I'm heading in the opposite direction on footwear I guess. I've been using a pair of Danner Mountainlights off and on since around 1985. Very comfortable if heavy by today's standards, and still in great shape.

I just got some Columbia Switchback mids to try to save about a pound off each foot. The last time I used "lightweight hiking boots" as they were called then was the early 1980s, when I had a pair of cordura nylon boots with cemented soles. Can't remember the make. They only lasted a couple of years, but I remember they worked pretty well.

Maybe my feet aren't that picky. When I was a teenager, I hiked in surplus Vietnam jungle boots for years, and I liked them too.

Without doubt though, the Mountainlights are the longest lasting boots I've had.