Bottom line up front:
The gortex didn't work (one puddle and they were soaked) and paradoxically they took a long time to dry.  Had I been humping a lot of gear it would have been blister city.

The look cool, but the build quality wasn't quite what it should have been given the price.  After one month of wear the material started to wear a hole (right on the outside of where the shoe will necessarily flex, you would think that this is a well known wear spot).

The sole is soft and wears quickly, especially on gravel or rocks.

They are light but they also are hot.

The lacing system works well and I do not think that given normal wear and if you aren't breaking brush you should be fine.

I wrote the company and they didn't even have the decency to respond.

I went back to my old leather army boots because I was in a remote location for months.  I later left them in a hotel garbage pail.

If you are the kind of guy who wears fashionable outdoor stuff but do little outdoorsy work this is a fine shoe for parking lots and malls.