Jarrod L

Just hit the 300mi marker (thanks for keeping track, Strava). The shoes made it this far and with only typical wear and tear, too. The tread has been smoothed (big lugs still present), the red threads are fraying, and the mesh has torn in a few places. There has been more than one BOA "failure", but nothing irreparable (the dial snaps back into place, so far). A few incidents scattered the internal components and required a scavenger hunt. One dial seems weaker than the other and dislocates more frequen...

BLUF: Would recommend this shoe to my "friends" (in the same way I recommend huge suffer-fests to them) but expect it to fail at a lower mileage than a laced shoe. Recent purchase with about 50mi. use. I like to mountain run, so rocky and steep constitutes maybe 40 of these miles and probably 80% overall of what these shoes will do. These are replacing Sportiva TX3 and Sportiva TX Guide Pro shoes (decided an actual running shoe might feel better), so this is the basis of comparison. Pros: - Lightweight....