by Gythral » Mon Oct 01, 2012 11:23 am
Try any boots you are considering on late in the afternoon & after a walk (if possible), with your walking socks.
Walk around the store for as long as it takes to be sure, up stairs, on a slope, try to push your toes into the toe box when facing down a slope, etc. If the salesperson is pushy, walk away, there's plenty of other vendors!
Once you've got them home wear them as 'slippers' indoors for a few days, as if they do turn out bad you can usually return them if they havent been worn outside.
As for low level, trail walks I find that HiTec V-LItes & Keen suit my very non-italian toes, much squarer than the toe shape of most current boots & with more toe box depth, and at the other extreme Scarpa's trail range I find they catch the seam of the fasle toe rand!
Boots are a very personal thing 1 type DOES NOT fit all & the sizes vary alot between models and manufacturers.
One manufacturer has a size range that varies from year to year from 2.5 sizes small to about right, another has a cat food marketing spread where no 2 models are the same size or shape!
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