In reply to mountain.martin:
My complaint here is that UKC are only reviewing shoes made by companies with an existing commercial relationship with UKC i.e. advertisers. I don't mind the product information posts where it is clear that they are not reviews and that they are only posting product information from companies that advertise with them, but this crosses a line.
La Sportiva and arguably (I'm being generous) TNF could be described as established in this market place, Berghaus, Scarpa and Mammut are definately not as is clear from the reviews, so it is dishonest to describe this selection as "five of the leading off-road shoes" with the exception of La Sportiva the market leaders (La Sportiva are a long way behind the big players in terms of sales) have been excluded from the test on the basis that they do not advertise with UKC.
All the reviews are positive, well they would be, you don't want to upset your advertisers. The shoes may well be great, but how can we trust the review, when it is so clear that it is completely commercially driven.