My husband goes through shoes really fast. He has a rather wide foot and I, having tried these myself following a diagnosis of Morton’s neuroma was really happy with them.
They have a big, wide toebox and this solves a lot of foot problems. Having said that, we both have several pair now and one pair came with excessively long shoelaces and the other pair came with excessively short shoelaces. Seems like Altra need to figure out the right size shoe laces! Minor grievance for a great shoe, though.
He loves them and has put a lot of miles on them and they are still holding up very well.
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Great platform for medium to long runs, but upper needs improvement.
I've been running on these for a few months now and overall I've got mixed feelings on these Altra Lone peak 3.5's. For me, these are great for long days on my feet on technical tracks or hard surfaces.The running I typically do is a real mix. Some gravel 4wd tracks and easy farm tracks but mostly very technical steep back country/bush single tracks. The technical tracks are a mix of deep mud, rivers, tree roots, rocks and exposed volcanic mountain sides. See photos.Runs are between 1 and 5 hours. I'm 75kg, 180cm tall and have medium wide forefoot with high arch. I've been running in 0 - 4mm drop shoes for about 5 years.The good:- Very good traction on a wide variety of surfaces (best I've tried since Inov8 Trailroc 235's).- Stable platform (if laces tightened well)- Outsole has very little wear after a few hundred km.- Very comfortable platform - leaves my legs and feet feeling good after long runs- Like the gaiter connections- Generally comfortable straight out of the box.- Appear to have robust upper.The bad:- Fitting and sizing. I went 1/2 a size up and find the size comfortable for width, but I still find my toes smash into the front on downhills. I have really tied the laces up hard to to combat this, but it affects the comfort. I believe this is because of the very (overly) padded rear heal cup.- Breathability/water drainage. The lone peak 3.5 is just OK for breathability and water drainage. They get quite warm on hot days, and though it's not a big problem on most runs, I find they hold too much water for runs where I spend a lot of time crossing rivers and in mud. The shoes with the uppers I love are the Inov8 Trailroc 235's.- Feel a little heavy. This is more a feeling than reality probably. It hasn't really affected my pace, but it just feels like a shoe for comfort on long days.Overall they're good, but not great. If the upper was more breathable and secure I would probably give these a five star rating as I love the comfort and traction. Hopeful for version 4.
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But anywhoo, once you get the fit worked out, these are really comfortable shoes. The wide toe box is foot heaven, and I really appreciate it when companies who make modern shoes offer wide sizes. When you get accustomed to the zero drop thing (if you're new to them), they are great for walking about and hiking on easy trails.
Because they are very lightweight and minimalist, the tradeoff is that they are not at all durable. They will wear out quickly. And if you take them on difficult terrain, such as very rocky trails or mountain-climbing (walk-ups), you will destroy them VERY quickly. And they are not good for off-trail or side-hilling or things like that. You will regret using them in very difficult terrain.
The sole pic is what my shoes look like after not-quite 6 weeks of normal wear. Mostly street walking and a tiny bit of trail hiking.
The overhead pic is a shot of one of the things that drive me crazy on the Altras: the tongue won't stay put. It always creeps to the outside of your foot immediately after you put them on and start walking. They really need a better tongue-position-retention system.
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Reviewed in the United States on August 19, 2018
Altra's run very small. I ordered a half-size up, but still had to exchange them and get a full size larger than my normal size. I wonder how much time/effort/money is wasted because of how often Altras are returned and/or exchanged, just because they're not sized accurately? The pair you get is almost guaranteed to be a pair that somebody returned for being too small. Some corporate weenie at Altra should really do the math on this and think about adjusting their sizes.Reviewed in the United States on August 19, 2018
But anywhoo, once you get the fit worked out, these are really comfortable shoes. The wide toe box is foot heaven, and I really appreciate it when companies who make modern shoes offer wide sizes. When you get accustomed to the zero drop thing (if you're new to them), they are great for walking about and hiking on easy trails.
Because they are very lightweight and minimalist, the tradeoff is that they are not at all durable. They will wear out quickly. And if you take them on difficult terrain, such as very rocky trails or mountain-climbing (walk-ups), you will destroy them VERY quickly. And they are not good for off-trail or side-hilling or things like that. You will regret using them in very difficult terrain.
The sole pic is what my shoes look like after not-quite 6 weeks of normal wear. Mostly street walking and a tiny bit of trail hiking.
The overhead pic is a shot of one of the things that drive me crazy on the Altras: the tongue won't stay put. It always creeps to the outside of your foot immediately after you put them on and start walking. They really need a better tongue-position-retention system.
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