Warm & Walkable

chu4453761

Member since  Jan 20, 2011

Posted on January 29, 2011

I ordered these rush and received them in 22 hours. The size 10D were a little more snug than my 10 Sorel Snow Country (on which I got some gasoline and would never make it through the airport TSA) and size 10 Timm Pro Series (which my 16 year old borrowed and moved into this winter). I didn't need a half size more but if you're snug in your size already you might think about it. The fit for a slip-on is good, with a little recurve in the achilles, so they don't slip at all. They are not clunky like a lot of moon-boot insulated boots, very walkable, and enough base and arch to be very stable. I wore them out of the box to Buffalo in recent minus zero weather. After fifteen minutes outside waiting for a shuttle my face was frozen and my legs were cold but my feet were toasty. In Boston after a recent 7 inches of snow and two 0.4-mile walks, my feet were warm and dry, with no slipping on snow- or ice-covered concrete, stone, or asphalt. The soles are not your normal waffle-stomper soles; they look like two kinds of material and they grip and are quiet. They breathe, so I can wear them all day inside okay. I wipe them off with a damp cloth if there's any dirt or salt on them and pop up the innersoles at night like with running shoes.