Brands that work! 10:22 - Jun 13 with 9275 views | BanksterDebtSlave | Berghaus waterproofs....just saying if any of you have been getting wet recently. The trousers have been a godsend. [Post edited 13 Jun 2019 19:39]
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Brands that work! on 15:26 - Jun 13 with 2687 views | BanksterDebtSlave |
Brands that work! on 15:19 - Jun 13 by bluelagos | Scarpa Gtx. Best buy in the ramblers mag. Bought some and gave 'em a good workout over the past few months. Not let me down yet. +1 for Bergbuas jacket. Might get some trousers as am yet to find any that withstand heavy rain and are breathable. |
Thanks, will check them out. Edit....how did you find the sizing? [Post edited 13 Jun 2019 15:36]
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Brands that work! on 15:44 - Jun 13 with 2664 views | bluelagos |
Brands that work! on 15:26 - Jun 13 by BanksterDebtSlave | Thanks, will check them out. Edit....how did you find the sizing? [Post edited 13 Jun 2019 15:36]
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They do halves, which helps. Problem with walking boots /shoes is you never know if they suit you / your feet til you've done 100 miles in them. I bought some hi'techs and they were brilliant. Second pair, are sh1t, just dont work for my feet. Scarpa terra gtx , seem to be around £150. Mine were last year's discontinued model for £85. A lot of money either way so only worth it if you are walking a lot. I walked a marathon in mine, not one blister :-) Also check out Merills, especially if you want shoes not boots. If you are doing serious walks (10 miles +) regularly, spend the money. If not, just spend £40 on some hi-techs. Also, wear them in the shop for 10 mins. Go up and down the steps and also try and find a slope to go down. If they are uncomfy in the shop, they will kill on a descent. Decent shop wont mind. [Post edited 13 Jun 2019 15:47]
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Brands that work! on 15:49 - Jun 13 with 2651 views | ronnyd |
Brands that work! on 15:44 - Jun 13 by bluelagos | They do halves, which helps. Problem with walking boots /shoes is you never know if they suit you / your feet til you've done 100 miles in them. I bought some hi'techs and they were brilliant. Second pair, are sh1t, just dont work for my feet. Scarpa terra gtx , seem to be around £150. Mine were last year's discontinued model for £85. A lot of money either way so only worth it if you are walking a lot. I walked a marathon in mine, not one blister :-) Also check out Merills, especially if you want shoes not boots. If you are doing serious walks (10 miles +) regularly, spend the money. If not, just spend £40 on some hi-techs. Also, wear them in the shop for 10 mins. Go up and down the steps and also try and find a slope to go down. If they are uncomfy in the shop, they will kill on a descent. Decent shop wont mind. [Post edited 13 Jun 2019 15:47]
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Yes to trying them out for as long as you can before buying. Bought a £100 pair of Brashers in Kendal a few years ago and just couldn,t break them in. | | | |
Brands that work! on 16:34 - Jun 13 with 2613 views | WeWereZombies |
Brands that work! on 15:44 - Jun 13 by bluelagos | They do halves, which helps. Problem with walking boots /shoes is you never know if they suit you / your feet til you've done 100 miles in them. I bought some hi'techs and they were brilliant. Second pair, are sh1t, just dont work for my feet. Scarpa terra gtx , seem to be around £150. Mine were last year's discontinued model for £85. A lot of money either way so only worth it if you are walking a lot. I walked a marathon in mine, not one blister :-) Also check out Merills, especially if you want shoes not boots. If you are doing serious walks (10 miles +) regularly, spend the money. If not, just spend £40 on some hi-techs. Also, wear them in the shop for 10 mins. Go up and down the steps and also try and find a slope to go down. If they are uncomfy in the shop, they will kill on a descent. Decent shop wont mind. [Post edited 13 Jun 2019 15:47]
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£85! Cheapskate...I spent a couple of hundred on my Alt-bergs (another example of a British brand using a foreign name to sound like they come from the Austrian/Italian epicentre of mountaineering boot manufacture, they are actually in Richmond, North Yorkshire), they supply to the Army and the Police but don't let that put you off, not a 'standard issue' or 'put up with what you are given' boot but good one piece leather and some nice touches like click into grip lace holders for when you have pulled the laces tight before you tie them keep that tightness in place. Can be resoled too so I may never have to buy another pair of walking boots, although my ex.copper mate reckons the insoles go. And they didn't stop me falling and lying unconscious for a couple of hours at a couple of thousand feet in Glen Etive last November, but that is more likely to be my own carelessness than the boots (if only I could recall what happened...) [Post edited 13 Jun 2019 16:51]
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Brands that work! on 19:01 - Jun 13 with 2579 views | Coastalblue |
Brands that work! on 15:44 - Jun 13 by bluelagos | They do halves, which helps. Problem with walking boots /shoes is you never know if they suit you / your feet til you've done 100 miles in them. I bought some hi'techs and they were brilliant. Second pair, are sh1t, just dont work for my feet. Scarpa terra gtx , seem to be around £150. Mine were last year's discontinued model for £85. A lot of money either way so only worth it if you are walking a lot. I walked a marathon in mine, not one blister :-) Also check out Merills, especially if you want shoes not boots. If you are doing serious walks (10 miles +) regularly, spend the money. If not, just spend £40 on some hi-techs. Also, wear them in the shop for 10 mins. Go up and down the steps and also try and find a slope to go down. If they are uncomfy in the shop, they will kill on a descent. Decent shop wont mind. [Post edited 13 Jun 2019 15:47]
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I've got a pair of Merills walking shoes, I have to admit they make me feel like I'm about 20 years older when I wear them and it only normally for city walking but there's no doubt they are very comfortable and I tend to struggle with foot wear due to wide feet. | |
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Brands that work! on 19:18 - Jun 13 with 2572 views | TractorWood | Brompton. There are other folding bikes that are even less than half the price but they are all poor. It's a British brand that globally dominates because it's simply better than anything else out there by such a ridiculous margin. | |
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Brands that work! on 11:14 - Jun 13 by WeWereZombies | It's a rare one, the foot fetish. I have sometimes glimpsed what it would be to be in that world and even massaged a foot or two but it's not really for me. |
A massive alarm goes off in twtd towers if you say foot fetish on here. A similar alarm goes off in Lucan's trousers | |
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Brands that work! on 14:37 - Jul 27 with 2363 views | BanksterDebtSlave |
Brands that work! on 15:19 - Jun 13 by bluelagos | Scarpa Gtx. Best buy in the ramblers mag. Bought some and gave 'em a good workout over the past few months. Not let me down yet. +1 for Bergbuas jacket. Might get some trousers as am yet to find any that withstand heavy rain and are breathable. |
Miss Slave has just received her Scarpa Terra boots and danced a little jig of joy around the kitchen such was the comfort.....good work Mr Lagos. Now to return my sh1t boots to mountain warehouse and get some too. | |
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Brands that work! on 16:34 - Jun 13 by WeWereZombies | £85! Cheapskate...I spent a couple of hundred on my Alt-bergs (another example of a British brand using a foreign name to sound like they come from the Austrian/Italian epicentre of mountaineering boot manufacture, they are actually in Richmond, North Yorkshire), they supply to the Army and the Police but don't let that put you off, not a 'standard issue' or 'put up with what you are given' boot but good one piece leather and some nice touches like click into grip lace holders for when you have pulled the laces tight before you tie them keep that tightness in place. Can be resoled too so I may never have to buy another pair of walking boots, although my ex.copper mate reckons the insoles go. And they didn't stop me falling and lying unconscious for a couple of hours at a couple of thousand feet in Glen Etive last November, but that is more likely to be my own carelessness than the boots (if only I could recall what happened...) [Post edited 13 Jun 2019 16:51]
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Brands that work! on 19:27 - Sep 27 with 1957 views | BanksterDebtSlave |
Brands that work! on 16:34 - Jun 13 by WeWereZombies | £85! Cheapskate...I spent a couple of hundred on my Alt-bergs (another example of a British brand using a foreign name to sound like they come from the Austrian/Italian epicentre of mountaineering boot manufacture, they are actually in Richmond, North Yorkshire), they supply to the Army and the Police but don't let that put you off, not a 'standard issue' or 'put up with what you are given' boot but good one piece leather and some nice touches like click into grip lace holders for when you have pulled the laces tight before you tie them keep that tightness in place. Can be resoled too so I may never have to buy another pair of walking boots, although my ex.copper mate reckons the insoles go. And they didn't stop me falling and lying unconscious for a couple of hours at a couple of thousand feet in Glen Etive last November, but that is more likely to be my own carelessness than the boots (if only I could recall what happened...) [Post edited 13 Jun 2019 16:51]
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+1 for club Alt-berg.....bloomin lovely and the clippy lace thing is something to behold. Finally had some rain to test them in and so far so good...they ooze quality. Too good to let near blackthorn though! | |
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