Eastman's Blog: LOWA Baldo GTX Takes Comfort to the Next Level

One of Lowa’s premier features on their boots is their X-Lacing system. This is comprised of a square stud in the middle of the upper tongue that keeps the tongue centered and the laces under consistent tension. This system, along with the roller eyelets help make up a 2-zone lacing setup for all day comfort when hiking or glassing.

I’m normally a big proponent of doing a lacing adjustment a few miles into the day in order to keep your boots properly fitted (similar to tightening down a load on a trailer after a few miles down the road from the load adjusting in transit), but with this system I felt no need to adjust on the fly.

I was comfortable all day. The 2-zone lacing setup does what the name implies: it gives you essentially a lower and an upper zone for custom tension on those laces in the different parts of the foot. Too often a boot company will build a boot that forces the user to have the same tension throughout, but this isn’t the case with the Baldos.

 

The Baldos are roomy yet supportive and they are resoleable. Many ultralight boots are just plain worn out and re-soling isn’t an option but the Baldos give you the option to re-sole so you can continue running these boots for many years.

Last but not least is the overall comfort of the boot. Out of all the boots I tested this spring, I often commented to those in the field with me how impressed I was with the Baldo’s comfort. It was like I was walking on a pillow and the Vibram outsole (the Trac Lite II) is soft underfoot for extreme quietness when hiking, stalking, and still hunting.

If you are looking for a boot that is lighter than the traditional mountain boot (2.97 pounds per pair), is still supportive, and gives you a custom fit and feel, check out the Lowa Baldo GTX.