons. Deadly in the wet, and just generally not as well made as they used to be! I'll be talking more about them in my upcoming hiking boot video. I use La Sportivas now and they're fantastic!
ContraSlip is exactly the right term! I remember your video talking about your experience with that... I honestly didn't want to believe it but I've been converted now. I've got the Keen Circadia's at the moment and I'll be reviewing those soon, but they are beating the Salomon's hand's down now easily. Look forward to seeing your boot video. Jacob uses the TX4's and he's loving those too!
@@offtrackxplorer I have "Quest winter ts cswp" chic and comfortable shoes
This has come at a perfect time for me, I’m needing a new pair of hiking shoes and was looking at these shoes and the newest version.
Glad it helps. I'll be reviewing my brand new boots very shortly... bargain price and built much better than these.
I bought a pair of Salomon trail runners years ago. They were good in the dry but those things were so dangerous on wet surfaces, no grip at all, even on rough rock. I was so annoyed that I swore I'd never buy another Salomon product again.
This is quality content, long time use review, awesome mate, subscribed.
Much appreciated!
Excellent your work!! A test like I haven't seen for a long time. Your video was really helpful! Keep it up !! Javier from Argentina
Glad it helped 👍
Thanks for describing this problem! Very helpful!
I have the same model for 2 years now. The same happened in lower scale.
I ló Salomon boots and this is my third. I still have from 6 years ago and after some repairs, it is time to let it go.
Besides this one, I just bought another one, but this time it is a mid. Well, let’s see…
Thanks a lot! I nearly bought this boots. The price was rather low, at 125 dollars. Now I know why.
Yes, I could have opted to get a replacement pair, but thought nope.... I want something that will last a bit longer than 6 months. Thanks for watching!
👍 thanks for the advice… finally killed off my Lowa boots, and need replacement, was seriously considering Salomon, but with your video and other reviews… I’ll pay a bit more and get another brand more tried and tested
Check out the Keen range of boots... Great value and I'm having fantastic longevity and results with mine. I've got a review on the Keen Circadia boots... Can't recommend them enough! 👍👍
thank you , after watching your video , i decided to return this shoes , instead i will order northface fastpack insulated
Salomon is yet another outdoor brand that has gone down the pan. As soon as any brand starts to market towards a wider more general customer the quality downs steeply. I loved my quest 3d 100s miles hiking and for 3 years nearly 10 miles a day walking in work and still going. I have shopped for salomon again but you can tell the stitching is now poor and the thread used is weaker.
Glad to see you low key repping the Shadymag in this video.
Never tried salomon, though interested in buying forces gtx. Glad to see the quality that i would be receiving. Been using keen hiking and work boots for almost 10 years and only slipping ive had is algae covered rock and ice/frozen asphalt.
Apparently Salomon changes their production to another location and reduce the control quality.
Fact!
Now it belongs to chineses like Arcteryx,Wilson,etc.
Quality=Crap
I've just got rid of my previous hiking shoes - Hoka Speedgoats - they are a trail running shoe really, so not designed for the tough stuff, but I do stick to trails normally. They lasted 6 months of roughly 20kms a week use, before the outsoles were ground down to nothing. I think the hiking trails around Brisbane are quite tough on outsoles, very stony? So now I've gone back to big heavy Merrell Moab 3, which do the job, but I find them very slippy in gravel. I slipped onto my arse already in them, only a couple of weeks old.
Those Hokas do look pretty good for a trailrunning shoe. I'm an advocate for the mid-cut boots because of ankle support which I absolutely need on my offtrack stuff. I've rolled my ankles a few too many times, and the last roll took me 4 months to heal from. I've never rolled my ankles in mid-cuts, and I've learned to trailrun in them provided I have good insoles. It's obviously preference stuff, but it works for me.
great review! I wanted to buy these hiking boots, but now I'm not sure.
Thanks... Unfortunately this was my experience with these. Maybe the next version the gtx4 I think might be better, but not these boots. Thanks for watching 👍👍
I'm a mongrel, high zip side man myself, but mine don't the duty your gear does for sure. I can feel a sponsorship coming on. .But maybe not from Salomon ..T-rocks 😎
I do like the high zip sides personally too..... Lol, I don't see Salomon knocking on my door anytime soon either.
Nice Looking Boots, I Wish I Could Get A Hiking Shoe Sponser, I Go Thru Crazy Amounts Of Hiking Shoes, I Prefer A Hiking Shoe Myself And Not A Boot, Way To Hot Here In Arizona for Boots.I Buy The Shoes With The Memory Foam. They Are Nice Looking Tho.
Do you have a particular favourite brand of hiking boot that you use most often?
I feel like some key information is missing here:
ok, you used these boots for 11 months, but how many km/miles did you put into them?
because there is a huge difference in hiking 1 time a month and 10 times a month.
I'm just very interested in knowing what actual distance these boots went before breaking, and also if any kind of regular maintenance was performed.
And about this sole slipping on wet rock, yes and no, the sole tread is way more suited for wet loose ground, mud and the likes, on wet rocks it performs ok in my opinion, nothing special but I never felt like skating in them.
For context, I've own Salomon Quest 4 GTX boots for 4 years (got a second pair this year after totally destroying the first after 1600 km of use). I also work as a clerk selling mountain gear and footwear
Yeah his video was also very suspicious to me as well, like really…. Just the thread is your problem? How do we know he didn’t drag it along some rocks just to make this paid actor video?
@@br2266 Idk, I wouldn't go to the extent of saying the video is faked, but some context is surely missing
Yes maybe he is paid by Keen 😂 loads of great feedback about those salomons on Internet. I believe in great quality of them @@br2266
Shoo Goo , its the best shoe repair :-) Scarpa are also epic :-)
Jesus, you just saved me £120 there. Cheers mate
Glad to hear it.... no probs. :)
Glad I watched this, I am deciding on buying for 150 on sale ! now I am not !!
For 150, it'll last one year.... if you expect more for your 150, then go with something else. Thanks for watching :)
Slippery soles when wet doesn't sound good for me. I go hiking down creeks and rocks sometimes.
Yes, unfortunately, these soles are way too slippery when wet, and I'm comparing to numerous other boots I've worn. Great in dry, deadly in damp conditions.
So helpful!
3 months and damaged? This only confirms the poor quality of Salomon, the same is with Quest 4, people complain and a big issue with the warranty. I loved the Quest 3, but now, no more Salomon.
I wear Salomon, i don't know what this guy did but my shoes look like new even after one year. No idea what this guy did in 3 months to make those shoes look like that. Those look 4 years old and a lot of wear like he walked 200 miles per year in the worst environment possible. He's lying. 3 month??? 3 months of what? cage fighting?
@@Jack_The_Ripper_Here Maybe he used them
@@ConradJabba he did yes. Every single day for 3 months. Hours every day through rocks and dirt and water. He isn't honest. I never had a pair for shoes look like that after 3 months. And i walk a lot. I don't drive. I walk a lot. It's like saying a car is crap because it broke after 2 years. But fail to specify that i drove 1000 miles per day through rough terrain
@@Jack_The_Ripper_HereMaybe he played soccer... with stones.
I just came back from the store with new Salomon Quest 4 GTX. I'll see if they're better than what he showed. First overnight stay in a cabin in the mountains this weekend
How do they compare to your Terra GPs? I have shit ankles and feet, I feel comfortable in my old service GP but they are heavy. I was looking at the Salomons. I was considering a pair of the Salomon XA Forces boot.
Damn you pay a premium for Salomon boots,I'm about buy a 2nd pair of 4D on Sale for £99 , Best boots ever😊
Yeah, we pay crazy prices for our boots. I would love to try the 4D version, maybe in future sometime. 👍👍
@@offtrackxplorer highly recommended,Should get new ones tomorrow,Kinda exciting for upgrade😁Happy days mate 👍
The 4D is a good boot in my opinion, mine have served me well. But it's not quite the same rough terrain where I live, maybe it makes a difference in their durability.
Solomon were the best till a Chinese company bought them,guess what happened?
Nearly bout a pair of these and glad I didn’t though. In saying that, it is hard to find a solid pair of boots that hold up.
Love this channel by the way and thanks for sharing this review.
Thanks brother... I've just gone with the Keen Circadia Waterproof mid-cut boots, and am putting them to the test at the moment. Will let you know. Thanks for the encouragement. :)
I've got a 2cm tear in mine near the toe box. Does anyone know how I could repair this?
And what was latter with salomon quest gtx ??
Ive just picked up a set. Guess ill use them till this hapens
What boots do you recommend for going through the Darien jungle?
Propper jungle boots, anything by Altberg, Haix ,Hanwag, lowa etc.
Did you use them in warm weather? How did they do?
Hi, I've used these in warm and cold weather in Queensland Australia and overseas in snow climates too. They were fine in all terrains I used them, until they began falling apart. Both pairs. However the tread is dangerously slippery in any wet terrains.
You screwed up !!! GTX 4 is amazing !!
The Element is an overcheapened version with all the horrendous features of the Quest (deadly slippery sole, cordura upper sweatfountain) but zero ankle support, the only big thing at Quest. Avoid, just as ALL Salamon. Buy from established makers (Bavaria, Northern Italy). Its oversoftened sole makes contact with ground problematic - not stiff enough where it should be for solid grip. Awful.
What brands you think of? Dolomite for North Italy? I have one bought in outlet store for only 85chf and its my first hiking boots :D. And they are slippy on wet stones sometimes and extremely slippy on wet wood. They are not really breathable and I am not sure if they are waterproof at all maybr water repelent. But they are comfortable, nice looking, not heavy, I can even run in them and ofc you sont feel rocky terrain its very comfortable for bad terrain. Dolomite Crodarossa Hi GTX is name of model in black colour. Amazong look and good comfort but not good GTX and sometimes slippy but usually very very good in dry conditions on all terrains.
@@nikola0627 Hello - sadly, that is exactly where most hiking foot gear fails, on wet surface. All have good to excellent traction on dry (except my Salomon XA Pro 3D, which is plain disastous on ALL smooth surface). Many Vibram soles are useless, most XS Trek, Mont etc. rubber compound are terrible. Megagrip of Vibram is fine, so are the softest soles of other makers (Adidas- Continental, La Sportiva white or black etc.) Formerly the Fuora sole of Vibram was great (found on Hanwag Alaska GTX and some Italian makes), now I hear problems with that recently.... The solution: try it on wet tiles! You will be shocked! - my Lowa Ranger and Camino have excellent traction (probably Megagrip rubber), but Lowa boots are overpriced overall. If Vibram, go for Megagrip, which may wear faster, but you will have surefootedness, which is paramount in outdoors.
These boots are obviously rubbish and I will never consider Salomon boots
You loose a lot
Really? Two pairs?
Yeah it's suspicious for me
Not a fan of contagrip either.
Yep, sadly disappointed with the performance of Contragrip.... a little bit of wetness and you're on ice.
I call it "Contra-slip" LoL
Definitely a poor design.
lowa so much better
What in the world did you do with those if they look like that after 3 months???? did you climb Everest every day for 3 months?? i have never had a pair of boots or any type of shoes that look like that after 3 months . Even at work i wore a pair of Salomon every day at work for one year, washed them in the washing machine 10 - 15 times and still look better than yours. I work with CNC machines, a lot of shit to lift and carry every single day, dust and harsh environment, day after day after day. Did you fight BigFoot? were you abducted by aliens ? did you get lost in a parallel universe and 3 months here on Earth were 4 years there of continuously walking ??? THOSE ARE FAKE MATE!!!! THAT IS NOT SALOMON !
Haha well said