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The Yowie Company claims their radically-different Yowie snowshoes are the world's most agile. They use an injection-moulded flexible deck with an all-over grip, a fast binding and tough crampons. Yowie claims the shoes are used in the Iditasport Extreme in Alaska on snow, and by Army Commandos in Afghanistan on sand. They claim you can walk in them in any direction you like, just like walking without them. They also claim a very fast and reliable fastening system which is tailored to your shoes.
ARTICLE OUTLINE
- Introduction
- What's Good
- What's Not So Good
- Specifications: Manufacturer, Year/Model, Weight (pair), Shoe Size Range, User Weight Limit, Dimensions, Deck Area, Deck Material, Temperature Range, Sole Pattern, Crampons, Bindings, Nuts and Bolts, MSRP
- Overview
- Fitting the snowshoes - According to Yowie
- Field Performance - Putting Them On
- Field Performance - Use
- What's Unique
- Recommendations for Improvement
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Yowie Snowshoes REVIEW
Well done Roger and partner for traveling so far on Yowie Snowshoes.
I used them once for a day trip in the Bridabella Ranges near Canberra Australia (when it used to have ski able snow) the snow was a bit soft but ski able and I spent most of the trip falling over, the only time that I remained upright was on some hard snow on a road with XC ski tracks. My snowshoeing partner used conventional Snowshoes and had no problems at all, we swapped snowshoes at the turn around point and on the Yowies he had trouble staying upright and I had no problems at all on the conventional snow shoes.
After a very hard day we came to the conclusion that Yowies might be ok for traveling from the bar to the accommodation at snow resorts but definitely not for back country trips.
Tony
Hi Tony
> Yowies might be ok for traveling from the bar to the accommodation at snow resorts but definitely not for back country trips.
Interesting. The Yowies we were wearing are the latest model, and I understand they have substantial improvements over the earlier generations. It may be that they needed the improvements? Certainly, the ones we have went very well.
Hi Roger,
I will admit that the Yowies I used were an early model and that I have not used the latest model yet.
It is good that you had a better experience than I did. I might try them again next year if there is any snow.
Do you think the NEOS overshoes will fit within the allowable volume in the straps?
> Do you think the NEOS overshoes will fit within the allowable volume in the straps?
I was using Medium Yowies and wearing size 8 UK shoes. There was a LOT of room available on the straps. You could get seriously large and heavy (sigh) boots in there.
wow
those things in the stock photo look like Teva's
Cool concept
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