Outdoor Research Flex-Tex Gaiter

These fit over a variety of shoes and boots for me, stay in place all day, keep junk out of my shoes and are (on average) as water-resistant as whatever's left of the gore-tex shoe lining at that point in the season. I should splash around in fewer puddles if I expect dry feet. They're great gaiters!

OR is serious about the lifetime warranty. After a lot of side-hilling on rocks and scree, the buckle prongs bent and eventually broke off. The rest of the buckle looked like it'd been ground in a kitchen garbage disposal for a few hours. Interestingly, the underfoot straps were still going strong, and the rest of the gaiter was as good as new. I think that means that other than the buckles, these things are close to indestructible.

The OR rep was helpful and quick to offer to a replacement or repair. I was worried that the replacement wouldn't arrive in time for the next trip, so I bought another pair of the same gaiters. However, the new ones arrived eerily fast, and now I have two pair!

I love to trail run, and these gaiters work great for me. They fit well over my salomon trail runners, and the under strap is very durable. Over time, and lots of rocks, it did wear out, but with OR's lifetime warranty they were replaced without any hasel. I really like that OR doesn't use elastic at the top of these gaiter, it makes them alot more comfortable on long runs. Great product for me..!!

They are light, small, easy to carry. Fit over my Trango boots and climbing pants. Used it for snow-shoeing, hiking through snow and ice climbing, they worked great

bought those gaiters for snowshoeing and ice climbing, they were great! light weight and stretchy, they worked perfectly over my climbing boots/pants

I have an older model of the Flex-Tex Gaiters by OR that come with a tied cord instead of a strap and I still love them. These only seem even better. I love the stretchy material that fits snug but not tight around the lower calf. I was worried that these might snag and run with lower thorns or bushes but haven't had an issue at all. I used these for hiking in all but the worst wet/snow weather but I did see one of our guides go up Rainier wearing these instead of the beefier Crocs so you know you can't go wrong.

Never used gaiters for trail hiking and running before....These gaiters came in handy on a resent trail hike run,keeping debris and dirt out....

After a few hours I forgot I was wearing them,they fit snug on my trail run hike shoes....Which was a good thing because it kept things sleek....After an all day hike it was good to have drier feet....

Used these for a couple adventure races and hikes through areas full of poison oak. They work really well, but as many echo below they are small and designed to be used with hiking/trail run shoes. I have been able to fit pants under them just fine. Size 11.5 shoe and purchased the L/XL. Also purchased the L/XL for my fiancé who wears a woman size 9, which was also a good fit. Solid OR construction and seem super durable. Just make sure to close up the velcro when washing, otherwise they will stick to everything else in the wash...tearing the crap out of light merino shirts! Darn it!

Look for another gaiter if you are going to be using large boots, the large gaiters are really MAXED out with my size 11's (US) Mountaineering boots. They perform at 5 stars or better with my light hikers/trail shoes.

I am a farmer and and avid hiker - I always have an issue with gaiters not fitting correctly for my stick ankles - these actually fit and keep the seed heads and annoying stickers out of my socks -what I have noticed is I went from the worlds most disgusting dirty socks to socks that look as if I just put them on in the morning.

It would be great to have a gaiter like this that would be good for rattlesnake protection as well - alas I have tried them all and none fit and all are too bulky -

I'm afraid I had to return these. I wasn't looking for a full size gator, but I wanted it to be form fitting (not those cheap poofy things.) So yeah, like everyone else has stated, these are small. They might work great for trail running or just keeping skree out of sneakers while hiking in shorts, but there is no way you are fitting pants under them and they had a hard time fitting over the top of my midtop hiking boots. The construction seems solid, but to repeat myself: I would not recommend these for anything other than trail running.

The design on these seemed ok but I got the S/M and they were way too small. I have the winter veriglass gaiters in this size from the same company but these summer ones run smaller. I have totally average calves not skinny or big and wear a size 8 shoe. These were snug on my angles in bare feet with no socks. With any shoes or pants on at all the velcro wouldn't even meet. I'm just going to stick with my veriglass winter gaiters since I'm not a trail runner but was looking for some poison oak and sticker protection.

Nice gaitor, well made and sturdy, but definitely runs small...I wear a size 8 shoe, which the size chart recommended a medium gaitor for. I ordered the small/med size and they barely fit around my light weight trail runner and around my ankle and shin. It works, but just barely. Highly recommend going up in size especially if you want to wear them on the outside of your pant leg or are using them with a heavier or higher cut boot. No room for ease here...