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Originally Posted by TRU
Let us know how you like them. I was looking at those and the LOWA Renegade GTX's. The ASOLO's on REI's website had a bunch of reviews saying the goretex was leaking on the left boot (weird...). I wear a 13W, so I'm kinda limited in my choices
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I have 2 pairs of the Lowa renegades leather lined, one regular one wide. I find the wide to be almost if not comepletely identical in width to the regular. I definitely recommend trying to them out in person vs online ordering. I performance has been fine, but I have not attempted to push them to their limits yet. Lowa touts the molded in trim, it seems to hold pretty well but iI snagged something rather firmly and managed to separate it from the leather.
I chose leather lined after speaking to the Lowa rep. She recommended leather due to the humid area I live in saying that often gtx doesn't work well in very humid environments due to the lack of driving force across the membrane (humid inside and out). Also, a warning about the leather lining, I find that if tied loosely the boots will make some lovely squeaking noises.