>>2786562but at the end of the day i'd still go with a polyurethane or eva shoe/boot for hiking if not barefoot.
>barefoot shoesI mentioned here
>>2782387if you look at the outsole without the fat amount of foam in there, it's not a very thick outsole of shoe. You can get barefoot shoes with as thick of an outsole. That's the Vibram Kletter on a Danner boot. So you get this like 4+ pound monster boot with a think outsole you can get on a barefoot shoe/boot that weighs between 1-2 pounds. Furthermore you can pair a barefoot shoe with a gaiter and get similar benefits to the boot.
I'm still testing barefoot shoes so it's hard to gauge durability. I don't really give a shit about zero drop either as I sometimes add insoles with a couple mm lift, but I just don't like heavy/clunky boots.
As I stated before, I think the vivobarefoot esc shoes/boots are the two best barefoot shoes right now other then they track crud like a bitch.
I'd say sole runner (good sole but upper trash) and whitin are runners up. The latter for cheap asses as they are only $40 on amazon.
>evaOther then waders/fishing type boots, which I use Lemigo's for for rain, I tend to just use barefoot for running shoes so don't know enough about good eva shoes.
>polyurethaneas stated earlier, lowa renegade/zephyr are some of the most used/recommended. Most the European companies are really good. America is just behind. We have a few foam boots like Belleville and Danner but they are still behind European companies.
Even Australia has Redback/Mongrel which do a pretty solid job.
I prefer the more Scandinavian companies, which is why I like Sievi and the Norwegian M77 because they understand a wide foot. The German's typically do a wide foot well and Italians tend to be narrower foot.
If I didn't go with a Scandinavian, i'd probably go for Zamberlan because they use designs that are more one piece leather which allows for less water entering through the stitching.
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