4.73 of 5 stars
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At a glance
Material information & features
- Suitable for:
- Men
- Recommended use:
- speed hiking, trekking, hillwalking
- Categorization:
- A/B - high-cut walking boots
- Type:
- high ankle
- Main material:
- 100% leather
- Material type:
- leather, synthetic
- Material note:
- contains non-textile parts of animal origin
- Technology:
- GORE-TEX
- Membrane:
- yes
- Fabric treatment:
- DWR treated
- Fabric properties:
- breathable, PFC-/PFAS-free, waterproof
- Closure:
- lacing
- Sole:
- Vibram Megagrip
- Midsole:
- CMEVA
- Footbed:
- synthetic
- Weight:
- 1,066 g
- Reference size:
- medium-sized pair
- Extras:
- pull tabs, reinforced heel, protective toecap
- Legal notice:
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- Item No.:
- 019-0638
Reviews overview
Disadvantages
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This is what other customers say:
A response to recent ultra-lightist mania originating from USA (the ones who cut the label off the garment to make it 13.7 grams lighter). One-season (Einweg) A/B shoe, built for the easiest terrain to last appr. 600 km – for similar price you can get easily a decent boot designed for over 2000 km – a 3x better value for the money? Wrinkles on the super thin (less than 1 mm!) leather upper instantly, non-durable EVA midsole. A lot of the outsole (30%?) is hardened EVA with zero traction and extreme fast wear rather than decent Vibram – and the lugs are extremely small (although sold to you as TRACTION LUGS!). The outsole slips and will wear very fast as the real traction surface is relatively small. The heel design carries two trade marks, but… you may bump over uneven surface by default, and some never get used to it.
For the positives, it is light, the rocker sole design provenly helps with foot transition, gait, and ankle support is surprisingly good – this is, however, due to sole design, not the awfully weak upper… and if turning point reached (ultimate scenario), you may have ankle injury. Caveat…
Recommended mainly to infrequent and novice day-hikers demanding extreme cushioning (with health problems: joints, ribbons etc.), for easy terrain (A/B), who have lots of money to buy non-durable gears. Well, still better than hiking in running shoes.
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Outsole - hardened (sic) EVA wears and gets damaged very fast.
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Very thin leather upper will crease and wear fast - this is new.
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- Advantages
- Lightweight
- Comfortable
- On steroids
- fast fashion
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- Disadvantages
- Bad grip
- Not waterproof
- Not robust
- expensive
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- Recommended use
- Travel
- Beginner
- Leisure
- Walking the dog
Hi Cian,
Unfortunately, absolutely precise size advice is not possible in a purely online shop. I would choose a size larger than your normal street shoe size.
You are also welcome to order several sizes to choose from and return anything that doesn't fit to us.
Kind regards,
Marco
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Strange. In the USA it is rated as top choice by so-called expert reviewers. (No, I am not confused...)