The tread material quality seems remarkably poor compared to that of my previous Salomon shoes--I've never had Salomon gear fall apart like this before. My X Ultra 3 boots from early 2022 are still going strong, and the X Ultra 3 shoes I got around the same time for daily wear lasted almost a full year before I had to replace them due to (evenly) worn tread; but these X Ultra 4 shoes lost an entire chunk of tread two months in--not worn down, completely gone, like a clean shave--and, eight months in, a small area of the outermost surface is actually worn through into the spongy material underneath. I'm going to hope that the X Ultra 360 Edges I'm ordering now are better quality, but, wow, what a disappointment this product has been compared to the others.
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