Watch those ankle seams!

By gillywham2084258 Ranked #543 - Men's Technical Sandals January 19, 2009

I got a pair of these back in '03 and was totally stoked on them for about a year. Fit my foot great and really comfy for hikes with a pair of socks. Pretty good in water although the webbing takes a while to dry out. Problems all hit me in one day... Rafting trip on the White river in Utah. Got a thin layer of slippery clay-like mud between feet and sandal and while scrambling up an embankment, nearly all my weight (205) was only being held by the heelstrap. The stitches sounded like popcorn when they went, first one sandal, then the other. Basically ruined the functionality. Other models have a single piece of leather for heelstrap with no stitching. Webbing should be stitched to other webbing straps, not to thin piece of suede.

View Details: KEEN Newport H2 Sandal - Men's

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