Hiking Boots vs Shoes vs Trail Runners – My guide to hiking footwear
Hiking Boots vs Shoes vs Trail Runners – My guide to hiking footwear
What’s the right hiking footwear for your next trek?? Is it Boots, shoes or trail runners? What’s the difference and why does it even matter?
In this in my no nonsense guide to hiking I’ll show you how to choose the correct footwear for hiking, whether it be 500 miles of the Pacific Crest Trail, a winter summit of Ben Nevis or a wet and wild coastal thru hike of the South West Coastal Path.
I show you some of the footwear I’ve used over the years including the Merrell Moab, New Balance Minimus and New Balance Zante v3 shoes which I’ve used for my hikes and travel around the world.
Hiking footwear featured in this video:
Merrell Moab: https://amzn.to/2TioiWs
New Balance Zante v3: https://amzn.to/2Tg9QhD
New Balance Minimus: https://amzn.to/2S84is5
La Sportiva Tempesta GTX: https://amzn.to/2RfoST2
Altra Lone Peak 4.0 Trail Runners: https://amzn.to/2CJJY6W
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MY CURRENT FULL KIT LIST BELOW!
BIG 3
Tent – Zpacks Solplex
Plexamid Tent
Backpack – HMG 2400 Windrider
2400 Windrider
Sleeping quilt – Katabatic Gear 30deg Palisade down sleeping quilt
CAMERA EQUIPMENT AND ELECTRONICS
Compact camera – Sony RX100 Mk5
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Drone – DJI Mavic Air
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Tripod – Joby GorillaPod
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Microphone – Rode VideoMicro
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Sound recorder – Zoom H1
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Flash bracket
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Phone – iPhone 8+
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Storage – Sandisk Extreme 64GB
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GPS Tracking – Garmin Forerunner 35
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Power bank – Anker Powercore+ 13400mah
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Headlamp – Black Diamond Ion
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CLOTHING
Shoes – New Balance Minimus trail runners
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Shoes – New Balance Zante v3
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Rain jacket – Patagonia Torrentshell
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Down puffy – North Ridge Hybrid
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HYDRATION
Water filter – Sawyer Mini
Vessels – Smart Water bottles
COOK SYSTEM
Stove – MSR Pocket Rocket 2 Stove
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Fuel – MSR Butane/Propane bottle
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EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES
Ground sheet
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Zpacks tent poles
Tent Poles
HMG compartment pod
Pods
Leki Trekking Pole
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Thermarest Neoair Xlite sleeping mattress
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What do you suggest if one was to get just one hiking shoe for all possible situations? Not too expensive and not cheap…something to last for a while…The Swiss Army knife of hiking shoes?
Subscribed! Really cool video. Interesting to watch. I’m new to making videos and would appreciate you taking a look and any feedback you want to give. And if you want to subscribe. Up to you, thanks!
Thank you for your efforts.
Very helpful.
Nice one mate enough said goot advice! Cheers
What would you use for the nijmegen march with a year of pre-training? Curious
I think your scenarios were a bit too advanced. If I’m hiking 500+ miles, I’d be no beginner to the ‘hiking show game’. What about several 5-10mi trails 2-3 times a day for a week vacation? Beginner stuff
I like boots and am a bit of traditionalist in that sense Russel but I’ve just purchased some ecco trail shoes, which are really comfortable. I’m up for change if it works. Good info there.. All the best. Mark
The desert section of the PCT is faaar from flat.