Marten wrote on Aug 15^th, 2023 at 6:16pm:

I would go with my Atlai's at half the price and tested in true wet portage conditions. Miles of heavy pack laden rock and swamp to truly test them.

I can loan you a drill!  I felt confident I gave them a good testing and saw no give anywhere on the boots. I noted only 62 percent gave your proposed boot 5* on Amazon reviews. So many boots are blowing apart nowadays that it is hard to hit the trail with confidence. Better have a camp shoe that can step up if needed.