wayno wrote:if you dont have experience without ankle support on trails and you go to shoes, gradually work into the trips you do with them, make sure your ankles are up to it..
cameron wrote:hey ben,
i've been using the inov8s flyroc 310 for the last few years in tassie, year round. i usually get about a year out of them before they literally fall apart. thats doing a fair bit of walking though and i do wear them to work often. they dont make the flyroc anymore so i have switched over to the roclite 295 since a few months ago. only done about 30 hours of walking with them, but so far i'm impressed. i tend to wear the same sock year round which is the darn tough "boot sock cushion" model. even in mid winter with wet shoes and socks and walking in the snow i find this setup good. i find if i keep the rest of my body warm, make sure i keep up my fluids and food and have a short break every hour or two, i never have cold feet. and i enjoy walking in light comfortable shoes with good grip. will never go back to clod hoppers.
cam.
this is important in winter when my socks and shoes are often frozen in the morning and i need to wee on them to get them on my feet. its easier not to have frozen mud to deal with also.
cameron wrote:haha doesn't everyone wee in their wettie?
forest wrote:My use has been hunting in them mostly, last trip was really wet but cold. Lots of slow movement or just stationary.
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Your fishing might be a similar thing with low movement in the wet but on my trip I didn't get water over the tops of the boots. Used some small eVent gaiters and problem solved.
forest wrote:It might be worth you looking into a pair of thin neoprene socks if you do go the runner route.
GPSGuided wrote:No surprise on the grip with the Inov8 X 212. The few studs in the sole will undoubtedly grip well and wear out in little time too. Needs a deep pocket to make that selection.
north-north-west wrote:When I'm not in boots, it's Merrell Moabs. The mesh has survived the Larapinta (including a lot of off-track stuff), about 100km of other NT/Wozzie tracks, and a fair serve of Tassie mud,rock and scrub both on and off-track. The suede toe covering is wearing through but otherwise (except for the dirt) they're as new.
icefest wrote:Interesting variation: neoprene dirt collar at the ankle.
http://gearjunkie.com/asics-runnagade
Tortoise wrote:north-north-west wrote:When I'm not in boots, it's Merrell Moabs. The mesh has survived the Larapinta (including a lot of off-track stuff), about 100km of other NT/Wozzie tracks, and a fair serve of Tassie mud, rock and scrub both on and off-track. The suede toe covering is wearing through but otherwise (except for the dirt) they're as new.
Thanks, NNW. Are they the Ventilator or Goretex Moabs? There's also a leather Moab, but I'm guessing from your suede comment that it's not that.
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