Stealth

I am on my 4th pair of the Stealth boots. I am a truck driver and biker. I do put in an inner sole like Dr. Scholl's and I wear them all day long.

I purchased these not quite two weeks ago to replace my finally wearing out four year old H-D Jones boots that never gave any problems. Three days after purchase I took them as my sole pair of footwear on a trip to Colorado and after the first day I noticed irritation on my right foot, which then became a blister as I walked more. That blister became nearly the size of my fist across most of the center of my foot to the point where I was barely able to walk, and then it ruptured causing even more issues trying to walk. I've been wearing HD boots almost exclusively since my first pair that I received in 2008 when I bought my first Road King and never once had this kind of issue with a few different styles until now. In addition to the blisters on my right foot, the zipper does not stay straight and true closing but has a roller coaster wave in the middle which has caused an irritation on my left foot. Be prepared as I am including photos of what has happened and it looks nasty and feels even worse, and I may have to go to a doctor and if I have to stay off my feet for a period of time it may also cause loss of work time. Totally unexpected because in eleven years wearing HD boots by Wolverine I never had even a hint of an issue like this before - and my last three pairs covering most of that time were the Jones and Brake Buckle series boots. I didn't got with the brake buckle this time because the lace hooks tend to bend outward fast and break long before the boot wears out but usually shortly after the warranty period.

Well, I had these for half a year, daily rider, aand the zipper on one has begun to pull apart bad, like the fabric the teeth are embeded in has ripped just below the teeth. Get a boot that doesn't zip, the others with zippers might be prone to the same issue. Otherwise, they held up well and were comfortable, but even if you don't zip them and just untie them every time, that zipper being messed up makes them unuseable and replacing the zipper seems like more work than it's worth.

I had to replace both zippers in the first year. the rest of the boot is great!