Deerskin or Insulated Boots?

[JiffyPopKids]

Playing stalker, I have both.

Insulated boots weigh 3.30 lbs, -12% sprint. 5.4 degree warmth. 3.6 windchill, 50% water resist, 4 protection. (100% condition)

Deerskin boots 4.4 degree warmth, 3.5 windchill, 50% water resist, 7 protection. -5% sprint, 4.40 lbs weight. (98% condition)

I'm in Timberwolf Mountain just sorting things, getting ready to migrate to Pleasant Valley. I spawned here and I'm currently day 56. Voyageur / stalker / interloper custom settings. Voyageur wolves, interloper weather, stalker everything else. Honestly the Insulated Boots are compelling, but that 12% sprint hit really concerns me. What do all of you think? :)

[Lenny Rat]

Mukluks

Ok, if faced with the other 2 in Stalker, I'm still going with the Deerskin. Sprint hit is a killer.(literally).

[IFIYGD]

Deerskin boots, as long as you have ways to get more hies for repairs down the line. Sprint is big in Stalker, more than ever, with the new wolf AI. (At least for me.) Yes, they weigh more, but get and keep Well Fed, and get a moosehide satchel (from HRV or crafted) if you can.

Originally posted by Lenny Rat:

Mukluks

Always ideal if you can find them. ^^^

[IFIYGD]

Originally posted by Dr. Dro:

Ski boots gang! But yeah, i'd take the insulated until you find mukluks

And here I thought all that stomping around was a Moose, but it's been Dro, clomping around in ski boots. ;)

[wilky]

Mukluks are the best. They only reduce your sprinting by 3%.

Deerskin Boots are a close second-best. Their main drawback (compared to Mukluks) is that they are 1.1 lbs heavier (which is ~0.8 lbs after subtracting 25% for wearing). The other differences between Mukluks and Deerskin Boots are negligible.

I would rank the Insulated Boots as third-best due to the -12% sprinting penalty.

But I would rather use Insulated Boots than Ski Boots (the 8.8 lbs and the 20% sprint reduction are brutal).

[IFIYGD]

Ski Boots aren't bad on Stalker, if you keep them stashed, and in good condition. But only wear them if you are going out hunting wolf or bear, and might take a struggle or mauling. Their armor rating does help a bit. But yeah, you aren't running, anywhere when wearing them, lol.
I asked for a "kicking" mechanic for struggles a long time ago, and they'd be great ,if their extra heft gave them extra dmg to the wolf if you kicked it a few times.

They keep adding new things, and changing the game up. Still hoping for kicking.

And I'll never stop pestering for

[John Blackstone]

I have both ready, but travel in whichever is the best. The thing with boots is that your scrap leather has to be in good supply, and you can't always keep that going. Deerskin is perpetual.