Columbia Men’s North Plains Drifter Hiking Shoe, Pebble, Red Dahlia, 11 D US
March 29, 2018 - Comment
Durable and supportive hiker with great traction
Product Features
- Lace-up hiking shoe featuring combination suede leather, mesh, and rubber upper
- Rear pull loop
- TechLite midsole for added comfort
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Best Hiking Shoes I’ve Had I am a woman who wears men’s hiking boots because I like that they’re slightly wider than the women’s versions. These shoes are so incredibly comfortable and I’m so glad I got them. They arrived a week before a 3-day trek up Mt. Rinjani in Indonesia. The trek was miserably hard but I never got a single blister. I never had to break them in – they are just that awesome. I went half a size up when buying them to allow for extra room for thicker socks. I cannot recommend these shoes enough.
Columbia, where the shoes are made cheaply to maximize profits at the expense of real quality sizing is uneven. I checked the removable insole at the toe and found one shoe had a bit of a gap while the other shoe was a tight fit for the insole. I compared the insoles and they were sized exactly alike as they probably came out of the same stamping/cutting machine. The sizing is a bit small so order the next larger size if ou can.I also found that they are cutting corners on the soles as you can reall feel the sole where it pushes up where it has teeth and where the gaps…
Kind of like going barefoot… I have tried so hard to like this shoe. I love the look of it, but it leaves my feet in pain by the end of the day. I really thought I just needed to go through a break-in period and get used to the way they fit and support. I have been trying since August… too long to send back.So what’s wrong with them? The best way to describe the feel of the shoe is to imagine standing on a 3D mirror image of the bottom of your foot. It has the opposite of arch support, and has pressure points…