Customer Reviews SOREL Ankeny™ Mid Hiker

I bought these less then a month ago and the rubber on the front upper is already coming off with just normal wear. Do not buy!

I SAW THIS BOOT ON THE SHELF AND THEN DID SOME DIGGING ON IT. WENT BACK AND FORTH ABOUT THE COLOR. ENDED GETTING THEM AND LOVED THE WAY THE FIT THE WAY THEY LOOKED AND THE WAY THEY FELT... UNTIL THEY STARTED FALLING APART. I WORE THEM FOR TWO DAYS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA RAIN(4 HOURS DAY 1, 3 HOURS DAY 2) TOTAL TIME EXPOSED TO MOISTURE, MAYBE 1 HOUR CUMULATIVE. AFTER DAY TWO FOUND THE RUBBER ON THE TOE PEELING AWAY FROM THE LEATHER. WELL I SHOULD HAVE RETURNED THEM RIGHT THEN AND THERE, DID I? NO I WANTED TO LIKE THEM TOO MUCH. SO I GRABBED SOME EPOXY AND ADDED SOME FOR ABOUT 1 INCH OF THE SEAM WHERE THE RUBBER. THEN THE RAIN WAS OVER. SO BACK TO TENNIS SHOES. SO HERE WE ARE 1 YEAR LATER AND HAVE NOW ADDED ANOTHER 4 HOURS OF TOTAL WEAR TIME, (AGAIN SOCAL WEATHER, LIGHT RAIN NO DUNKS NO SUBMERSION) AND THE LEATHER ON LEATHER SEAM ON THE INSIDE OF THE SHOE IS COMING OPEN AND WATER GOT IN!!!!! BOUGHT MY GIRLFRIEND ALSO A PAIR OF SOREL BOOTS, THEY ARE HAVING SIMILAR SEAM ISSUES.

First time shame on you (Sorel) second time shame on me. this is the second pair of these boots and they both leaked after weeks of use. I liked the style so much that I kept wearing them but I am tired of having wet socks. I would never buy another pair and waste my money sorry. Please improve your seams and gluing.

This is my second attampt at trying these boots. As others have mentioned, they're extremely comfortable and they look great. However, as others have also mentioned, the adhesive holding the rubber toe caps to the shoe will fail. This happened on both pairs I owned. My current pair is just under 1 year old and the stitching on both boots has begun to fail, causing the uppers to fall apart. With the abundance of poor reviews pointing out similar design flaws, I'm surprised they still sell these.