Wide-fit Shoes

Alan Aitken said:

I haven't tried Brasher (I think they have toughened up their shoes a bit
from the Bosoli) or even Barbour. Does anyone have any experience of them?

They bend in a different place from my foot, and so rub the top of my
toes.
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Many thanks to all concerned for the feedback and for both positive and
negative comments re Altberg, Raichle and so on.

Alan. I have a similar problem - never used to, it must be something top
do with age.

Scarpa do wide fittings. My Scarpa SLs have never given me any trouble
whatsoever. The farbic/suede ZG 65 lightweight boot is also available in
wide fittings and can often be found with pricereductions at the moment.

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Quoted message said:

Many thanks to all concerned for the feedback and for both positive and
negative comments re Altberg, Raichle and so on.

Alan. I have a similar problem - never used to, it must be something top
do with age.

Scarpa do wide fittings. My Scarpa SLs have never given me any trouble
whatsoever. The farbic/suede ZG 65 lightweight boot is also available in
wide fittings and can often be found with pricereductions at the moment.

--
Andy Howell
Birmingham, UK

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Methinks there is too little written and posted about feet, gait & the rest
of the punter being different on different people..... and so different
boots etc. etc. working for different people...

(For me only... ) I've found Brasher Boots really pretty good for all but
terrain needing crampons (tried them but ...) . But then I've wide feet,
(and also now use) superfeet and weigh too much. All the same I'd estimate
100+ Munros on my Brashers.(ain't fallen off yet..) ... currently owner of
at least 3 pairs, one very worn (leather cracked thru in a few places...)
one worn on the soles to danger-of-slipping but otherwise fine for gentle
flat bits (e.g. England...) and a fairly new pair, about 30 days use only...
Used to wear the really worn pair to work commuting to London Waterloo 1st
class: Great for encouraging odious looks from one's fellow-travellers (in
both senses....)

'orses 4 courses... If it works for you, do it: If it don't, don't...

I'm sure there are those who swear by & really suit e.g. Scarpas (I used to
use them).. ditto any number of brands... So mightb I suggest - try a design
U think might work round the house for a day or so - most fair-minded shops
don't seem to mind... if they do, shop elsewhere.... and see how it goes

- oh, and have you tried a very thin pair of socks (e.g. "cool-max"😉 inside
a "normal" pair of walking socks... ???? Might help... then again might
not... Usually reduces irritating rubs/chafes/blisters an amazing amount
(IFF you suffer from them... )

Remember: Feet are not to be sniffed at!!!

Alan Aitken said:

Many thanks to all concerned for the feedback and for both positive
and negative comments re Altberg, Raichle and so on.

Unfortunately the suggested Raichle shoes I tried on were too snug
for me, so I continue the search for a wide enough shoe for me. I'll
find them yet. Nothing worse than footwear that's starts to annoy
after a couple of hours.

I haven't tried Brasher (I think they have toughened up their shoes a
bit from the Bosoli) or even Barbour. Does anyone have any
experience of them? I feel I am becoming an outdoor shoe-shopaholic!

Alan

I'm in a similar situation to you, I have wide feet and high arches and
I've learned that the two are linked. without proper support at the arcgh
the toes tend to splay, requiring a wider toebox.

as stated here before, superfeet insoles go some way to correcting this
issue but the best, apparently, don't quote me, are from a company who
started out doing custom insoles for ski boots; contomabblé (spelling)

now, dropping that into google produced nothing to do with that company
but led me to this place http://www.yoursole.co.uk/ a UK company doing
much the same thing as bauer and ccm were doing 20 years ago with ice
hockey boots. yoursole do a 90 day money back guarantee which is ok
but then we'd still have to match the insoles to a wide last boot.

I also learned that Garmont have their boots made in the scarpa factory
but on wider lasts for the US and canadian markets so that's what I'm
looking for, a pair of garmont boots with the mouldable insoles.

hth other wide footers.

What irritates me is all these footwear ads that never ever mention the size
of shoe/boot they produce

Trevor (size 14)

Spent part of today in Edinburgh looking for walking boots/shoes. I
have the wide feet problem as well. I couldn't get anything that was
comfortable in Tiso's - mainly Merrell, Berghaus and meindl they had.
All too narrow for me. The other thing that amazed me was that all the
boots/shoes they had out on display were size 9. If you were a
different siz e they had to trek to the basement to find them.
Something wrong with the planning there I think

They didn't have Scarpas and didn't have any shoes in wide lasts. I
emquired about the Zamberlans they had and they said "Oh yes they have
a wider fit but we would charge extra for ordering them in and you
would have to take them"

Like Alan, my search goes on.

Hugh Stirling