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Review: Magnum Precision Ultra Lite WPi
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I’ve worn a lot of boots in my day. None quite compare to the quality and value I found in Magnum’s Precision Ultra Lite. I’ve been eyeing these bad boys for awhile and was really excited to get a chance to check them out.
Comfort-wise, it compares to the boots I wore while in the Marines. Since I don’t suit up every day in that same uniform, it’s difficult to give an exact comparison. However, at my office job, the boots are incredibly comfortable. They just breathe easily and much better than other leather boots.
The ion masking is what makes all the difference. Even before I wore the Magnums, I watched videos about the water repellent technology online. My curiosity was piqued. It gave me a reason to test the boots out in the rain.
The only thing that got wet? The bottoms of my pants.
Needless to say, I was surprised. The other waterproof boots in my closet still soak up water. Nothing beads right off like Magnum’s ion mask. The rubber outsole impressed me as well. Its intense sole construction made me picture someone walking vertically up a wall. Luckily, I didn’t try that—at least not yet.
The bottoms of boots wear out quickly. So quickly, in fact, you can start to see the traction fade only after a week. This is not the case with the Precision Ultra Lites. After two weeks of wear, the bottoms are still just as powerful as the first day. I didn’t slip in the rain even when I tried. It also helped when I was doing some heavy lifting.
The quality of Magnum laces are much higher than what you would find on a $30 Wal-Mart boot. Unlike softer laces, Magnum boots use nylon laces that will last much longer. Cheaper boots use cheaper laces that fray when they go through the grommets. After about a year, I’ve had to replace boot laces like those. I can tell I won’t have to replace these laces for a long time, if ever.
My only complaint is that the top of the boot will rub against your skin, even if you have the top of your pants tucked in to it. That’s why it’s important to wear these boots with tall socks so you can avoid this. Do note that I have only been wearing the boots for two weeks, so the rubbing might go away after I break them in completely.
All in all, these are great boots that I would recommend to a friend, a family member and, if I’m in a really good mood, maybe even an enemy.
This review was written by Scott Nickell, a former U.S. Marine and ecommerce specialist at Cat5 Commerce. Scott served our country for eight years and has been wearing heavy-duty boots for about a decade.
Jody
I work for the Dept. of Corrections and when I went to the Academy for 6 weeks I needed a pair of boots that would be good for running and marching and all other fun events we got to do. I got a pair of Magnum’s and really loved them. They felt so good i went out and got me a pair to hunt in and all other activities I do in the outdoors. These boots are very good and would recommend them to anyone.
Justin
I wore a pair of magnums when I was a law enforcement officer and they lasted for a really long time and were comfortable
Damian
The coolest thing i’ve done in my boots were, last summer my mom, my uncle and I went muddin
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Mike
My first pair of boots was given to me as a gift for Christmas when I was 10 years old. My grandpa gave them to me with the understanding that I’d where them to quail hunt with him. Some of the coolest things I did were in those boots. I went quail hunting, dove hunting, and duck hunting many times with my grandpa and my dad in those ole’ boots. When I wasn’t bird hunting with them I was down in the creek or roaming somewhere usually looking for lizards and turtles. Those memories are my most cherished and those boots helped to make that possible. I couldn’t have done half those things by wearing a pair of flimsy tennis shoes.
Rudy
I’ve sailed the straights of Gibraltar in my boots. Ya right, maybe I’ll get around to doing it when I actually get them. These boots will be my daily footwear and will do anything I do. I guess the pressure’s on.
Barry Harmon
The coolest thing I’ve ever done in my boots is wear them all day every day through a northern Utah winter. Ice, snow, slush – didn’t make a difference, perfect traction everywhere. At the time I was a college student with classes scattered all across campus, as well as working as a police dispatcher/911 call taker for the university police department. Being able to get from place to place without worrying about whether I was going to slip on icy sidewalks was a major plus, especially given some of the steep hills I had to deal with on campus. Warm, dry feet with great ankle support and superb traction make walking several miles daily a much easier task.
Jim Hutchison
Gone on a safai in africa!
Jourdan Lee
Well, personally I have never worn these boots. Though I do own a pair of Wellco boots, and let me tell you, those things have been through hell and back. I use them for working, hiking and even running! So what i’m trying to say is that there is no coolest place because every where I go is a new cool place! Sure there have been cooler places then others like up-top a tree waiting to shoot one of my buddies while airsofting or from being on Camp Pendleton training with the marines for JROTC. Sure I am young but so is everyone else. We all want these Magnum boots, hell I want ‘em. They will be my new “fun time boot”, It’ll more action then ever before!
Rachael Johnson
Were is the coolest place I’ve wear my boots? What a silly question. I wear them everywhere. I’ve worn them in helicopters, on heavy artillery, on a Stenson 10 (Air Plane), I’ve worn them to get a tore of a Thunderbird F-16, to Civil Air Patrol meeting, to school for JROTC, in a box with a fox, in a house with a mouse, I’ve even worn them when eating green eggs and ham, I wear them while reading green eggs and ham. I’ve worn them when preparing for the Zombie Apocalypses, I will wear them during the Zombie Apocalypse (it’s only a matter of time).
Thor Henrik Nordvik
The coolest thing i have done in my boots is doing and passing selection for The Norwegian National Guard QRF.
It was alot of walking and running, even falling. Got to push and test the body.
My boots have been with me on every exercise after that giving me som god times with some great guys.
M Werner
Early one morning last June my Granddad nudged me awake. We got up and around before anyone else in the house and we slipped off to go fishing. Of course we had to stop for coffee at Shoney’s and blueberry pancakes.
We got to the lake but didn’t catch much as it got hot early. We mainly sat in the shade drinking Coke and munching on pork rinds. I got bored and went walking along the bank and found a Schrade 5″ Hunting Knife stuck in the ground. Cool!
We went back home and didn’t even get a lecture from Grandma. Cool!
After that trip, I didn’t get to do much with my Granddad that summer. I went back to my folks and started back in school for the fall. Granddad past away that September. We went to his funeral and I put that knife I had found in his coffin.
The coolest thing I’ve done in my boots was to have spent time fishing one last with my Grand dad that summer.
randy saunders
The coolest thing I’ve done in my boots was serving as an Emergency Medical Technician with the ambulance service in the very rural, mountainous area I live in. I’ve climbed mountains, waded rivers, slid on ice covered roads, and went through fire to render aid, usually with only my partner and my boots for backup.
Tom Polsgrove
Skydive over Thailand and Spain, scuba dive in California, Hawaii, and Guam and hike / run some pretty interesting places on the east coast (Dismal Swamp and Shanandoah Valley. Oh, you mean one thing? Hmmm? Okay, well skydiving in these boots means having to tape over the top two eyelets because they could catch a line but scuba diving in my boots meant that I never got a foot full of sea irchins when I wore them (don’t ask about the time I didn’t).
Daniel Garcia
I’m in law enforcement and my partner and I had to deal with two “hypes”that were three strikers and looking at prison time. They put up a struggle and one dropped to the floor to try and crawl away behind some pipes, I had one in control and cuffed and my partner grabbed the other by the leg to drag him back. That’s when I saw something shinny… the suspect pulled out a hypodermic and was going to stab my partner in the arm to get away. I managed to left my leg in time and block the needle with the sole of my Tactical Magnum Boot with safety liner sole. It protected me and my partner. That had to be the coolest thing or feel I’ve done or had with my boots.
Evan Travers
Taught my little brother how to shoot.
Phil Hsueh
The coolest thing that I’ve probably done in my boots was when I was in the Marine Reserves I got to go to Norway and participate in Operation Battle Griffin. For that I bought a pair of water-proof, insulated boots so that I didn’t have to bother with the issue Mickey Mouse boots and when I wore them with heavy socks they more than did the job. It was definitely and experience and the highlight of my time while in the Reserves and sure as hell beat going to 29 Palms for my 2 weeks annual training.
Henry Kim
What I love about this review how he compares his experience with this boot to those that he’s used in the past – be it from the USMC or Wal-mart.
My experience with boots have been the same, ranging from cheap “economy” combat boots to boots that have all the qualities of the latest in footwear technology.
My coolest experience with boots were my first pair issued to me when I began an Army ROTC program and the orientation week that kick started it all. In one week, I was given a pair of black boots that I would break in, rappel from a 60-feet rock wall, complete a 10-mile ruck march, cross rope bridges over some of the most frightening heights, and spit shine until I could see the cracks of my teeth in them. Accompanying me into the culture shock that is the military, my boots got me through it.
Scott
The coolest thing I’ve done in my boots is wear them to Moscow in the winter. My wife and I were over there to adopt a little boy – he’s almost 5 now – and we got to tour the city for a couple of days while we were waiting on some of the paperwork and processing to occur. We walked all over Red Square, into St Basil’s Cathedral, and up and down quiet little streets with some of the best coffee shops you’d never expect to find there.
Kevin
This probably isn’t the coolest thing in the world, but the coolest thing I’ve done in my boots is take food to the people of Haiti and help clear debris after the earthquake earlier this year. I couldn’t have done it in cheap boots that’s for sure!
Arwin Siador
In my Desert Stealth Forces I went on a seemingly nice summit hike in Mt. Diablo. While it was a easy-medium hike I had a blast with some friends learned new things about challenging myself and accomplishing what I put my mind too. Not as exciting as the guys above me, however, it has to be one of funniest things Ive done in a long while.
Planning on hiking Mt. Rose in Tahoe in a few weeks =) My boots have taught me that we live a short life and its a big world out there. The coolest thing is that my boots have inspired me to look at myself and challenge myself to do new and exciting things and see greater and bigger things in life. *THUMBS UP*
JC
I was camping out above 10,000 feet in the Sangre De Cristo Mountians of New Mexico. It was dusk and my party was eating dinner on an outcropping when we saw a cloud pour over the ridge and surge down the canyon. The wind started to pick up. The usual whisper of pine needles was replaced by an roar that raised goose bumps on my skin. We couldn’t tell if there was fire on the mountain or a bad moon rising so we took off at a dead run for the old miner’s cabin just down the mountain. As we ran through the door raindrops the size of small eggs started falling.
As the mountainside turned into little stream-lets we watched the lightning and ate pudding with M&M’s. The next day we got up before dawn and reached the summit in time for an early lunch. Then we got lost.
Ruben Porras
As a kid I had an uncle that was an avid hunter and fisherman and I always noticed his black Magnum boxes around his house. Good ol’ Uncle Ben took those boots to places that I cannot imagine going to. Now that I am more adventurous, I am realizing that I live in the midst of some of he most beautiful recreational areas in the worlds. If these boots worked so well for Ben, I am going to strap on a pair and get to steppin’. I live right in between Mount Lassen and Mount Shasta. This will be an interesting adventure!
CJ
The coolest thing I’ve done in my boots is geocache through Alabama foothills. It was a combination of rock climbing, hiking, dredging through water and tall grass. I found some amazingly isolated places where nature is truly displayed at its best. My boots also supported me through SERE school during the winter in Washington state. It was the worst time of my life but the most memorable. Even though my boots are well worn, I can’t seem to get rid if them.