Mexican Frye boots - quality?

For my feet they don't fit worth a shit. The most painful shoe in either of my sizes I ever tried on. Looked great, but unwearable.

No experience with the Mexican ones but I have the Fyre Kasper which is made in Spain and I will say that the quality seems to be on par or slightly higher than either pair of my Brandos which are US made. The Kaspers are considerably more expensive than the Brandos however.

I bought two Frye boots, the jackson engineer and the phillip- both made in mexico. First, the philip: came with substandard "antiqued" leather, which is just a gimmick to get people who don't know about leather to buy something worth half as much as they are buying it for. It HAD a major defect: the stitching on the welt was deeply off, recessed, in two areas. The sole was actually cut wrong there too. I sent it back, only to get a jackson engineer that was eaten up inside the footbed, and when I applied mink oil to soften up the leather, the threading at all the seams fell apart, nearly disintegrated before my eyes. It was falling apart everywhere! Sadly, this is not my fathers Frye boots... its cheap now. This is because the company got taken over around 2006 and then all of the manufacturing was outsourced. Say goodbye to a 150 year old tradition in boot making. Really, very sad.

All the above including their warrenty of two years, which frankly, with their price tag is one good season of wear...aaaaripoffchooo! Excuse me.

All the above including their warrenty of two years, which frankly, with their price tag is one good season of wear...aaaaripoffchooo! Excuse me.

All the above including their warrenty of two years, which frankly, with their price tag is one good season of wear...aaaaripoff! Excuse me.

Funny, I've had a great experience with my Frye engineers. 

 

Bought em 6 years ago, wear them 2/3 times a week and they still look/feel great.  

I have a had 2 pairs of indys' in contrast I have had several pairs of frye boots mainly because of the price. I will never doubt anyone's experiences but speaking to my own I had to send back the first pair of indys (the fast lace holders were reversed on one shoe) so speaking from my own experience never sent back a pair of frye's had to send back one of the only 2 pair of aldens I ever owned.
Sometimes I think people like crap on brands that they dont feel are exclusive enough but most fry boots are $300 or close to it but when they sell so many pairs and they can reduce them to half price for a sale many people can own your boots too.
Now a $350 pair of mid lace boots are 178 and now many more people can own them taking away the exclusivity of the brand.

Sometimes I think its like that band you always loved in college and you feel like you were one of the first people to discover them and then when they blow you crap all over them ' yeah they used to be a real band then they sold out' ' their old stuff was real and now they are just commercial' i guess this is just how people are.
If alden reduced their prices and started selling at Dillards or Macys and sold 3 times the amount of product people would crap on them too.

Not a fan. First, the leather is junk. Second, the styling is so overdone, you should just wear UGGs and be through with it.

If you're a huge boot guy, and like to have lots of pairs, I'd say having a Frye Engineer boot in your collection can't be bad for a Saturday by yourself.