Weekend Wanderer wrote:My 4 year old Meindl Bhutans are taking water in like a sieve . No holes or tears in the leather uppers as well which would cause this. I have always been pro active in cleaning them and applying a waterproofing cream after every trip as well .
Can anyone please suggest anything to rectify the problem or are the boots at the end of their life usage?
Cheers
The Meindl Bhutans are a great boot (I've had several pairs of Meindl). They have a goretex lining to keep them waterproof, rather than having to keep waxing the leather, so if your boots are leaking it is probably the goretex lining that has gone.
It might be worth sending them back to Meindl to have a look at as the goretex lining should last longer than 4 years. They are expensive boots so Meindl may be able to fix them?
It looks like Bramwell are the official UK distributors for them, so you can try contacting them in the first instance
https://www.bramwell-int.co.uk/contact/and if that doesn't work, try emailing Meindl directly at
serviceteam@meindl.de