Merrill’s may be a bit out of you league especially those with the better Vibram sole but they are a great example of that type of shoe that can last a good long time and be rather comfortable as well. The great thing is if you subscribe to their website you can catch them on sale periodically but the better ones even on sale are about $100. The bad thing is that you just missed them getting rid of the Moab 2 shoes as they introduced their Moab 3 shoes. The Moab line do have that Vibram sole and i think that’s their premium line of shoes. With military discount I bought two pair at about $80 each. I still have a pair I‘m currently wearing which I’ve been using and walking and working a bunch in going for over 2 years now. The gortex versions are at the top of the Moab line and I always go with those. Anyway I have two more pair in the pipeline and with sale and military discount it was about $80 a pair and with Moab 3 they are about $150 shoes when not on sale and without discount. I just never pay retail for them.

if you signup on their site for notifications you”ll get about a 10% to 15% discount on your first pair. Luckily my military discount gives me even more.

‘The type of conditions and use has a great deal to do with how long any shoe will last but the cheaper you go this to has an effect as well not to mention that cheap shoes can very often result in physically issues as well. Those which are put together cheaply often aren’t constructed for the best wear and very often don’t provide arch support that can lead to not only feet but back issues as well.

‘You might find cheaper I just know.what great success I’ve had with Merrill.