I took my new Danner Mountain lights out for a 4 mile break-in walk last night. Glad I brought some moleskin
After the 2d mile I had a nice blister on the back of my achilles tendon at the top of the boot. I really like the new half sole insert that Danner includes with these boots. Very different. The boots don't feel anything like the imported Danners BTW.
I wanted to tell you all that regardless of whether you like Danner boots I can highly recommend their boot dressing which I bought with my boots and also I tried a $10 pair of their mid weight Merino hunting socks. First, the dressing really conditions the leather. It made my well used Asolo's look almost new! Its supposed to help with the break in process as well.
The Danner socks were sized well--I have size 13 wide feet and the XL size was very nice--too often I buy socks that say they work with size 13 feet and they suck. These are nice--about the same quality as a couple of mid-weight Smart Wool brand socks that cost considerably more... We'll see how they stand up to use and washing. But so far so good.