The Best Walking Shoes
Ah - the illusive search for your best walking shoes. How do you do that well? How do you find the right shoes for you? What is the secret?
In a nutshell the only secret is … you need to be fully informed before you can even start looking, let alone buy them! Pretty simple. Not too hard. But you gotta do it. We’re here to help.
It’s the only smart way we know for you to find the best walking shoes. Did I hear a ‘Yeah - that makes real good sense to me!’ in the back?
Great! You got it! Thank goodness we ‘oldies’ do pick up a few smarts along the way! Let’s use ‘em right now!
The ‘Secret’ Revealed!
OK. This is it! The Big Secret! All the real good stuff. All the facts in one place you need. Very easy to find. Everything you need to know.
Here’s where you get to do what over 75% of shoe buyers don’t do - pick and wear the best fitting walking shoes for your feet! Shoes that are comfortable and are ‘just right’! Shoes that don’t hurt you!
The ‘big secret’? Just be ‘informed’! How hard is that?
Yup, that’s really all there is to it. A bit of work the first time around. But a bit of work that’ll pay you back many times over. More enjoyable and comfortable walking, very happy feet and a much happier road to better health!
OK. The illusive Search Is Over
Time for you to get to work finding your best walking shoes.
Let’s break them into two parts for you.
Shoe Types - The Big Picture
Match your walking styles and locales with the best walking shoes for those styles and locales. Do you walk in hot or cold locations, wet or dry locations, one season or multi seasons, city sidewalks, bike paths, nature trails, riverside, dockside or on the beach?
Are your needs best served by light shoes, heavier shoes, flexible or stiff soles, breathable shoes, waterproof shoes, soft or firm uppers?
Pick Just The Right Shoe Type
Now for a stroll down ‘Pick Just The Right Shoe Type’ lane.
Look at shoes designed for specific activities and find out the features to check for in each type. You decide which type(s) you need and make your notes.
A bit on our biases. When we pick the best walking shoes for us we’re huge fans of quality. Quality shoes pay for themselves many times over in the long run - in superior performance, comfort, durability and longer life. We’re most knowledgeable on shoes we wear (and once sold) ourselves - ECCO, Keen, Vasque, Mephisto.
These are by no means your only choices. There’s many fine walking shoes on the market. We know these best. We use them to illustrate different shoe types as we go along.
Look for features in a particular shoe model to accommodate the benefits that you are looking for. For example, you’ll find walking sandals with velco straps for walking in the summer, very handy. Velcro straps are great for adjusting when your feet swells. Another example, look for trail running shoes that have good gripping soles. You need to pay attention to the material used as well. A rubber sole has a better grip than a PU sole. However, Polyurethane sole is great for wear and tear. If the terrain you are walking or running on calls for traction, the better choice would be the rubber sole. On the other hand, a pair of walking shoes with good foot support, made with good breathable material would work fine for just walking about.
There, you have it. A look at the big picture on how to pick just the right shoe type
Author: Yoko Nishi
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