Walking Boots

[Welder]

My early version of Hanwag Scout boot has finally given up the ghost and I’m now looking for a replacement.
I’m after what is now described as a 3 season, crampon able but not necessarily built as such, fell/rock trekking boot.

Anyone got any experience with walking and can recommend boots from experience….apart from to the pub and back?

[Reid Malenfant]

Not sure about the Crampons but take a look at Salomon stuff ;)

[Alex_UK]

I don't have direct experience of the crampon-able options, but I love Brashers - these 2 are B1 compatible. http://www.brasher.co.uk/catalogue/outdoor/men/mountain My original pair of GTX Hillmaster's are still going strong after 15 years...

I also love Salomon - my "flying boots" (paragliding and general snow) - not sure if they are crampon compatible though - but great boots. http://www.salomon.com/us/segment/winter-shoes.html

[Welder]

Ah, forgot to mention something :)

You know how after the conception stage when you stand in that line for your body parts?

Well, I was standing in the Men queue as directed when some bloke further up the line got miscarried and fell down dead. In all the drama this curtain got pulled open and I could see the Women queue. Cor, I thought, they’re giving out them better bits than we’re getting, and slid over to the Women queue.
I got the feet okay but then I got rumbled and sent back.
Soooo, I’ve got size six feet :eyebrows:
Let this be a lesson to any of you for future incarnations :lolsign:

[Reid Malenfant]

PMSL :D John, you have small feet ;) At least you don't look like a golf club :eyebrows:

[The Grand Wazoo]

I'm really fussy about boot soles, having spent a lot of my earlier career wearing boots of one sort or another out in the woods.
I will never buy a pair with Vibram soles as they slip dangerously on wet rock. I've tried all sorts of boots in all sort of environments & the best I've ever used are the pair I have now. I've had them for years & they get a lot less use nowadays as I'm usually to be found stuck in the office. Anyway, they're made by Ecco of all people:

http://www.manxads.com/Images/Dynamic/Listing/Full-39080-70273.jpg

Crampons? - couldn't tell you.

[Rare Bird]

I bought some Karrimor boots dead right they are.

[Z-A]

I'd stick to the Hanwag's, best boots by far that I've used, though if you are looking to use crampons more seriously then use a separate boot, Sportivas are good for me, lasting well..

[Jonboy]

Goretex Brashers for me, size 6 feet John as the saying goes you must be hung like a mouse :lol:

[keiths]

size 6 feet John as the saying goes you must be hung like a mouse :lol:

:lol: if only that saying was true - says Keith with size 14 feet.

[Reid Malenfant]

:lol: if only that saying was true - says Keith with size 14 feet.
Sh*t, I hope you are tall Keith ;) I'm 6' 2" nearly & I have size 10 feet, though oddly these days I find I need size 11 footware? :scratch:

9.5 used to be 100% fine...

[keiths]

Sh*t, I hope you are tall Keith ;)

I'm 6'2" too. I stopped getting any taller after 17, but my feet kept growing into my mid 20s :scratch:

[Jonboy]

size 12 and i'm 5'11'', got 4 kids and no complaints:eyebrows:

Did you see the chap in the paper the other day with size 21 feet

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3953405/Man-with-UKs-biggest-feet-sleeps-with-30-women.html

[Welder]

Goretex Brashers for me, size 6 feet John as the saying goes you must be hung like a mouse :lol:


Yeah well Johnboy, I didn’t want to tell you the end of the story because it just goes to show there is no justice even before birth. ;)

Once I had got all my bits and it came to inspection the inspector looked at my feet and “Ffs, how you gonna stay upright with those at the end of your legs?” Naturally I was a bit upset by now having got a bollocking for switching queues and the small feet and the prospect of having to spen a lot of time lying down, especially in windy weather :lol:

Anyway the inspector said “well if you’re gonna be lying down a lot you’ll be needing some company and while I cant change your feet we have a body volume rule so I know where I can make the volume up”.

I’m happy with my small feet. I can dance nice and my kids are as gorgeous as their mother. ;)


I'll get to the boots eventually :eyebrows:

[Macca]

I bought a pair of jump boots in a surplus store back in 1988 - £14. They've got approx 8000 miles on them to date and still as good as new. Bit heavy for hiking as they have steel toe cap, heel cap and a steel plate under the sole just in case you step on pungi spikes:eyebrows:. Did Snowden in them earlier this year.

[Welder]

Thanks for the suggestions people.
I’ve tried most of the makes suggested although I hadn’t considered Chris’s Ecco suggestion.
These have caught my eye

http://www.cotswoldoutdoor.com/index.cfm/product/scarpa-zg10-gtx-womens/fuseaction/products.detail/code/42110046/id_colour/108/group/204/level/3

I bought a pair of these last year for general use (I don’t do trainers) and so far they’ve been great although they’re wearing faster than I would like.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B001VH6G86/ref=asc_df_B001VH6G865421436/?tag=googlecouk06-21&creative=22110&creativeASIN=B001VH6G86&linkCode=asn

Failing all else it will be back to Hanwag. The only problem with the Hanwag’s is I’m planning to walk in hot rocky environments and the Hanwag scouts I had would have been too warm.

Regarding your comment on the Vibram outsoles Chris; I have yet to find any sole compound that doesn’t slip on wet smooth rock.

[Z-A]

If you're after grip the 5:10 camp four is good, but not a boot, shoe style. I've just bought a second pair, my first ones still going well after 4 years, 6 days a week.. Grip is exceptional.. No mesh though. Try the Scarpa's on, they fit some feet well, not mine though, my mrs uses gtx, loves em.

[Tim]

I must admit I like Merrell, they are very hard wearing too in my experience. I have a pair I wear all the time, which have lasted me 3 years. I currently own 2 pairs of Merrell walking boots and a pair of their all terrain sandals.

http://www.merrell.com/UK/en/Men-Footwear-Boots

[Barry]

After years of using Brasher, I now use Meindl Burma Pro. Used them from trekking in the Sahara to hill walking in the UK.

[Jonboy]

i've had 3 pairs of Merrell gortex trainers with vibram soles, very comfy but all have ended up with farty/squeaking sounding soles which is a tad annoying


Edit: i've just sussed it , perhaps they should have a weight limit on them or state not for use by fat bastards