Shoe whores

SauRoNZA said:
So I recently rolled the dice on Barestep Active 2.0 after a colleague has been trying to convince me for a while and I'm now struggling to source replacements of my Vibram Furoshikis at a reasonable price.

After a week of wearing them I must say I'm quite impressed and they are very comfortable. Bought the mesh ones specifically for summer and while I don't love them barefoot like I did the Furoshikis it still beats any plakkie or other type of loose open shoe which just destroys my feet.

Measurements were pretty much exact to the website and my only annoyance is that they list them in UK/SA sizing when they actually arrive in European sizing which is way more exact and had I know they would be a 42 up front it would have made it so much easier to pull the trigger as I know by now this is my exact perfect size on shoes that use this standard.

Very easy to get on and off without even undoing the "laces" which is a simple pull string and lock affair. How well this lock will keep on working remains to be seen.

R100 off Referral Link if you fancy, but at the same time they are one of those shops that do the "oh you forgot stuff in your cart, here's more discount" type places and likely to get a better deal like that.

Use an alias or Hide My Email though as they can be quite spammy initially, but I did find it stopped after that so not too terrible overall.

Will definitely consider buying some of the other models when winter comes around again.

They secret socks are very high quality as well and I would recommend throwing a pair in as they are pretty cheap as well, I just wish they weren't quite so secret and came up a bit more so you had less shoes on ankle contact.
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Do you have to always wear socks with these things?
 
The_Mowgs said:
Do you have to always wear socks with these things?
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You don't, I just prefer to.

The ones I bought are mesh on top so they breath quite well, my skin is just very sensitive to the friction and so I feel uncomfortable without socks...but I feel uncomfortable wearing plakkies for the same reason.

My mate never wears socks with them.
 
SauRoNZA said:
So I recently rolled the dice on Barestep Active 2.0 after a colleague has been trying to convince me for a while and I'm now struggling to source replacements of my Vibram Furoshikis at a reasonable price.

After a week of wearing them I must say I'm quite impressed and they are very comfortable. Bought the mesh ones specifically for summer and while I don't love them barefoot like I did the Furoshikis it still beats any plakkie or other type of loose open shoe which just destroys my feet.

Measurements were pretty much exact to the website and my only annoyance is that they list them in UK/SA sizing when they actually arrive in European sizing which is way more exact and had I know they would be a 42 up front it would have made it so much easier to pull the trigger as I know by now this is my exact perfect size on shoes that use this standard.

Very easy to get on and off without even undoing the "laces" which is a simple pull string and lock affair. How well this lock will keep on working remains to be seen.

R100 off Referral Link if you fancy, but at the same time they are one of those shops that do the "oh you forgot stuff in your cart, here's more discount" type places and likely to get a better deal like that.

Use an alias or Hide My Email though as they can be quite spammy initially, but I did find it stopped after that so not too terrible overall.

Will definitely consider buying some of the other models when winter comes around again.

They secret socks are very high quality as well and I would recommend throwing a pair in as they are pretty cheap as well, I just wish they weren't quite so secret and came up a bit more so you had less shoes on ankle contact
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Hi,
I would like to order a pair, how long did your order take to arrive?
 
seems i'm a bit of a ho, but for some reason dont really venture from a narrow group of brands.
probably have around 15 prs of shoes in total, but only 9 pairs that really get worn - and of them, only 4 styles:

doc martens , 2 pairs of these interchanged between casual and formal clothes
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crocket & jones - 3 pairs of these - more formal

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airwalk - 2 pairs
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converse 1 star - also 2 pairs
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Grant said:
seems i'm a bit of a ho, but for some reason dont really venture from a narrow group of brands.
probably have around 15 prs of shoes in total, but only 9 pairs that really get worn - and of them, only 4 styles:

doc martens , 2 pairs of these interchanged between casual and formal clothes
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crocket & jones - 3 pairs of these - more formal

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airwalk - 2 pairs
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converse 1 star - also 2 pairs
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They still make Airwalks????????????
 
The_Mowgs said:
They still make Airwalks????????????
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i actually dont know
i bought those sometime early last yr at a big factory shop type place in the uk that gets in over-runs, returned bulk orders and all sorts of stock out of failed transactions.
there was a couple of crates of assorted airwalks (from where those came from) , along with a whole lot of other brands piled up in crates..

but i cant remember seeing them on our shores for some time now, although i have not really been looking
 
Paul Kemp said:
I’m fairly sure they’ve already gone bust.
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they were taken over by some company, then authentic brands bought that company.
so i guess airwalk as a company has gone under, but the brand lives on under different ownership.

seems multiple local retailers are selling them, so they are still being manufactured, somewhere, by somebody - who knows

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Barbour Falsey chelsea boots. Leather is comparable to a leather jacket.
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