Meindls, Hanwags, Lovas and various other Euro boots will all work well, if correctly fitted and then LOOKED AFTER. I retired as the main bootfitter for the largest sporting goods retailer in Canada, here in Vancouver and also onced briefly worked for the major Meindl supplier.
I have had about 30 pair of boots since the early '60s and worn about everything available, mostly to work in forestry in BC and Alberta and to climb, hike and hunt here, as well.
I have seen more boot/foot problems due to improper fitting and poor boot care than any actual boot failure and this in boots from some of Vancouver's main suppliers and their employees.....you would be surprised.
There are periodic glitches in QC among the major brands and also among highend custom boots as NO maker is perfect. People really balk at spending $$$$$ for boots and then whine like little puzzies when cheap boots fail them. Boots are not as "cool" as a $600.00 Arcteryx or NF G/T jacket that shows everyone that you are a "mountaineer" and so many tend to discount their crucial importance.
My next two pair of boots will be another pair of original, NOT Cabela's, Meindl "Perfekts" and a pair of Lova "Baffins" and, with what I now have, Scarpa "Concordias", Kastinger FG climbing boots and Van Gorkum customs, plus Russell "High Country Hunters" and Schnee's pacs, that should last me until I am too old to backpack any more. Note: I wear hiking boots 364 days per year, due to a leg problem, but, I save my good ones like the above for serious bush work.
Scarpa has some newer models that are not too bad, but, their stuff has declined severely since about 2002, people just will not pay for the quality of 1970s-'80s and early '90s boots.