Sadly -> taking my Scarpa ZG10 GTX Gore-tex lined boots back to manufacturer after a series of emails.
The issue? bought them for this year's Southern 50, last July, and started practicing and getting fitter. Result, fine at first, but now, just 10km leaves me with torn, bleeding and blistered heels.
The reason? some 'clever designer' put the seam for the Gore-tex layer vertically down the heel line, under a thin Cambrelle lining. Once the cambrelle has worn, you effectively have a knife edge running up and down your heel with each step.
Reading the forums, it seems that three or four other brands suffer the same issues with seams vertically aligned with the heel - Meindl, Merril and Karimor for starters.
I have to say that Scarpa's after sales bloke has been really fair, and he says they have very few returns, but I feel that this design is so fundamentally flawed that they must have real issues with it, and any other boot with a vertical pressure seam on the heel line.
Anyone else have experiences to share?
(for balance, light, comfy, fast over ground, waterproof, cool and tougher than they look)
