Thread: Problems with warranty relating to Lowa boots?

Originally Posted by northdude

Use by date did they still taste ok

Let me tell you something about these "modern" boots
Yes - they do have a "use-by" date

With the tread peeling off problem
Mostly is to do with age-lack of use and/or storage in humid atmosphere

So if a boot is manufactured in say 2103 and sold new in a shop in 2019 - AND - it came from a humid storage - its a ticking time bomb for the peel off tread
There is a material/compound (maybe the scientist on here can give a more accurate description) between the Vibram tread and the inner sole your foot is on
Its a PU material - Polyurethane foam type product that deteriorates over time - sped up by the above scenarios

This is what it looks like when it starts to happen - I liken it to dry crumbly cottage cheese like texture - but black not white

PS
This is a guy that @JoshC recommended some time ago and he resoled the following and a few others I sold to chaps that failed

Hamish Murie
Bennetts Shoe Service
169 Tay Street
Invercargill
0274904748

Send them away to him with a pre-paid return Post Bag and leave the rest to him
Include an email address and he will bill you when completed

Originally Posted by Sarvo

Let me tell you something about these "modern" boots
Yes - they do have a "use-by" date

With the tread peeling off problem
Mostly is to do with age-lack of use and/or storage in humid atmosphere

So if a boot is manufactured in say 2103 and sold new in a shop in 2019 - AND - it came from a humid storage - its a ticking time bomb for the peel off tread
There is a material/compound (maybe the scientist on here can give a more accurate description) between the Vibram tread and the inner sole your foot is on
Its a PU material - Polyurethane foam type product that deteriorates over time - sped up by the above scenarios

This is what it looks like when it starts to happen - I liken it to dry crumbly cottage cheese like texture - but black not white

PS
This is a guy that @JoshC recommended some time ago and he resoled the following and a few others I sold to chaps that failed

Hamish Murie
Bennetts Shoe Service
169 Tay Street
Invercargill
0274904748

Send them away to him with a pre-paid return Post Bag and leave the rest to him
Include an email address and he will bill you when completed


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Yep , worth noting that this is not brand specific, any pu soles can do this I believe.