what is consider as good survival boots? I wear leather Raichle medium built boots. It is intended for modest load backpacking. I don't want to walk around in heavy duty backpacking boots that will tire me out quickly. In choosing boots, I look for boots that has minimum seams. The boots should be made of 1 or 2 piece of leather. I dislike millitary boots because its good year welt is not as good as civilian version. Millitary leather boots tend to have too many pieces of leather patches sewed together.