(hiking boots) La Sportiva Stream GTX vs. La Sportiva TXS GTX

Looking for people who have opinions on these shoes. They both fit me pretty well but i'm not 100% sure which one is better suited for me.

Right now, I do all my hiking in approach shoes which honestly isn't that terrible. It's only a problem during shoulder seasons(or mid winter) when I'm hiking in deepish snow and my approach shoes don't do that well. Looking into expanding my quiver to have an actual hiking shoe.

Does anyone own these shoes, what do you think?

I picked up the streams but ended up returning them - they are definitely more of a summer hiking book in my opinion. Material felt very think throughout the upper. One idea, instead of getting boots just use gaiters with your approach shoes so you don't get snow in them. 

Chris Topher wrote:

I picked up the streams but ended up returning them - they are definitely more of a summer hiking book in my opinion. Material felt very think throughout the upper. One idea, instead of getting boots just use gaiters with your approach shoes so you don't get snow in them. 

on longer hikes the snow will still seep through the material so I'm looking for something with goretex. My feet stay pretty warm so I'm not too concerned about the material being thin(can always just get thicker socks as well).

Thanks for your input!

No problem, my main concern though with the thin uppers wasn't warmth though, but durability. I feel like I would shred them in a season. 

Chris Topher wrote:

No problem, my main concern though with the thin uppers wasn't warmth though, but durability. I feel like I would shred them in a season. 

I used to own the core high gtx(which i believe are a generation or two down from the streams). Like an idiot I used them as approach shoes and they did indeed get absolutely shredded after about a year. I think if I stick to using these are actual hiking boots they'll probably last me a good while. I don't really hike that often anyways haha. Realistically, it was a miracle the Core High GTX's lasted that long as approach shoes.

Bought a pair of the TXS GTX after being pretty happy with the TX3 and TX4.  I like them for dayhikes, but if I'm doing something multi-day I usually opt for my Garmont Vetta GTX instead as they are quite a bit stiffer.