Vibram 5 Fingers
Has anyone tried a shoe like these?
http://www.rei.com/product/805275/vibram-fivefingers-treksport-multisport-shoes-mens
Seems like it would be ideal.
I have had my Keen H2s for years.
They are faded and beat up and keep on keeping on.
Thats good but do you wear them in
Canadian Shield country the heart and soul of head cracking fungi? I believe the OP was about grippiness, not longevity.
OMG…I am becoming a mini g2d.
They work
I liked mine, they were great inside a somewhat restrictive SOF. The sole is a great combination of protection and flexibility. But if your foot and toes aren’t the right proportions, they don’t work. My two smallest toes were always falling out, so I finally had to sell them.
Sell them? To whom?
Wait, nevermind, I don’t really want to know.
Which model?
Which model 5 finger did you get? The ones that are for water don’t have much tread.The ones with tread arn’t recomended for water.
Turtle
I do
four years and counting, two weeklong kayak trips, two backcountry hiking trips.
wow, good point about aquatic invasives
transfer. If this is a genuine problem, and it sounds like it is, it can’t be overstated.
Well
I sold them to someone with normal toes. They didn’t have cooties, cuz I washed them well.
I think
it was the water model with neo uppers, KSO maybe? I bought them at NY Kayak several years back, and the model may be different now. There wasn’t a high-profile tread, but I remember them being fairly grippy.
Well
Well, I broke down and ordered some 5 finger KSO’s. I go barefoot a lot anyway and always wished for better “skin traction”. They won’t work for long carrys,but might be just the thing for me to monkey around on rocks,and tree obstructions on local creeks. I won’t know how they work till next year.
Turtle
unintended consequences
I recieved my Five Fingers Vibram KSO’s this AM. Have worn them since then. As a country boy who grew up barefoot, I think they will be great for climbing over treejam obsticals with monkey feet. For 4mi carrys??
Turtle
Siping.
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I saw a mention of siping in this thread. My Keens do have siping in the tread and they get great traction in the wet slippery stuff. Mine are the original Keen Newport sandal, bought them when they first came out. That was sometime around 2003. Still wearing them and will wear them just about year round depending on what I am doing.
I tend to repair my stuff till they can't be realistically repaired anymore. Use blue tube Barge cement to repair where coming apart. Get it at the local leather/shoe shop downtown.
Siping works wonders on the wet slick stuff. Same goes with tires.
Good luck.