Salomon Pro Trek 7 LTR - anyone used 'em?

[Fromage]

 

I stumbled across these boots in 2nd Ascent today while waiting for the girlie to try on some purple pants.

 

 

They look like they might be a decent lightweight Cascade mountain boot. 2A actually had a pair that fit the size 15 flippers, and they felt reasonably good.

 

The lacing system is nice, you can lock down the ankle pretty well, but the forefoot is kind of roomy. Sole has a little flex and the heel has a semi-auto crampon welt.

 

Given that none of the really saucy lightweight climbing boots (Trango S, Raichle All Degree, Montrail Lotus, Freney, etc) are made in my size, this boot seems like a possible winner. So, the question is: has anyone used them? What are your impressions? If you have any experience with them (or comparable Salomons) I would appreciate hearing about it. Durability? How do they climb and hike? Quality issues? If you don't have any experience with them, I would appreciate not hearing about it.

 

For $150 and 830g, they might be worth it even though they are billed as a "technical trekking boot," whatever that means.

 

http://www.salomonoutdoor.com/us/product.asp?sex=0&seg=1&act=7&gam=0&pro=872410&sel=0_0

[tomtom]

Check to see if the rand is rubber or something else.

 

My GF bought a pair of SM Lites from SecAsc, and the toe rand was cut up after one weekend trip. I looked at it, and it wasn't rubber (although the website said it should be). They send them back to Solomon and were replaced with a pair with rubber rands. Haven't had a problem since.

[kioti]

The rand on the 7 LTRs are Rubber. And yes, they changed the rand on the SM lite after a year or so of it being out.

[tomtom]

And yes, they changed the rand on the SM lite after a year or so of it being out.

 

The website is still advertising them as rubber, though.

[kioti]

no, they changed it from the black fabric crap to the rubber. sorry for the lack of clarification...