I just received my Salomon Quest GTX boots in the mail today! I read about these bad boys in the book 'No Easy Day'. If members of SEAL Team 6 sports these, I figure they got to be top of the line. I'm not in the military anymore but I still work with/train soldiers. I'm out in the field with them on a daily basis so these should be really good for the terrain and weather conditions I face. Plus I plan to use them as my hiking boots.