In reply to Steve Parker:
Bought some Salomon Exit Lows several years ago, just after they came out. They've been used and abused for years and only now are finally coming apart...good thing, really, as the treads are almost worn completely flat.
However, people I know who bought the same shoes a year or so later, after a switch of production location, found that they fell apart in no time. I've replaced mine with Raichle shoes, as the Salomons I was looking at seemed very badly finished for the price.