I have a pair of Danner Mountain Light, Red Wing, and older Vasque. The Vasque's I really love and have hiked miles with them, not sure the newer Vasques are to the same standard based on forum discusions. The Danner's I'm still breaking in, I think. The Red Wings were the most comfortable out of the gate. If I had a house fire though, I would grab the Vasque's and go though.
I had a pair of Brooks that I broke in half on my first hike. They didn't like my 240 pounds of horse sinew flexing them over rocks....