Timberland Women’s White Ledge Hiking Boot Review

I got myself these Timberland boots since I read all the good reviews about them. For instance, I read they wouldn’t need a break in period. Actually, they did (it took me a couple of days to get used to them).

There are many features for these boots that make them really good boots and there are also things that I don’t like so much.

I’m going to start with my list of “pros”:

• they feel very comfortable (once they break in, let’s get this out of the way!)
• I feel they give great traction, no matter how slippery or rough my hiking trails get (and…they do get tough quite often)
• these boots are great because I can wear them all year long (in summertime, but through the snow also)
• these boots didn’t give me blisters even after an 8 hour hiking trip. But, as I mentioned, after they broke in… and I didn’t wear these boots the first two days for more than 2 hours, just to be sure!
• the boots do fit well and feel very sturdy on the feet
• they do look kind of cool (and this is difficult to get for a hiking boot)
• the boots go true to size and I wore up to two pairs of thick socks in them
• my feet feel very warm (not sweaty) when wearing these boots
• they are kind of water resistant, not waterproof… I avoid wearing them when it pours out or stand for long in a puddle
• the boots give a nice feeling of security to the foot and ankle
• my plantar fasciitis has not giving me any more problems since I got these boots
• the laces are pretty thick and they don’t get untied that easily (last thing you want to do on a 9 hour hike is stop every 10 minutes to tie up your shoes!)
• I do take these boots at work also (I work in a farm, so I do spend a lot of time in mud, dirt, wet areas) and, when my long shift is over, my feet aren’t killing me (it’s just my back, but that’s another story…)
• my toes don’t feel stubbed when wearing these boots

As I said, there are some things that kind of let me down with these boots (but none of them is a deal breaker, though…)

My „cons” are:

• I would like them to come in prettier color combinations, to be shinier… a little bit more feminine
• the boots do feel stiff at first (remember, two days needed for the break in!)
• the boots are not completely waterproof (it would have been nice and I have to be cautious when it gets too wet around me…)
• the seams below the laces leaked right through to the socks… yep, that’s a bad one, I know
• sometimes they do rub my ankle toe, so comfort is not there 24/7

I do think these boots are great for their price and my wide feet never knew comfort until these boots happened 🙂

One more thing! Since they are made of leather, I think proper care would expand their life span, for sure!