Customer Reviews SOREL Caribou™

They are comfortable, warm, and have great traction. I have gotten a lot of compliments on these boots.

These boots are so cute but are really stiff; so much so that they hurt. They are also narrow in the arch area but large in the toe, very disproportionate. Heavy and clunky. Sad that I have to send them back.

I found these boots to be extremely bulky and more masculine than I'd hoped. My feet are normal (medium) width and these boots felt particularly wide for me. Also, I find them to be inflexible at the ankle making walking somewhat awkward. For a city dweller, I do too much walking to feel comfortable in these boots. They do seem to be very good quality boots, but just not for me. I am returning them.

This is an update having had these shoes for just over a year now. I remembered reading one woman complain that the rubber wasn't as high quality as it used to be -- specifically, that her boots cracked after one winter's wear. Having worn mine for part of the 09-10 season, and the 10-11 season so far, I, too, am noticing this cracking. I'm doing nothing out of the ordinary. I don't leave my boots in warm areas when I come inside. I don't run the sides into sharp surfaces. I don't poke, prod, or otherwise pry apart the rubber toe and sole, and yet both boots have now cracked. The main cracks are in the rubber along the top of the foot, but I'm noticing that rubber is starting to peel away from the side of the sole, too. I'm attempting to use ShoeGoo as a fix since Sorel has a one year warranty, but so far it's not really holding. My recommendation? Mark your one year anniversary and make sure your boots don't need repairs before it hits. I love these things (warm! comfortable! heavy but worth it!) and am really sad that they're not holding together better.

Really big and really clunky! I thought they looked like men's shoes in the size 9. I ended up buying the Tivoli instead and loved them much better!

It took me a little time to get used to these boots. They are very heavy. But this has been a really sucky winter. And every time I am schlepping to or from the train on my daily commute to work, I think these boots were my best purchase of 2010. If you live somewhere cold, where it snows and you have to risk life and limb on ice, buy yourself a pair of Sorel Caribous.

Bought winter boots to ward off the snow gods this year, and it didn't work. The boots however are great! I wear a size 10, and the 10s are a bit big. If I don't wear them with heavy wool socks my heel slips. I didn't want the risk of getting 9 1/2s and having them too tight with thick socks. The boots are heavy, but they provide great traction in snow and ice. They are very warm, and stay dry.