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re: Best shoes for hiking/backpacking?
Posted on 4/30/14 at 1:47 pm to ULSU
Posted on 4/30/14 at 1:47 pm to ULSU
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damn auto correct.
REI changed their return policy due to people abusing it.
Shop around REI can be more expensive. Even after getting 10% back it cam be more.
OP...when you become a member you'll get 20% off one item. You'll obviously want to use it on an expensive item.
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Posted on 4/30/14 at 1:49 pm to lsunurse
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He had bought a pair of pants there back in 2011 online(he had never been inside an actual store). He tried bringing the pants back to the store last week...gave him a full refund(pants didn't fit him right).
this is the kind of abuse they want to get rid of. Someone has a pair of pants for 3 years and then wants to return them.
Posted on 4/30/14 at 1:52 pm to LSUintheNW
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Shop around REI can be more expensive
it can be, but not always is. I bought a North Face daypack for my wife on Amazon, then saw it was the same price at REI, so I returned it to Amazon and bought it from REI so she would have the warranty, plus I was able to use the 20% discount over the phone 2 days before they were allowed in store.
Posted on 4/30/14 at 1:56 pm to LoneStarTiger
REI outlet on their website is awesome as well. I've bought many things on sale there.
Course....those items are nonrefundable so you have to be sure you want them.
Course....those items are nonrefundable so you have to be sure you want them.
Posted on 4/30/14 at 1:57 pm to LoneStarTiger
Membership is only $20 so it seems more than worth it.
Posted on 4/30/14 at 1:59 pm to LoneStarTiger
agreed....I shop around. If it is close or the same I buy it from REI so I can get 10% back on my dividend and some protection if it doesn't work shortly down the road.
Posted on 4/30/14 at 2:00 pm to DosManos
I know I am in the minority but I use a good trail running shoe and carry about 40 lbs no problem
Posted on 4/30/14 at 2:02 pm to LSUintheNW
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Shop around REI can be more expensive. Even after getting 10% back it cam be more.
Yes, absolutely. I fing backcountry.com (especially the outlet) and evo.com to be good sites, as well as Campmor and Sierra Trading for basic things.
Posted on 4/30/14 at 2:04 pm to DosManos
it is...you'll get 3-4 20% off coupons throughout the year plus 10% back on regular priced items. You will get a few 20% off coupons for the outlet store too.
Posted on 4/30/14 at 2:07 pm to ULSU
I use all those sites. Bought a pair of Lowa mountaineering boots recently on Sierra for 200$...regular price elsewhere was 375$.
Posted on 4/30/14 at 2:08 pm to LSUintheNW
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You will get a few 20% off coupons for the outlet store too.
I still have my dividend dollars to use. So pissed cause I let my 20% off coupon expire (just forget about it)
Only thing about shopping the sales or outlets.....doesn't count for dividend dollars.
Posted on 4/30/14 at 2:09 pm to LSUintheNW
I was just at REI for lunch for new climbing shoes and I think I have this strategy down.
1.) Go to REI and pick out what you want. Get fitted if it shoes or something
2.) Open Amazon smart phone app
3.) Scan bar code of item and get the item new, shipped in two days if you have prime, for 20-30% off
4.) Profit
1.) Go to REI and pick out what you want. Get fitted if it shoes or something
2.) Open Amazon smart phone app
3.) Scan bar code of item and get the item new, shipped in two days if you have prime, for 20-30% off
4.) Profit
Posted on 4/30/14 at 2:34 pm to NawlinsTigah270
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I know I am in the minority but I use a good trail running shoe and carry about 40 lbs no problem
Most serious hikers are going this route now. I do the same thing.
Nice and light on the feet and they dry out quick.
Posted on 4/30/14 at 2:36 pm to wheelr
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Most serious hikers are going this route now. I do the same thing.
Nice and light on the feet and they dry out quick
Newer studies on running and distance commuting are showing that less shoe is better. Makes for stronger, more nimble feet.
Posted on 4/30/14 at 2:37 pm to wheelr
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good trail running shoe
Is a trail running shoe different than a trail hiking shoe?
Posted on 4/30/14 at 2:39 pm to wheelr
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Most serious hikers are going this route now. I do the same thing.
Wish I could get away with my regular dayhiker Merrels for when we ever do actually backpack. But I have a former foot injury so will def need the ankle support a higher boot gives. Especially if we are doing a trip with lots of steep downhill(like going to the bottom of the Grand Canyon).
So that might be something the OP has to take into consideration.
Posted on 4/30/14 at 2:43 pm to lsunurse
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Especially if we are doing a trip with lots of steep downhill(like going to the bottom of the Grand Canyon).
So that might be something the OP has to take into consideration.
Eventually I'd like to try all different types of terrain. My upcoming trip is in Shenandoah National Park in Virginia. There's definitely some elevation changes but I don't think they are too drastic (from what I've briefly read and heard).
Anyone been to Shenandoah?
Posted on 4/30/14 at 2:56 pm to lsunurse
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Wish I could get away with my regular dayhiker Merrels for when we ever do actually backpack.
I wear some New Balance Minimus trail shoes for hiking around here, and have used them for dayhiking if we backpack into somewhere and set up a camp and dayhike from there even in the mountains. I wore them on a short 5.5 mile dayhike the other day carrying my daughter in the backpack for the first time. No problems, but flat ground.
I want support when I carry 35 extra pounds or so up mountains, though.
Posted on 4/30/14 at 2:59 pm to LoneStarTiger
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I want support when I carry 35 extra pounds or so up mountains, though.
Yeah any backpacking we will do will be in the mountains so def elevation to deal with.
We did a 10 mile total day hike before and the first 5 miles was all steep downhill(that you had to climb back up). I did fine in my trail shoes with a daypack but I think I would have had issues if I had a serious pack on my back.
Posted on 4/30/14 at 3:30 pm to DosManos
If you're going to be on rocks at all I'd get something with sticky rubber.
5.10
https://fiveten.com/products/outdoor/yosemite
La Sportiva is an amazing shoe company. Their Boulder X is super nice.
https://www.sportiva.com/products/footwear/climbingapproach/boulder-x
Boreal is another amazing shoe company, absolutely can't get better than these...
https://www.e-boreal.com/ing/comienzo.htm
5.10
https://fiveten.com/products/outdoor/yosemite
La Sportiva is an amazing shoe company. Their Boulder X is super nice.
https://www.sportiva.com/products/footwear/climbingapproach/boulder-x
Boreal is another amazing shoe company, absolutely can't get better than these...
https://www.e-boreal.com/ing/comienzo.htm
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