WIDE FEET, SORE FEET ANYONE?!

[Mtnmilsurp]

While zero drop and barefoot style boots may be a small market segment, it is definitely big enough to support launching a quality product. The only options available are either poor quality and not made to hold up long term, or they are not designed for use in rugged mountain terrain.

I could almost guarantee that the majority of biomechanical issues are due to people being out of shape, unhealthy , and/or a lifetime of wearing foot casts which causes poor alignment, weak lower leg/foot muscles, as and poor mechanics.

Years of sitting in chairs and wearing thick-heeled footwear shrink our hams, glutes, calves, and all the connective tissue. Deep squats to stretch out and strengthen plus barefoot style footwear are the fix

 

[currdog]

I have wide feet.Meindl works best for me and ive tried others.Crispi are a dissapointment.Crispi made the front of my feet hurt,feels like theres not enough boot between my foot and the ground and thats with expensive insoles.Kenetrek fall apart.Lowas are good but the wides arent quite wide enough but i can wear with a light sock.Ill only buy Meindl from now on.Comfort Extreme hunters.I dont have to replace their insoles.

 

[rodney482]

I just ordered the 3d mapping kit from LAS. Look forward to a full custom boot.

Ive got narrow heels, med arch and tailor bunion requiring a wide toe box.

In the past ive got buy w cheap hikers, higher end boots never worked out.

 

[fngTony]

Why isn’t anyone making a rugged boot with a natural foot shape? We’re not rock climbers needing to get our foot into the smallest cracks. Simply making a wide version of the standard shape doesn’t completely fit a foot properly. I’ve put about 75 trail miles on my Altra shoes and my feet are way less fatigued, going back to a standard shape feels awkward and uncomfortable now.

 

[jpmulk]

Why isn’t anyone making a rugged boot with a natural foot shape? We’re not rock climbers needing to get our foot into the smallest cracks. Simply making a wide version of the standard shape doesn’t completely fit a foot properly. I’ve put about 75 trail miles on my Altra shoes and my feet are way less fatigued, going back to a standard shape feels awkward and uncomfortable now.
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Same. Best I’ve found so far is the Lems Summit Boot.

 

[ALhunter425]

There is a lot of opinions out there on this subject. My story is that I never had foot problems when I ran minimalist and flexible footwear for years. This included all my time in the military rucking on and off pavement and elk hunting in mountains. Fast forward to two years ago and I decided I’d try out a modern stiff shanked hunting boot. I bought two different pairs. Took me a year to recover from the plantar fasciitis. I initially tried following all of the professional advice of use this insole or that shoe. But nothing worked until I did the opposite of what the pros were telling me and I switched back to a zero drop flexible boot/shoe. I know this story is similar for many others.

Not saying your opinion or experience is wrong. It’s definitely not a one size fits all issue. Just saying this is still a needed niche to be filled for many like me!

what boot are you running?

 

[jpmulk]

what boot are you running?

Currently the Lems Summit boot for most of the year. Haven’t found a real cold weather boot yet that I’m stoked on. But the summits have been great. I’d like to find something similar that is synthetic.

 

[nphunter]

Why isn’t anyone making a rugged boot with a natural foot shape? We’re not rock climbers needing to get our foot into the smallest cracks. Simply making a wide version of the standard shape doesn’t completely fit a foot properly. I’ve put about 75 trail miles on my Altra shoes and my feet are way less fatigued, going back to a standard shape feels awkward and uncomfortable now.
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I love my lone peaks! I wore out 2 pairs of their shoes, one pair of midweight hikers and a it 50% of a pair of all weather mids last year. I would love to see a more durable sole on a similar boot. The new ones I got seem much better, at least they don’t have visible foam on the bottoms.

My feet thank me everytime I wear them. I backpacked all over OR and NV last fall and packed out 3 bulls a lot of miles in nasty terrain and my feet had never felt better at the end of the season.