Testing Five Hiking Shoes and Picking the Winner!

I test five different hiking shoes and pick the winner.

Here are the shoes I tested.

0:00 Introduction
1:36 Slip or Grip
6:15 Which Shoe Dries Faster?
8:56 Protection Underfoot?
13:11 Out-of-box Ready?
13:49 End-of-day Comfortable?
15:57 Laces

[scentybeast]

Love the detailed reviews man, fantastic stuff. Wish all reviewers took so much time and detail!

[jenniferbarr]

Appreciate the time you have taken in the video to graph your testing results, very interesting. I agree with your assessment of the odd arch on the Salomon. Happy hiking.

[stevelink]

Thank you for this great comparison! Personally, my current favorite low hiking shoe is the Oboz Bridger Low B-Dry Hiking Shoe. I'd be most interested in how their proprietary but quite rugged outsole would do in your "grip or slip" test...Happy New Year!

[ericsommerfeld]

Really informative review, sir…thank you! You totally justified my purchase of the Merrell Moab Speed which will be arriving tomorrow! Excellent review!

[TazkoHoZabit]

I tried Merrell Moab FST Ice+ Thermo for winter, they held up great on the ice, but were too narrow for my foot, so narrow that knuckles between my fingers hurt.
Another hiking shoes I tried for normal hiking were La Sportiva Akyra GTX - overall very comfortable, but a big disappointment occured as they rubbed my ankle. So does on my foot La Sportiva Bushido II GTX (which are slightly narrower and have a harder sole than Akyra, but my achilles were bloody after 1 km). Very good shoes that I tried are Salming Ranger - the most comfortable I've ever had on my feet. They are not cold even when the outside temperature is around 0 degrees. They are just not produced anymore :( ... I am looking for another pair of hiking shoes and perhaps try the Merrell MQM Flex 2 :D

[MrAbdel]

Very helpful !!
You did great work testing these shoes. Thank you

[vnsfxr]

Thank you for helping me find my next low top for riding my ebike.

I wasn't looking for the most comfortable but something with good support, underfoot, s little side protection and no Goretex.

This review led me to your Adidas Terrex review.
You have a new subscriber!

Thank you!

[Chestermcfly]

You should try out the Terrex Gore-Tex free hiker 2

[jborrelli]

The grip test is tough, flat garage concrete is such a small, if even negligible at all, comparison to trail and mountain terrain. But I understand that it would be very difficult to test all of these shoes in the most accurate conditions.

I own The Swift R3s and I can comfortably say that the grip on those were better than any other shoe I have ever worn in the mountains. Rock scrambles and rock slabs were no match.

[grissom]

Hi, the terrex sole on wet surfaces does not have the same grip as on dry surfaces. Excellent review

[holdingnamerequired]

Great content. It is really motivating for me to keep uploading videos on my channel. Keep up the great work, I'm looking forward to the next one!!

[leonardnorwitz]

Your "Totals" don't seem to relate to the combined scores. Where does Moab Speed's 14 come from?

[richardgibson]

this is an excellent review... such a treat to listen to

[aussieas]

Great watch Pete from Australia here the trail xt look
Like a great everyday shoe
But I agree the merrel Moab
Look the goods for hiking

[stillages]

I’ve had the Salomon x ultra 3 and for me in the UK they were much better than the Merrell Moab

[mikedavis]

Do you have reviews on the Keen shoes, mainly the Targhee’s and NXIS EVO ??

[okthenok]

buy a pair of asics gel venture 8s! great shoe and cheap! test thou suckers out!

[jameskelson]

For a great many of us, you missed by far the most important consideration. If the shoes are not available in wide sizes, then they are of no use.

[JuanPerez-iuvk]

Nice review but something's wrong with your data, it doesn't seem to add up for the different totals.

[BIackforest]

Merrell is a cheap and very unreliable shoe... the design is also mediocre.