Walking / hiking shoes

DanTheMan

DanTheMan

DanTheMan

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I'm looking to buy a pair of walking / hiking shoes as me and a few friends have recently started doing quite long weekly walks (6-12miles) and my trainers are not suitable for some of the terrain. We mainly do forest / canal path / wooded areas and some of it is very low grip and can be wet in areas.

I know I don't want leather as it's heavy and I want a shoe not a boot but other than that, I'm open to suggestions. Budget is anything up to £60-70. Thanks.
 
Thanks guys, lots of useful advice. I think I'll take a gamble on the inov8 roclites as I can get them for £60 which seems like a very good deal?

Call me vain but they are also the best looking out of the ones recommended imo.
 
Street said:
The Roclite 315 are the ones I use, but it looks like the non GTX version has been discontinued now. I paid about £60 for mine as well. Annoyingly mine have got a hole in them and I was looking to replace them with the same thing but don't really want a pair with Gore Tex.
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Thanks. The 315 are slightly more expensive from what I've seen but I imagine these types of trainers are more hard wearing than usual? People also say that they wear trail shoes for golf which is handy as I play a lot of golf too so they tick both boxes!

Any experience with the Adidas terrex two? Sports shoes have them for £50 and they look really good. Adidas always fit me well too.
 
Well I ended up buying the adidas terrex two for £50 from sportshoes.com as I realised that I didn't want a trainers with a 'cut out' midsole like the innov8s have.

I have to say, I'm blown away by the difference in quality compared to your average casual trainers. The grip is fantastic and the material seems much harder wearing. I have slim feet too so adidas tend to fit better as they are usually narrower than most. I think I'll struggle to go back to normal trainers for any sort of outdoor activity.
 
I wear my Adidas terrex two which I talked about above pretty much every day. Especially in this weather, the level of grip they offer over normal trainers is impressive. They aren't waterproof however, so if I'm going anywhere where its wet and muddy I wear my walking boots.

As I was so impressed by the trainers, I ended up buying these Adidas walking boots : https://www.sportsshoes.com/product...zcrIW8aAmRrEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds#sku-adi12502

They are waterproof upto and above the laces and they are amazingly light for their size. I use them for a lot of muddy dog walks and they've been brilliant in the snow.

Adidas tend to fit me well as I have narrowish feet but I did go up half a size as a lot of people recommended it and it was definitely needed.
 
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