I have a couple of pairs – the first pair I used with my old scarpa boots with the attak sole unit – which is what the yeti gaiters are especially designed for – it has a rim around the tow that interfaces best with the gaiters rand, and a channel in the forefoot of the sole that accepts the thin cross piece/strip of rubber from the gaiter. I’m not sure what boots you can get these days that have the skywalk attak sole unit on them though, I don’t think even the trusty Scarpa SL’s (if you can still get them) have those soles. Whilst requiring a bit of muscle to fit, the combination was absolutely legendary for the likes of Dartmoor. And if you didn’t hang about too long, you could also wade streams and rivers up to the top of the gaiter without it letting in water.
I use a second pair with my lowa patrol boots. Because those boots just have a standard vibram sole, I have had to trim off the thin runner strap on the sole of the gaiter, and I use superglue to glue the gaiter rand onto the toe of the boot sole. This works pretty well, and seems to keep it all located nicely when out and about, yet enables me to fairly easily peel it off when I don’t need the gaiters attached to the boots any longer. Any superglue residue on the rubber sole of the boot can be quite easily scratched off if you are bothered by that.
