The Great Hiking Shoe Survey: :banana
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How many trail miles did you get out of your last pair of hiking shoes?
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For me:

I’ve hiked in the regular Merrell Moab Ventilators shoes (no gore-tex here) and they seem to last an average of 800 PCT miles. But the record number of miles I got from one pair of Moabs is 1400 and I am still hiking in them despite all the tears/holes :).

K.B.

Keep on walking!

I usually get about a 1000 in Merrels

1200 in Chacos.

300 in Salomons

1200 in Chacos.


The sandals or the shoes?

They make both nowadays.

300-400 miles in trail runners. More in a boot with a vibram sole.

600 miles from New Balance 8XX series. My wife got over 1300 on the PCT with her Moab Ventilators.

Only 700 miles in Asolo Powermatic 400 gv's....WOW, I got burned......

2,500 miles on a pair of Montrail AT hikers.

I'm generally easy on shoes/boots. I get about 1000-1500 miles on my Vasque Trail runners. Will replace the Superfeet insoles at about 500 or 600 miles.

2 pair of chaco z1 sandels every thruhike. the straps wear out not the soles. so you can have the sandels restraped by sending them back to chaco.

pre-Columbia Montrail Hardrocks

Went from Boulder, CO to Grants, NM

Not sure who many miles that is... a lot? :)

I now get 3-4 mos out of Hardrocks when not doing long hikes.

Tend to use them less inw inter (skiing vs hiking, being a bit lazy during the week. :O)