text: 5.11 normally makes great products and I'm sure the quality of these boots are great as well. That being said I never even wore them because tying them is a pain. Instead of normally having eyelets at the top of the boot, 5.11 put fake eyelets on the inside and these hooks on the outside requiring the user to tie the shoe with a normal knot lower and then loop the laces around the hooks and then tie a normal shoe knot. I don't understand why 5.11 couldn't make it like a normal boot.