Nike SFB Jungle 8" Tactical Boots, Unissued
Unused Nike jungle boots at a suspiciously cheap price, what’s the catch? No catch, except that we weren’t able to get a mega pile of these. So, grab a pair quickly before someone else gets ‘em all. These are awesome hot-weather tactical boots, very lightweight yet durable!
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Unused Nike jungle boots at a suspiciously cheap price, what’s the catch? No catch, except that we weren’t able to get a mega pile of these. So, grab a pair quickly before someone else gets ‘em all. These are awesome hot-weather tactical boots, very lightweight yet durable!
Features
SFB is derived from Special Field Boots. These are an interesting hybrid of a light army boot and a hiking boot with some cool features from running shoes thrown in the mix. Yes, Nike jungle is Coyote Brown. Thus, these also work very well in the desert and other dry terrain. Combine these with our blue Tactical Jeans, and you’ll look tacticool in the city, too.
Subdued designer shoes without glaring logos; you can find the Nike Swoosh on the side of the sole, but it blends in quite nicely. In addition to the great looks, these also come with many neat tactical features. The 8-inch high canvas legs protect your ankles from hostile nature yet keep the boots very lightweight. The boots provide pretty good ankle support but, of course, not as much as stiff military/hiking boots.
There are water-drainage ports in the midsole, which increase breathability and ensure that water and sweat exit the boots quickly. This makes them definitely not waterproof, but make sure they dry fast, which is great in hot and humid surroundings.
The 0.44 Sticky Rubber outsole has an aggressive tread pattern with wide grooves that prevent the mud and other crap from clinging on. The boots feature sawtooth-patterned rubber reinforcement at the arch for adrenaline junkies that love dingle-dangling on ropes. Nike has utilized running shoe technology when designing these, making them quite comfortable when it comes to marching long distances. Furthermore, the sole has a reinforcement layer to offer added protection against sharp rocks and other pointy things found outdoors.
Made in Vietnam.
Size info
The EUR and US sizes found on this page are taken from the boots. If you use the US size, everything will go fine and dandy. However, the EUR sizes are smaller than what they should be. So if you play by the EUR size, go with one size bigger.
Thanks to the canvas leg, these are very lightweight. One boot weighs c, 470 g / 16.6 oz (EUR 42.5 / US 9).
Condition
Unissued surplus still in the factory boxes. We have no clue where and why these were not used. We guess that these were supposed to end up in the feet of US soldiers, but the main point is that nobody has used these. In other words, an excellent deal.
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rj m. 14.03.2024 Verified purchase
Sizing/fit: I can confirm that the US and UK (US -1) sizing is accurate.
Construction: These boots definitely appear to be well made, but (obviously) I have not had them long enough to judge how well they hold up with use (hence only four stars - although if my size were still available, I would buy another pair).
To wear, they remind me of Adidas GSG 9.3's - except with a decent fit out of the box and no need to them break in (and without the annoying lacing system).
Marko N. 14.03.2024 Verified purchase
Iskunvaimennus on ensi tuntumalta hyvä, eli kengät eivät ole kovat astella. Lesti on kengissä kapean sorttinen,eli jos omaa leveät jalat, voi nämä kengät osoittautua ahtaaksi; minun kapealle jalalle lesti oli juurikin sopiva. Kengät on tehty oikeaan sotilaskäyttöön toisin kuin vanhat tämäntyyliset kenkäni, jotka maksoivat 40€ ja ovat
Rothcon halpisvalmistetta. Päivitys: Popojen omat pohjalliset olivat minun matalalle jalkaterälle keskeltä liian korkeat, joten laitoin kenkiin kahdet Jalaksen FX2- pohjalliset hieman pienemmäksi leikattuina päällekkäin ja vielä yhdet hyvin ohuet pohjalliset, eli kolmet pohjalliset päällekkäin. Noilla pohjallisilla kengät pienenivät sen verran, että yksi brittiarmeijan lämpimänkelin saapassukka täytti kengän mukavasti. Noilla jutuilla muokattuna kengät olivat kelvolliset kävellä. Vielä on sanomista kenkien nauhoista, eivät ainakaan uutena pysy hyvin solmuissa, vaan rusetit tahtovat aueta; patenttikeino tuohon on tietysti vaihtaa kenkiin toiset nauhat, mutta aion katsoa jonkin aikaa kun käytän kenkiä, että menisikö tuo taipumus solmun aukeamiseen ohi kun kengät ovat käytössä.
Tällaiset kengät ovat kivat kun on kuiva keli ja ei ole kovin kylmää!
Ylijäämänä näissä on halpa hinta, eräskin firma myy tätä kenkää tarjouksessa karvan verran vajaa 190€ hintaan ja joku pitää käytetyille tällaisille kengille 100€ hintaa.
Eivät ole parhaat pidempään kävelyyn, eli eivät sovellu vaelluskengiksi, mutta ovat passelit tavanomaisiksi käyttökengiksi. Monojen nauhat ovat tosiaan turhan pitkät ja eivät tahdo pysyä solmussa. Mil-Tec:in 180cm vaaleanruskeat nauhat ovat sekä edulliset ja toimivat nauhat näihin maihareihin. Suosittelen hankkimaan suoraan tuollaiset- ja/tai tuonpituiset uudet nauhat samalla jos ostaa nämä tällaiset kengät.
ioannis k. 21.03.2024 Verified purchase
So seems lil biger but very little
So that's translated is 90% accurate size
Im happy with this size
Jani T. 24.03.2024 Verified purchase
Kalle K. 26.03.2024 Verified purchase
Ainoa tähän astinen miinus kengille tulee liukkaista nauhoista. Nauhat ovat myös pitkät, mutta tuolla tulikin jo edellä hyvä perustelu, eli ovat riittävän pitkät myös riisuessa.
Tommi A. 29.04.2024 Verified purchase
Sisään ajoa tuli suoritettua useempaan otteeseen 2-6km kävelyillä. Osoittautuivat mukaviksi niin kaupunki ympäristössä kuin koiran ulkoilutuksessa metsäpoluilla.
Pohjamateriaali ei kyllä pidä yhtään lumella tai jäällä, viidakossahan sitä ei ole. Märällä kalliolla pitoa kyllä piisasi. Kengissä hyvät venttiilit veden ulostuloon (jätin kahlaus testin kesän lämpimiin vesisateisiin).
Amerikkalainen sotilas ei selkeesti enää marssi mihinkään vaan viedään autolla tai helikopterilla. Etäsotilasmarssilla 7km jälkeen alkoivat kengät hiertämään ja vääntämään vähän eri paikoista. Nauhoja sai olla kiristämässä tai löysäämässä muutaman kilometrin välein. Itse pyöräytin pitkät nauhat säären ympäri ja sitten vasta rusetille, en huomannut nauhojen liukkaudessa enempää moitittavaa.
Jos kevyttä kenkää jossa vartta kaupunkiin tai kevyeen retkeilyyn hakee, on tuote varsin pätevä. Raskaampaan koitokseen suosittelen varustautumaan vähän järeämmällä kalustolla.
Antti A. 20.05.2024 Verified purchase
Jukka R. 29.07.2024 Verified purchase
Mikael A. 13.08.2024 Verified purchase
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It is NOT leather, it's faux nubuck, synthetic.
And that's a good thing since they are best used as jungle boots and thus should be always moist. Which leather realy doesn't like.
Hi! Thank you very much for the comment! We used the official Nike name for the product, which includes the word "leather". We usually try to go with the original name on our English page. Furthermore, the material info that we received mentions leather and canvas as the main materials so we trusted the manufacturer on this one. Other vendors seem to sell these based on that data, too.
Nowadays faux leather can be very deceiving though especially when you cannot check it that thoroughly, and sometimes manufacturers are somewhat misleading with their naming practices.
Faux leather does make more sense with jungle gear. We cannot check each and every boot thoroughly to see whether the materials differ. Sometimes these shipments contain different versions of the same product and their materials can differ. Older versions have less synthetic stuff.
In any case, we removed the word from the name and the product text even though it changes the original name. It doesn't really add anything vital to this product in any case.
Also, to add a bit, I would like to see more Samelin boots. They have a lot of interesting models now, including a whole lineup with Goodyear stitching, solid hiking boots, and even m77 boots with modern hiking soles. Please team up with them again!
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