Vivobarefoot Magna Forest ESC hiking shoe review 3 months/563 miles
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- Опубликовано: 22 фев 2024
- I am giving an honest review of the Vivobarefoot Magna Forest ESC hiking shoe after trail hiking it for 563 miles and three months of Northern Arizona wintertime conditions. I have hiked these shoes every day, including through 2 1/2 feet of snow. I personally swear by barefoot style hiking shoes and bought these shoes with my own money, I am not sponsored by Vivobarefoot.
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Background music is a phenomenal touch.
Great real-life use review; thank you for doing this.
I did get the taller boot version, before the Magna was out, and I'm glad of it for my use. The top part still allows good flexibility and gives welcome scuff protection for the ankles in foresty or rocky terrain. One of my uses is working around felled trees in our woodsy pasture harvesting firewood. They keep the water out a bit higher up, too, for slushy stuff and splashing through streams. I do maintain mine with a natural beeswax waterproofing (Sno-Seal).
With the aspects that are the same between the two versions, I'm sure I would be loving the Magna just as well for everything else.
This cleared-up a lot of questions that I had.
Great point about how the top of the sole allows your toe to grip the terrain with more dexterity
Good review - great music! Thank you.
Awesome review! My pair should be here in about a week. Hoping they will be an all purpose hiker and occasional/short distance trail runner.
Great advice, thank you, I’ll check the Primus out
Hykes Trailblazers are my favorite barefoot hiking boots. 🤠
Literally the best shoe ever made mine are three years old and I have not been nice to them. Make sure to treat those with a good leather oil make sure to get some on the internal heel counter that's the only part that failed on mine treat your gear well and it will treat you well.
I went from Xero to Vivobarefoot as well, the quality of the Vivobarefoot shoes, the traction is so much better, they're just superior to the Xero shoes, the Nimbles, ... And size-wise for me, my feet are so wide that I need to wear a man's 40, ...
So last week after only 234km (145miles) my Topo Runventure 3 shoes fell apart mid hike I was pretty gutted because I loved them. I won't be buying Topo again though as they cost me about $1aud per km, which seems a bloody rip-off.
I typically only hike once per week for 6 - 12 km. In 4 weeks time I am going on holiday where I plan to hike about 12km per day for 3 days in a row, and I now have no hiking shoes, tomorrow I am going shoe shopping and the Magna Forest ESC and Altra Lone Peak are on my shortlist to try. It's going to be hard work convincing the wife I need to buy $360aud shoes, but if these last over 900km like yours have, then $ per km the Magna Forest ESC is a bargain! less than $0.40aud per km.
I have been using 0 drop shoes for running and hiking for about 4 years now, and done lots of running on bitumen with 12mm stack height runners, but haven't had anything as minimalist as the Vivobarefoot yet, so if get a pair I am hoping I won't have bitten off more than my feet can bare for this coming holiday. Any suggestions?
Awesome review, it was very insightful. One question that I have is what kind socks do you pair with these for normal weather and for colder times of the year? I think one problem I have is that the socks I have during the winter aren't warm / thick enough for the colder temps.
I have been having some success with Smartwool's cushioned hiking socks for the colder temperatures. I also do wear some gaiters from REI for additional warmth as well. I will say that if these shoes do get wet, there is not too much you can do to keep your feet warm. I have had to resort to drying them out in front of a space heater to counter this. For the warmer times, i use short cotton socks.
I wore it in 40c it's fine doesn't heat up my feet my only issue after 6 months is I wore through the inside heel gaurd and had to patch it up
Have you noticed that the sole has separated from the upper where they meet? Like above where the sole is stitched to the leather? I have the Tracker Decon FG 2 and that is what happened to them.
Background music might not be needed for these types of videos? Maybe it's just me. Thx for the review.
i saw do whatever you want but yeah fading the volume out as you begin talking is a good move.
Thank you, I have been thinking of swapping my usual hiking boots for barefoot.
Where I live, it can be hot and has rocky terrain. do you think these would be suitable? As you trailed them in wet and snow
For me personally, they tend to get warm in warmer weather (60-70 degrees F) so if you regularly get those temps and higher, these might not be the best, even with light socks. Vivobarefoot does offer the PRIMUS TRAIL KNIT FG WOMENS which might be a better solution for you. Speaking for myself, I think that barefoot shoes are a sort of 'glove for your foot' so you might keep several different pairs eventually to match the conditions you are going into. Thank you for the question, I hope I answered it well.
Get a breathable mesh or canvas shoe with smaller lugs for warm weather, these are meant for cooler weather and loose terrain. You'll destroy them on rocks and get sweaty feet in the process.
thank you@@CptAngelKGaming this is partly why I have put off buying Vivabare Foot. As they are not cheap, and if the rocky terrain may destroys them, as I do not know how indestructible they are
@@mandyinabudhabi people are running around in mountains and rocks in vivobarefoot shoes with no problems. my minimal experience so far is that you get more grip with this kind of shoe as you're using your foot more and place them a bit more mindfully on the ground. sounds like the magna fg would suit you
@@subspaceanomalyagreed I have the fg tracker which is great in dry conditions and on rock. The esc sole is second to none in wet muddy conditions but on wet Rock is not that good .you do use your forefoot to flex downwards with practice after a while to prevent slipping as you would when barefoot
Man, you do roughly 150 mile / month of hiking? Thats good mileage even for runner...for hiker, not sure, means you walk a lot every day?
Hi yes, I walk or run every single day, I had a stress fracture in my left shin last October so I took a break from running every day and started hiking. I recently went back to running in the morning in barefoot style shoes (Xero HFS) but still do hiking in the afternoons with the Vivobarefoot Forest Magnas.
@@user-bx8wf9yw6y i just ordered my magna forest escs and haven't received yet. hoping to be able to do some light/short distance trail running in them in addition to hiking. do you think that is reasonable to expect?