Charging stupid money for what amounts to slippers. My fucking light up sketchers would survive football 4 times a day until my feet grew wtf are trainers even now? Made out of paper and wishes, fucking foam and flimsiest fabric
Capitalism breeds innovation (… on how to produce the cheapest possible commodities and charge the highest possible price)
I have been buying brand name trainers that nurses recommend and not one pair has lasted more than two years.
Hoka? That brand has been surprisingly bad in my experience.
Nah some Adidas shit…
Haix makes some good boots but they’re expensive (and a bit tacti-cooled up)
I haven’t looked but they’re probably run by nazis
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Huh solid rec thanks! Puma were my main shoes as a kid those things could take a lot of punishment
I still like Pumas, but I stopped wearing them because of the BDS boycott
ty, great resource i appreciate the share
Fuck. I loved pumas for running. I was going to pick up a new pair this week… What now?
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I’m currently in China and will be in Japan in three weeks. I’ll keep an eye out for Asics
I know they’re not everybody’s style but the best pair of shoes I’ve had in the last decade have been from this obscure brand.
$69 right now is pretty reasonable for what you get imo
Middle one is the kind of style I’d wear. They look good
idk if this is okay to say anymore (old), but those are fresh as fuck
it’s ok us older folk will get the cut of your jibe
I yearn to look like Kaname Chidori from full metal panic. Pink flashy trainers complete the look
It’s ok us youngs still say that.
I have a pair of their ‘Snipers’ and my biggest complaint is they’ve held together so well they have never got that “broken in” feeling.
you mostly walk around urban areas? the photo looks like a hiking trail, curious how it might hold up since i tend to wear trail runners
Yeah that pair is very much not a trail shoe. They’re basketball shoes, but I mostly wear them at my indoor, on my feet all day job.
the soles look rad
i’ve been wearing nike trainers most of my life because there’s an outlet store near me where all the mismade or “out of date” or whatever nikes get sent. the pair i have now has lasted me 7+ years of daily wear and i got them for £20. if you can find a decent outlet store they can be really helpful for this sort of thing
That’s what I do now and just buy as many that will fit me and keep a stock. It would just be nice if i didn’t have to hunt around in outlets for an ever decreasing stock of old style trainers tho
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just to back you up on the comfort thing – husband and I switched to “barefoot” style shoes (a cheap brand so we could try them out, definitely not Xero) a couple months ago, and they’ve made a huge difference in the amount of foot and leg pain and fatigue we get. we both vastly prefer the new shoes and hate having to wear anything else, so now we’re saving up to get zero-drop wide-toebox steel toe work boots.
my feet were put in too-small shoes a lot when I was a kid, and I’ve had bunions as long as I can remember. barefoot shoes combined with toe socks and foot exercises have helped me almost entirely correct the minor bunion in one foot (in 3ish months!) and made a lot of progress with the other.
did your feet get sore when you first started wearing the barefoot style shoes?
nope! in fact my feet hurt so much less at the end of the first day (despite the increased amount of time I had been on them!) that I clearly remember raving about it to my husband, because that was the impetus for buying him a pair
same experience for him too, though he felt a little weirder the first day because he’s used to wearing giant boots all the time
For me, it was my calves that got sore. Not my feet. Zero drop means you will be working a slightly longer range of motion on your calves.
They look very functional but I also want 2000s trainer style back as well.
How are the inside heels do they wear down? Always the first bit to go on any shoes i use
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You should try buying a sheet of sole like Vibram or something, and making your own “huaraches” if you’re into minimal footwear. Cheap, quick, easy, minimalistic, and doesn’t get more custom than that
If you can afford them, Shamma sandals are some of the best in the “barefoot sandal” category due to their straps. They’re repairable too, so you can buy the sandals once and just buy sole replacements
Order shoes online
Get the delivery, they sent the wrong size
They’ll ship out a new pair to replace them but I have to show proof that I destroyed the wrong size ones
I hate the clothing/apparel/shoe/etc industry.
Electronics. “Hey these expensive headphones I got because the expensive ones will definitely be better and more durable than the cheap ones stopped working what do?”
“Send us a video of you drilling holes in it and we’ll send a new one. Make sure you don’t drill a hole through the battery igniting an inextinguishable electircal fire.”
I actually started screaming at nothing the other day trying to repair some simple thing or another. I think it was a tire inflator pump.just standing outside snotty and crying waving my fist at god (the real god of capital)
Yeah six months ago I spent $130 on a nice pair of runners from REI that I literally only use as walking shoes for my evening walks 3x/week and they are already falling apart. Pathetic! Next time I will shell out for trail runners, hopefully they are more durable.
Don’t know if they’re available in the states, but the Inov8 graphene soled shoes have held up very well on rocky rough ground for me.
https://www.somfootwear.com/ I’m not sure what type of running shoe you prefer, but these are a minimalist shoes made in Colorado. My first pair are in excellent condition after two years. I like them so much I bought a second pair just for non running activities. When the soles finally wear out they will re-sole for 50$ plus shipping.
ah yeah not really a fan of barefoot-style shoes, those just make my feet hurt
Capitalism breeds innovation! (… on how to sell the cheapest possible commodities for the highest possible price)
One pair of keen sandals was my everyday shoe for 6 months of year for 8 years. This summer I finally replaced them with a fresh pair of the same thing. The best shoes I’ve ever had, bar none.
Those look nice
I have a pair of boots that are cut in the style of Vietnam era US military. They make my ankles look thin and long. I’m sorry, this is the 12th type of liberalism
shoes dont seem to have gotten more expensive over the years so i assume theyre just using worse materials and making them under more oppressive conditions to make up the difference.
I got the vegan leather blundstones a few years ago. They were $300, but they’re nice to wear and have held up for 4 years of every day heavy use with no signs of wear so far
It’s true. So much of modern apparel is way more expensive now and has never been of poorer quality.
Many apparel companies have stripped every cost they possibly can out of materials and labor. Hence why keeping Haiti in bondage is so important to NATO -it’s one of the last places you can really pay garment workers starvation wages.
hexbear needs more complaining
