We subject our running shoes to a lot: miles of gravelly pavement; rocky off-road terrain; dusty dirt trails; and sloppy puddles of mud or undefined urban liquids. Oof. And we pay a lot for these ...

Hiking boots are meant to be worn—not kept in a display case like a pair of Nike Dunks. That means, out on the trail, they’re bound to get dirty. Dust finds its way into every crevasse, mud cakes onto ...