After the recent walk where my Scarpa ZG65 XCR boots let me down by leaking, after a morning walking in heavy rain. I returned them to Open Air who agreed they were faulty and supplied me free of charge with a new pair.
I thought I would be smart and test the new boots before walking in them. I quickly made a test rig to hold the boots down in the sink to a depth of 120mm. Before immersion I weighed the insoles (about 28gm apiece), then repeated weighing after various immersion times. Here’s the results:-
As you can see the boots were pretty water tight for around 8 hours or so, after this the right boot leaked noticeably more than the left. Obviously this was a static test, in practice when walking you will get a pumping action so it will be interesting to see how they fare in the next rain walk.
good job you found out they leaked so soon after buying them……. walking in the rain is good for testing your kit out
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I cannot believe that you wasted 8 hours of your boring life submerging boots in water. People are dying. I'm calling the police
I cannot believe that you wasted 8 hours of your boring life submerging boots in water. People are dying. I'm calling the police