Meindl - Shoes For Actives Reviews 

Paid a premium price for Meindl boots from Alpin Store. We are so disappointed with their product!. Previously we found Meindl boots fantastically hard wearing and well worth the expense. It took Meindl three months to repair 2 week old boots !!!Also, Meindl do not cover postage for returning their defective product. No apology from the company. Will definitely AVOID Meindl in the future.

I bought a pair of expensive £350.00 Meindl boots which fell to bits after 14 months. They may look toigh, but this is the second pair to have done this so I shall look for a manufacturer that really does make expensive, but tough boots…these Meindl boots are not good value, and do not last.

Meindl Himalaya and Antarktis....
Outstanding boots. I use the Himalaya locally in the VAR throughout Autumn and Winter. The Antarktis up in the mountains around Nevache and S Chevalier... Warm, dry, super confortable. Straight into long hikes through snow.... Both excellent boots, yes, expensive but worth the investment to be dry warm and comfortable in the mountains.

I had a pair of Berghaus boots for over 10 years and never let me down. They were reluctantly replaced when the grip on the sole got too worn down. I had never had to replace the laces on them and stability was great. About two years ago I replaced them with Meindl. Fallen over more times than I care to remember and am now on my fourth pair of laces as the top part of the lacing system clearly cuts into them. I’ll be going back to Berghaus before winter. I wish I’d read reviews beforehand. Very disappointed.

There should be no star. When I searched for a review on Meindle boots, I expected to perhaps find a handfull but, I am utterly astonished the the number of folk, like myself, who have been conned out of a lot of money for nothing but footwear-junk. Every comment I read mirrored in part or full my own experience. I would suggest that, with such a high number of complaints, the likelyhood that all are malicious is very slim. This company needs the see a concerted boycott of their products. I suggests that all who have posted here and this who are yet to write a review, visit their local shoe and outddor retailers and share their experience. Once the retailers fall shy of Meindles dodgy products, the circulation of their junk will decline and hopefully production seize all together. None of us will get their hard earned money back but, we can make sure that this dispicable German outfit will suffer for their misdeeds.

I purchased a pair of Meindl air revolution 4.1 boots a few years ago, and although they have had limited easy walk use, the soles started to come off at the front of the boot. I put this down to a one off unfortunate issue. I had also purchased a pair of Meindl burma boots at the same time, but they were never worn, and stored in their original box in my bedroom, until yesterday. I completed an easy 20 mile walk on the Annandale way, but about 10 miles in I heard an unusual noise when walking. I noticed that the soles on both boots were starting to seperate between the toe and instep. A short time later the heel parted way on the left boot, then detached completely. The uppers of these boots are as new, but one boot has no sole and the other has started to go the same way. Having to walk around 10 miles home with these boots was far from a pleasent experience, and left me with very sore feet and legs. These will be the last Meindl boots that I will ever purchase, and would most certainly not recommend them to anyone

These crappy worthless boots aren't even a year old and they are falling apart. The rand has let go, the rubber toe is coming off, and the "waterproof" lining is a joke!
DONT BUY MEINDL BOOTS!!!

Worst boots and worst customer experience in 40 years of hiking.
My first pair of Meindl Respond Mid II GTX boots leaked immediately, and were replaced under warranty. The replacement pair also leaked almost immediately and the stitching on the toecaps disintegrated after minimal use. I was on a 6 week hike across Türkiye so could not replace them, I ended up walking for several days with totally wet feet.
Meindl’s response ? It’s all my fault as I didn’t spray them regularly enough with their spray - and noting that that they never define “regularly “. Absolute cop-out to avoid refunding me for the worst boots I ever bought.
Avoid at all costs.

GTX Philadelphia. Rubbish. Don't waste your money. Expensive and v.poor quality. Will never buy another Meindl product.

Good comfort support and waterproofing but after less tan a year and under 900 miles inner and outer soles worn through.

Mens Journey Mid GTX Boots. I have owned these boots for about 3 months and walked about 500 miles in them. (I wear them 5 days a week for my work).
Overall they are simply not worth the money - In reality they are in the £120 boot range not over £200.
Good points. So far reasonably waterproof, even though the outside fabric seems to absorb water fairly quickly, my feet have remained reasonably dry.
Bad points. The sole is so thin you can feel every stone. They are basically no better than trainer soles. Equally they have about as much grip when its wet and any wet mud is a nightmare, as they just slip all the time.
The tongue is fractionally too short so the laces tend to ride up a bit.
Overall they are OK but definitely not fit for hill or mountain walking and definitely not worth paying over £200 for. I wont be buying a replacement pair when these wear out.

Bought a pair of Meindl walking shoes. Stitching started coming apart on one shoe after 3 months and the other after 9 months. I had the first stitching problem repaired but am loathe to send them back a second time. My feeling is that the stitching quality is poor for such an expensive brand. It's a shame as the wide fit is comfortable, but I can't afford to make the same mistake twice. Will shop elsewhere in future.

My £210 walking boots lasted a year before the stitching went on both boots (in the same place)! As they were still under guarantee they took them back and repaired them, however they only lasted another year before going again in the same place. This time they wanted to charge me £75 for repair (even though they knew the history). I will never buy miendl again after this - as they should more than a year. I have thrown them out as they are useless! My wife has a pair (bought at the same time and no problems! Was mine a bad batch … bad support or both?

After weeks of wet feet I wanted comfortable and waterproof shoes suitable for walking the dog. Meindl Caribe ladies GTX fit the bill. They are used twice daily for a couple of miles a time through grassy parkland.
Thanks to Cotswold Outdoors store Nottingham.

The right boot started squeaking within a week, I waited a few months because online advice suggests that new boots often squeak. The squeak didn't stop so the shop sent them back to Meindl. Meindl said there was nothing wrong with the boots and returned them. I put the boots on and walked in the street with a shop assistant who heard the squeak. The boots were returned to Meindl, they again said there was nothing wrong and returned the boots. Their written comment stated that it must be because of the way I walk or that they were the wrong boots for me! So we took a video of me walking with the very loud constant squeak from the right boot. I am not disabled and do not have a strange gait. Finally Meindl agreed the boot was faulty. This process took about 5 weeks.

Half the sole has come away from the back of the boot. This is the second pair of my Meindl boots to do this. The first pair were older and I felt i got a good couple of years out of them, but this pair are only a couple of years old, it's like the glue holding the sole on just perished and stopped working. I won't be buying them again which is a pity as I liked the firm fit around my foot.

I am REALLY cross about the boot quality. My first pair of Meindls lasted five years, I wore them everyday. I thought, five years is not too bad. However the next pair lasted just 15 months before separating irreparably from the sole! SUCH BAD QUALITY AND POOR MANUFACTURING.
To add insult I was told by the UK agent, that the German factory said there’s nothing they will do as the boots were only warranted for a year.
DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY!

They may be comfortable but even their own website says the midsoles can fall apart! My Bhutan boots have done exactly that after little use albeit over several years. Basically very expensive self-destructing boots. Rubbish.

Well I’m am shocked at all the one start reviews for Meindl. Because I’ve been buying their products for years. I have had 3 pairs of the size 9 Borneo MFS, just an amazing boot and can walk all day long with them. So three years ago I purchased the Himalaya in a size 9! This is not a walking boot but a torture device, it’s just the most uncomfortable and totally useless boot that Meindl have ever made. I’ve worn this maybe four or five times. I was hoping to climb Ben Nevis next February. But not with these. Can you please explain why the 3 pairs of Borneo fit and cost half the price of the Himalaya, don’t you care about boot making anymore. Please tell and will look for a replacement boot. Because these are dreadful. But seeing as you have not responded to any of the other reviews I don’t very much that I will get a response.

Very sad to watch this respected company go down the toilet 🚽

A year ago I contacted the uk and German side of this company, it was regarding the soles thinning prematurely and the sole failing( bits falling off)
The response I got was basically it’s normal.
I no no it’s not as I don’t mallet them on hills etc, so another year on from this minimal use.
Manufacturing holes have now appeared, exactly all the same size through the base of the sole.
Worst thing is I bought 2 pairs in good faith from a German Company .
I am awaiting a response again to see what happens.
Thank you
Update 23/2/26
They offered me a goodwill gesture of I pay £80 to have them resolved?
Shockingly bad service, I dealt with Bramwell International and Meindl with this issue, I don’t recommend a company that is charging high end for poor products .