Wow, I didn't think it was that long ago we had this discussion... Just got back from a ten day solo. It was supposed to be twelve days but things didn't go all to well in the boot selection. I was down at Midwest Mountaineerings Expo in April and picked up Chota's revision of the Quetico Trekkers. I wore them everywhere to get them broke in and thought I did a pretty good job. I started out with a 30 rod portage and then a 60 rod... was doing okay. Then after a short eight rod I did a 216 rod portage. My feet were wet pretty much after the 60 rod portage. I ended up with big blisters in the front next to the balls of my feet right in the middle. ///after an other short portage I camped for the night. I thought I would the next day just get a 280 rod portage behind me and on that portage the blister on my left foot broke open... Well, making a long story not so much longer... I fought the problem through out the trip, even changing the course to do less portaging. Did I not break them in enough or is it the boot? It seems there is a lot of slop room around the front of my feet. I'm not happy about this. Do I try them out again to see if they are finally broke in or do I scrap em and get something more trustworthy. I didn't notice til later they are made in China  :P. They did dry fast and had okay traction. Ten days later and I'm still in a bit of pain, course I never did rest my feet that much. I'd looked forward to that trip a long time.