Venturing into Zero Drop

[IdahoFF]

Been wearing my first pair of Altra lone peak 9 mid for the past few weeks and wore them on a chukar hunt. Super comfortable out of the box and really liked them on the hunt. Was pretty sore after which from reading was expected. Definitely used muscles that hadn't had to work prior apparently with my Crispis. This is my first pair or zero drop boots and so far I really like them. Ive looked through the Vivo Tracker thread and am now interested in giving those a try. My question lies with the sizing of the Vivos. I used the digital foot calculator and got a size 10. When measuring my foot I fall at an 11. All my other hunting boots are 11.5 and with the lone peaks I think i could use a 12 just for the extra space for the down hill. What has been your sizing experience with the trackers? Use the digital sizing guide or actual measured foot? If my foot is a touch over 11" would you suggest the size 12 or do they end up being too loose. Forgive the noob questions this is a whole different boot world. Thanks

 

[Shraggs]

There website also has a diy method and table. Get help to stand barefoot on paper and have someone mark your toes as heels against wall. The reference the chart

 

[dtrkyman]

For me Vivo seem slightly big, but not having half sizes it is hard to say, if I remember correctly I measured just less than 9.5, I could not see a 9 working so I got a 10, they are on the big side but it has not been an issue.

I wear 9.5 in almost everything for years! I have Altra runners and the 9.5 is just about too small, maybe my feet are "growing", I hear the claim that after going barefoot for some time your feet kind of spread out, so maybe that is true?

 

[IdahoFF]

For me Vivo seem slightly big, but not having half sizes it is hard to say, if I remember correctly I measured just less than 9.5, I could not see a 9 working so I got a 10, they are on the big side but it has not been an issue.

I wear 9.5 in almost everything for years! I have Altra runners and the 9.5 is just about too small, maybe my feet are "growing", I hear the claim that after going barefoot for some time your feet kind of spread out, so maybe that is true?

Thanks for the insight!