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  • #3393346
    Chase Jordan
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    @chasemilo99-2

    Locale: Northeast US

    Companion forum thread to: Altra Lone Peak NeoShell Review

    The Altra Lone Peak Neoshell: light, zero-drop, wide toebox, waterproof-breathable. An ultralight backpacker’s shoe for the fringe season?

    #3393588
    Justin Baker
    BPL Member

    @justin_baker

    Locale: Santa Rosa, CA

    Neoshell is supposed to have a CFM of 0.5. That makes me wonder if these shoes dry out in a reasonable time. If that’s the case, these shoes could eliminate the major disadvantage of a waterproof shoe. But the other consideration is neoshell has 10k hydrostatic head and drops to 5k after a good amount of use, would be that sufficient for walking around in puddles?

    #3393790
    Mitchell Ebbott
    Spectator

    @mebbott-2

    Locale: SoCal

    Justin, I think a 5K HH would be plenty for puddles. Stepping in a puddle puts very little water pressure on the fabric—far less, I’m sure, than a falling raindrop in a heavy storm. And 5K is more than enough to stop a raindrop.

    #3393937
    Mark Baker
    BPL Member

    @blewkitty

    Was that 12 oz for a shoe or the pair.

     

    Thanks

    #3393960
    Ken Thompson
    BPL Member

    @here

    Locale: Right there

    Per shoe

    #3394344
    NFN Scout
    BPL Member

    @scoutout

    I’ve had my version of these shoes since they first arrived and have put hundreds of miles on them. Let me add some more info to the spotlight review:

    • I’ve been using them lots with Hillsound Trail Crampons (we shy away from Kahtoola on the White Mountains, because Hillsound have sharper spikes for the steepest ice). I find they work great. (see pic for a really steep ice section) But they are not as easy to use fixed crampons with, the sole is too flexible. Also fine for my snowshoes.
    • I’ve used them on 12 hr hiking days with pack and don’t need to take them off at end. Really nice.
    • With wet from bottom (puddles) they are very good.
    • With foot sweat… moderate to good. Had some sweat in my socks after longest days.
    • With heavy rain? Horrid. Tongue soaks up the water. (but they survived the light rains of Ireland fine)
    • Overall? Light and I find I use them as my main hiking shoes in all but very coldest weather. BUT???? I find these shoes among my most slippery on wet rocks. Kinda crazy for a waterproof shoe. I still just deal with it… but it’s an odd weakness. 
    #3397532
    Ryan K
    BPL Member

    @ryan-keane

    Thanks for the review!  These look pretty good – the only other ones I’ve found comparable are the Merrell All Out Terra Ice Waterproof.  After some hikes/trail runs this mild winter in wet, sloppy snow and massive puddles (and complete fails using plastic bag WPB), I was considering getting something waterproof, but I just love my Trail Glove 3’s too much and don’t think I can handle having more than double the stack height and loss in ground feel.  I’ve been debating instead trying a pair of waterproof socks like Dexshell.  Ice is still a problem – I’ve tried every type of microspikes available at REI and they all just crumple my shoe and foot, very uncomfortable.  Once I need to get a new pair, I think I’ll try inserting some metal screws in the bottom of my old pair, although I’m sure they won’t handle anything like the picture above.

     

    #3397566
    Iago Vazquez
    BPL Member

    @iago

    Locale: Boston & Galicia, Spain

    @ Ryan K,

    Not sure if these would be of any interest to you… https://gearjunkie.com/altra-golden-spike-track-shoe-review

    #3397578
    Ryan K
    BPL Member

    @ryan-keane

    Thank Iago!  Those look pretty nice – reasonable prospective price too.  The article seems to emphasize these are only for sprinters, but seems like they would work fine long-distance for barefoot-style forefoot runners/hikers.  Not waterproof like Neoshell or Terra Ice, but I’m still not sure if having waterproof on a trail runner is ideal anyways for cold, wet conditions vs waterproof socks.  We had such a mild winter this year in Boston, there were only a few weeks I was stomping through slush puddles and trying to crawl up icy rock ledges.

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