Reviews of walking and hiking boots and outdoor footwear
Independent Gear reviews for walking, hiking, cycling and travel boots and shoes perfect for treks, travel and adventure including trail walking shoes, 3 season walking boots, winter walking boots, lightweight boots, cycling shoes, and approach shoes.
Developed in collaboration with the Alpine Ski School Innsbruck, the Wilderness Texapore Mid from Jack Wolfskin is a serious piece of hiking and trekking footwear.
Brilliant for travelling, wild swimming and hot weather walks, the Keen Terradora Ethos is a comfortable, easy summer hiking shoe.
'Maximalist' is a strange word to use to describe running shoes but anyone who's seen, or run in a pair of Hoka One One running shoes will know what we mean. We put their latest update to the Clifton range to the test.
From Rio to Rome via Machu Pichu and Chichen Itza the Seven Wonders Packer shoes from Jack Wolfskin are designed to be the last word in comfort and travel style.
Could Scarpa's Highball be the perfect active travel shoes? We put them to the test to find out.
The Neutron trail running shoe from Italian footwear specialists Scarpa has been updated for summer 2018. We were keen to test out the Neutron 2 and see how it stacked up against the original version.
The Speed Instinct 2 is a genuinely speedy, all-terrain off-road performer that's ideal for trail races and fast mountain missions.
The X-TALON 230 promises to be Inov-8's grippiest shoe yet. We put it to the test in damp Scottish terrain to find out whether the latest version of this iconic shoe is destined to stick.
The Feline SL is back! Having run our very first mountain marathon in the original Feline SL shoe, we were excited to see the reappearance of this speed demon in Dynafit's alpine running collection.
New for summer 2018, the Norvan LD from Arc'teryx is designed to meet the demands of long distance trail running. We put the shoes to the test over a series of lengthy runs in our local hills to see if they could withstand the not so swift challenge. ...
Our favourite shoe of the last five years is the On Cloud - a running shoe that we never run in. How on earth does that work then? Read on and our review will reveal all.....
If your walking is done in rocky alpine terrain, then you're going to need supercharged footwear. Salewas take on this is the Mountain Trainer GTX.
The ATS Trail LF92 shoes from Columbia have the aesthetics of a comfy leisure shoe but have a few tricks up their sleeve which give them a good dose of performance on the trail.
We review the Primus Trek Leather from VivoBarefoot to test its capabilities for the active traveller.
We got our hands (and feet) on the OUTpath - a fast and light hiker from Salomon - and put it to the test
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