Salomon has announced that for 2016 they will be offering the new Burro colorway for the Salomon Forces XA Pro Mid, Quest 4D Forces, and Quest 4D GTX Forces footwear. The Burro colorway is designed as a more versatile, blended earth tone, and to allow wearers to more easily blend into their surroundings. Below, you can see imagery of the three Forces models in the new colorway:
It’s not Coyote but rather a sligtly darker color.
Tags: Salomon Forces
Great color! Reminds me of knight’s old taupe.
I agree. I’ve had plenty enough of ‘tan’, FDE and the like; it’s all sand.
Time for some good ole brown to come forth and rock the place. Brown is teh new black!
These are closer to the brown boots of UK forces.
Yes
I have the civvy version of the quest, brilliant boot, these will be bought as soon as they come out in the UK! RSM friendly, so can see these being really popular.
Dig it. Outside of a desert/arid area anything as close to the ground as a boot is going to be some shade of that color anyway. I’m just biased because here it’s the middle of mud season.
So too dark to get away with wearing with the new ACU/Multicams?
To dark and too low, unless you’re far enough forward that shiites are not given about such things.
My thoughts too. Unless the “burro” shade is actualy a little lighter in real life. They’re also too low for army boot.
Yeah well, they need to “burro” their way into some wide sizes & no, sizing up isn’t the solution. Wtf Salomon? The ankle support is incredible, the last is impossibly narrow…. plus I have flippers for feet, lol.
I’m a standard 10.5, but damn if I haven’t tried many different pair in the irrational hope that they’d one day fit. No such luck…which is a shame.
I wear a wide boot but the Salomon toe box has worked well for me so far, I’m not saying this as a dealer, im.saying this as someone who is testing them now and will walk thousands of miles in them this year. My business has not yet taken any stock in inventory. YMMV.
Man, I am with you on the wides. I will say that their standard last seems wider than most European “wides” in its standard form. For now, stuck in M+ XA Pro’s for my civvy life which I freakin love. I do have a pair of quests but they are pretty tight and didn’t stretch much. The struggle is real!
Reminds me of that RAL color
Which one? 8000?
Ahhhhhhhhhh I just bought the tan ones!
Brilliant color and fantastic match between upper materials & sole. This soil-like tone will look great in most any environment. A lil dust cover should make it blend nicely in desert or arid regions too. Great offering!
Well, there is still distinct difference between fabric. These are heavily edited packshot pics.
Great looking boot/shoe!
But “Burro”…? Really? Isn’t that offensive to Mexicans…opps, sorry I meant Hispandix…Hispanics? Or is that term also offensive? Damn, I am Mexican and I have no idea what to be called!
Burro, like a packmule.
Then my burro is offended!
Why would you or anyone be offended by a pair of boots called burro? Stop bitching
They need to make these in wide and very wide for those of us who wrecked their feet!!!!
But what would I do without a grumpy pinky toe?
Approved, now widths please.
Is that closed loops instead of hooks on the Quest? Niiiiice.
Since the first appearance of Quest FORCES they have closed loops.
Just received an email from US elite showing additional salamon models in the burro color.
Country of Origin?
I have the Quest 4d GTX in both Navajo (tan) as well as in absolute brown (from TacticalDistributors.com). The latter is not part of the Forces line. Each says inside “Made in China.” I doubt those shown above would be any different.
My sample was made in India.
Is there a reason the Forces Quests don’t have quick lace systems like the civilian models? They’re a bitch to put on and take off now.
I’m assuming it’s because the quick laces when they get just loose enough can sometimes jump off of the keepers when in a prolonged run… One reason why I went back to full eyelets on my boots.
You can’t jump with those unless you tape them up. And even then, some units you can’t.
Too bad. I ordered a tan pair when they first came out specifically for a deployment and sent them back when it took me 10 minutes to get them on my feet. If you need to go from flip flops to boots ASAP while you’re at the COP this system sucks.
W I D E widths please.
I feel like a woman wanting to buy a new pair of shoes just because they just happen to come in a other color.