Tips For Buying Outdoor Shoes

August 10th dispatch 1, ask the expert, when you enter a family outdoors When they buy shoes, they ask for the best shoes. Sale Personnel to help, or find a mountain climber to help.

2, be sure to actually measure and try it on. Do not buy shoes before. size To infer that the size of the foot will change.

3, do not be confused by size numbers. Whether they are British size, European size or American size (men and women), the size of the shoe will be affected by the standards and design of the shoe factory. It is best to try several more adjacent sizes.

4, buy shoes at night! At night, the feet will slightly expand, just like walking on the mountain.

5, try slowly, not too eager to make decisions. Prepare for two and half days to buy a pair of good shoes, try different brands and shoes as much as possible.

6, bring your own socks, preferably with the socks of mountaineering shoes.

7. If you tie your shoelaces, you can see whether you can touch the front wall. When you wear the new shoes, you may increase the width and thickness slightly, but you will not increase the length. The shoes that are too short will hit your toes and nails.

8. When you try it on, walk with your shoes on. On the one hand, you can make the leather or fiber of new shoes more elastic. On the other hand, you can try out whether there are uncomfortable spots.

9, buy suitable shoes, but do not want a pair of shoes for all purposes. Don't just buy a pair of special shoes for a special trip.

10, seize the feeling of the feet, pick the most comfortable ones, and try all the shoes with the standard of that pair. Only one person knows which pair of shoes is the most suitable for you, that is yourself.

Two, footwear durability and maintenance skills

1. Clean it every time after use. It doesn't matter if it gets wet.

2. After drying, the shoe can strengthen its anti splashing function (shoe polish, wax, spray).

3. When used, they are far away from heat sources (stoves or fires), chemicals (herbicides, pesticides), and they will damage the structure and material of shoes.

Three, should we buy GORE-TEX shoes?

You will find that shoes with Gore-Tex added are gold plated, and the price will increase a lot. Then, do you need to buy Gore-Tex shoes? We must understand that in dry environment, the function of Gore-Tex is not significant, especially in the ice and snow field. Many leather products also perform well with the surface strengthening coating (spray / waxing). But in this wet and rainy environment such as Shenzhen, Gore-Tex is still the best waterproof and breathable function. Besides, it is also important to make clear your purpose. Some environments or use conditions do not require Gore-Tex, such as the hiking of the same day, usually without the high waterproof function of Gore-Tex; in short, you must be waterproof. Air permeability A balance is achieved between price, weight and maintenance difficulty.

So, if your type of activity is long distance, intermediate mountain and camping, then my advice is: spend more money and buy it.