On Thu, 03 Dec 2020 22:17:55 +0000, thescullster wrote:
> I have been seriously disappointed by the lack of traction on a
> pair of Brasher boots.
> Any sloppy mud or slippery rocks are as bad as an ice sheet.
>
> Is this typical of modern walking boots and the materials used for
> the soles. Or are Brashers just basically cr@p?
>
> I don't remember my old boots being this dangerous, but am not
> sure what the soles were.
>
> Thanks
>
> Phil
Out of interest how old are these boots?
I have a small selection of Brasher boots but they are all a good few
years old now.
The standard Brasher (used to?) have their own soles but one pair I bought
about a decade (or so) ago has Vibram soles, as does a much more recent
one.
Latest is Hillmaster II GTX which I bought in brown leather in 2015 for
something which would look smart enough as a "dress shoe" but also do for
global travelling. This has Vibram soles.
I don't tend to do really rough walking but they have seemed OK to me as
far as I can remember.
I normally have a variant on the Hillmaster but the strange old ones are
Towa GTX and made in China. Massive amount of rubber over the toes. Look
nothing like Hillmasters and are much heavier.
Ah.
<
https://www.livefortheoutdoors.com/gear-reviews/footwear/articles/Gear-
Reviews/Search-Results/Footwear/Brasher-Towa-GTX-2009>.
I've worn Brasher for more than a decade (possibly 2) (oops! see below!)
because the last is one of the few to fit my feet.
I think I bought my first pair in the factory shop when they had just
started up.
Yikes!
That would make it in the 1980s.
Merged with Berghaus in 1996 apparently.
By which time I had bought more than one pair IIRC.
Time flies, etc.
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https://www.brasher.co.uk/heritage>
Looks as though it is no longer maintained but an interesting read.
Confirms that I had an early boot which was just called the Brasher before
they started calling them Hillmasters.
Ummm....I digress.....but I have always bought them because of the mission
statement to build a boot which was a cross between a traditional walking
boot and a trainer. Which they seem to have done.
So for my purposes they don't seem crap, but I don't know how you use them
or what boots you had before.
Cheers
Dave R
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