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Winter Footwear

Started by arawa, January 05, 2021, 10:57:33 AM

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Laxdale

And the teuchter over here is wandering about without a care in the world on sheet ice (it rained a lot last night onto frozen ground) in his Nora Dolomite wellies.

arawa

Quote from: Laxdale on January 07, 2021, 12:19:45 PM
And the teuchter over here is wandering about without a care in the world on sheet ice (it rained a lot last night onto frozen ground) in his Nora Dolomite wellies.

:D :D

ianmck

Pretty sure my sports direct merrells are fake. Not only did I fall on my arse twice on ice yesterday, the supposedly waterproof goretex let water in the very first icy puddle I stepped in. Also the sizing is off on the right boot and I am getting blisters on both feet. Been buying merrell boots for 5+ years and never had any of those issues until now.

Fishtales

Quote from: ianmck on January 07, 2021, 12:42:54 PM
Pretty sure my sports direct merrells are fake. Not only did I fall on my arse twice on ice yesterday, the supposedly waterproof goretex let water in the very first icy puddle I stepped in. Also the sizing is off on the right boot and I am getting blisters on both feet. Been buying merrell boots for 5+ years and never had any of those issues until now.

I find the same with gear bought from GO, owned by Sports Direct, it just doesn't match the same gear bought from the manufacturers website, I am thinking Craghoppers gear here.
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arawa

Quote from: Fishtales on January 07, 2021, 01:03:09 PM
I find the same with gear bought from GO, owned by Sports Direct, it just doesn't match the same gear bought from the manufacturers website, I am thinking Craghoppers gear here.

Funny you should say that. I bought a pair of Craghopper trousers in a Debenhams sale and liked them so much I bought another pair, without really looking at them, in Go. The material in the Go version of the same trousers was much thinner. I did an internet search at the time and found reports that there were different grades of Craghopper products being sold.
I thought this was a bit risky for Craghopper's reputation.

Highlander

Lets be honest there are not too many soles than can cope with ice & wet grass especially on slopes. Everything is a compromise is it not. Think the "gripper" thing is probable the best bet. Me I just take small steps more of a shuffle than anything else keeping my weight directly in line above my feet. Best thing is do not venture out.   :roll:.
Only had one bad fall in recently years & that was on a snowed tarmac path where unbeknown to be a plastic bag lay between the snow & the ice below. Luckily nothing broken but I was lucky fell on my fat arse. Bit sore for a few days but could have been easily so worse.
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Fishtales

Quote from: arawa on January 07, 2021, 01:49:22 PM
Funny you should say that. I bought a pair of Craghopper trousers in a Debenhams sale and liked them so much I bought another pair, without really looking at them, in Go. The material in the Go version of the same trousers was much thinner. I did an internet search at the time and found reports that there were different grades of Craghopper products being sold.
I thought this was a bit risky for Craghopper's reputation.

Some of my own observations include the thinness also, the tailoring, the stitching which comes away, the zip toggles break off. I have pairs of the old green ones that are decades old and still wearable and I have ones from GO that I have thrown out. I should send them to Craghoppers as they give a lifetime guarantee but it doesn't seem worth it :)
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Bobfly

Some years back a number of sole types started to use what has been on rock climbing tight fit shoes for many years. Mine are Scarpa and are not for any walking about !!!! Quite a few folk have rock shoes that they take off between pitches to get their circulation back. The rubber is called 5.12 but more often called Sticky Rubber and it has no tread pattern at all. It is hopeless on steep wet grass but has great grip on other surfaces. This 5.12 seems to be in a lot of mixes now.
Reading up about the compound formulae for the "rubber" in winter tyres is quite interesting as it is quite a complicated business how the balance of grip and wear rate is tuned.
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Fishtales

Quote from: Bobfly on January 07, 2021, 03:33:14 PM
Some years back a number of sole types started to use what has been on rock climbing tight fit shoes for many years. Mine are Scarpa and are not for any walking about !!!! Quite a few folk have rock shoes that they take off between pitches to get their circulation back. The rubber is called 5.12 but more often called Sticky Rubber and it has no tread pattern at all. It is hopeless on steep wet grass but has great grip on other surfaces. This 5.12 seems to be in a lot of mixes now.
Reading up about the compound formulae for the "rubber" in winter tyres is quite interesting as it is quite a complicated business how the balance of grip and wear rate is tuned.

I also read somewhere that you can't use winter tyres in the summer as the rubber melts. Summer tyres are a harder rubber and that is why normal tyres aren't usually good in snow and ice.
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tomcatin

You should be getting Permagrip Soles £19.99 at Timpsons  :lol:

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