RE: Ariant boot quality

["Alison Farrin" <alison@innovativepension.com>]

Just bought a new pair of Araits after beating the first pair to death over
four years.  That is two years longer than any pair of boots has ever lasted
for me.  Should be interesting to see if the new ones hold up to the quality
of the old ones.  So, far, they look okay...........

Alison Farrin
Innovative Pension Strategy & Design
alison@innovativepension.com
858-748-6500  x112

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Truman Prevatt, PhD [mailto:truman.prevatt@netsrq.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2001 10:38 AM
> To: Lisa
> Cc: ridecamp@endurance.net
> Subject: RC: Ariant boot quality
>
>
> My experience with Ariat's - after about a month of riding them
> may twice a week
> the leather stretched and the eyes started to come out. I had to
> reaplace every
> eye. Then after about 4 months the hooks started to rip right out
> of the leather. I
> ride with plastic stirrups so that can't be blamed. They are just
> pieces of
> garbage. For their price they had better damn well hold up better
> than this.
>
> I then started riding in Wolverine work boots. They wear like
> iron and are about
> 3/4 the price of the Ariant.
>
> Truman
>
> Lisa wrote:
>
> > I had a VERY similar experience with Ariat.  I bought a brand new pair
> > of Ariat Extremes at my local tack shop.  After riding in them *once*
> > the poor quality leather on the inside of the left boot was "sliced up",
> > right where the leather creases when you take a step.  It was obvious to
> > me that the leather was thinner and of a poorer quality than my old
> > Ariat Winter boots which I have had for five years(and used hard!).  I
> > imagine the metal EZ Rides caused the cuts, but as expensive as these
> > boots are, one would think they could hold up to a stirrup!  Besides
> > that, the other boot was fine!
>
>
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