Poor quality (of previous boots)
"I'm not sure why I do surveys. It seems no one pays attention to them anyway. I have already stated that I was unhappy with Simms. I buy the best for my annual Wyoming trip. The pair that failed was brand new and within 2 hours of use failed miserably. I had another pair that had minimal use (maybe 2-3 times on the stream) and they failed the same, but I threw them away thinking it may have been a storage problem. But when the brand new pair failed exactly the same I knew it was a product defect. To top it off I had to pay $67 for the replacement of the brand new pair when I had already paid over $200 for them. Same with the other failed pair. In my opinion Simms should have replaced both pair at no cost because it was definitely a manufacturing defect. But I figure no one will read or respond to this survey so I wonder why I took the time."