The ripstop fabric can take a beating, as evidenced from bushwhacking through mountain laurel or climbing through a huge brush pile with a chainsaw in hand. It looks tough, feels tough, and after three months of use, can verify that it is indeed pretty tough material. The Merrell MQM Flex Luna Mid Gore-Tex Filson feature a “waterproof ripstop and high abrasion woven mesh upper and a TPU toe cap for protection.” Straight out of the (really nice) box, the durable upper fabric was the first thing that caught my eye. Talk about making a good first impression. The box the boots arrived in was very nice, and even the shipping details/receipt was included in this fancy embossed envelope. A similar (but not a Filson collab) boot for women would be the Merrell Women's MQM Flex 2 Mid Gore-Tex in the Lichen colorway.
It appears that only a men's version of this boot was released.
This product can also be found on the Filson website and some other places online as the Filson x Merrell MQM Trail Runner. Model: This is a limited edition collaboration between Merrell and Filson, however some similar features exist in Merrell’s other MQM Flex Gore-Tex line of products. It should be noted that these come in a wide range of size options (men's US 7-16). The longest single day of wear was a 14-hour day of cutting/splitting/stacking wood and hauling brush in 75F (24C) and the longest on-trail use was for a 9-mile trip in the mid-80s ☏ (28-30☌). I also used them a few times as a semi-work boot, for things like splitting wood and removing invasive vegetation from nearby woodlands. The terrain mostly consisted of wet, muddy trails at lower elevations in the spring and rocky, dry trails at higher elevations in the summer. I’ve worn the Merrell MQM Flex Luna Mid Gore-Tex Filson boots for 3 months in the spring and summer in the eastern U.S.
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