Inov8 - News (or not ?)
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slovhike
Thru Hiker
Big fan since the first models Flyrocs 310 and Terrocs330 ....I just wish they would bring them back for us wide footed dwellers. Also they need to sort out
their upper mesh fabrics as they are just to fragile...its a shame spending that much only to see sole outlast uppers...honestly can't see the point in offering those to military if they fall apart easy
their upper mesh fabrics as they are just to fragile...its a shame spending that much only to see sole outlast uppers...honestly can't see the point in offering those to military if they fall apart easy
rigby
Hiker
[QUOTE="Also they need to sort out
their upper mesh fabrics as they are just to fragile...its a shame spending that much only to see sole outlast uppers...honestly can't see the point in offering those to military if they fall apart easy[/QUOTE]
i had the opposite happen to me with the terraultra 260 (grip) the soles lost it after only 250 miles while the uppers look hardly touched
made me wonder if they used a really soft rubber so the graphine ones would look soo much better.
totally agree with the wide toe box across the range.. i think they only have a couple at their '5' rating at present.
as i told one of their designers they are missing out on a massive hiker market.. gtx & quasi-booties are useless to long distance walkers
their upper mesh fabrics as they are just to fragile...its a shame spending that much only to see sole outlast uppers...honestly can't see the point in offering those to military if they fall apart easy[/QUOTE]
i had the opposite happen to me with the terraultra 260 (grip) the soles lost it after only 250 miles while the uppers look hardly touched
made me wonder if they used a really soft rubber so the graphine ones would look soo much better.
totally agree with the wide toe box across the range.. i think they only have a couple at their '5' rating at present.
as i told one of their designers they are missing out on a massive hiker market.. gtx & quasi-booties are useless to long distance walkers
WilliamC
Thru Hiker
I just saw this post on BPL* (is Geoff Caplan on this forum?):
*The subsequent post was from our very own Mole.
Good news for me as I managed to shear off 50% of the lugs from my final pair of Roclite 295s (the special order beigy-brown ones that somebody posted about a few years ago).
*The subsequent post was from our very own Mole.
Mole
Thru Hiker
Flyroc 345 Gore-tex
<ul><li>Grips to all terrains on mountains and trails </li> <li>Premium GORE-TEX technology keeps feet dry</li> <li>Protective and stylish synthetic suede upper</li></ul>
www.inov-8.com
They'll bring out a non gtx version too
WilliamC
Thru Hiker
The uppers are like new, which is not surprising since they've only done 250km. I'm particularly hard on sole units for some reason (and so is our terrain) but these have gone especially quickly. It's not just wear; the lugs have separated from the rest of the sole.
It may just be my imagination, but I don't find them as grippy on rock as the originals. Very comfortable. though.
It may just be my imagination, but I don't find them as grippy on rock as the originals. Very comfortable. though.
WilliamC
Thru Hiker
Flyroc 345 Gore-tex
<ul><li>Grips to all terrains on mountains and trails </li> <li>Premium GORE-TEX technology keeps feet dry</li> <li>Protective and stylish synthetic suede upper</li></ul>
I no longer remember why, but I always went for the Terrocs and Roclite 295s rather than the Flyrocs. Didn't they use a different last or something?
Mole
Thru Hiker
Exactly the same last and upper design as the Terrocs but a different sole unit.
Whereas Roclite 295s were quite different from Terrocs in most respects apart from fit. ( I still have 4 pairs of Terrocs and 2 Roclite 295 in various states of decay ).
EM-Chiseller
Thru Hiker
I've found the graphene grip and wear resilience to be massively over hyped... 4 pairs of graphene soled shoes... All overhyped.
EM-Chiseller
Thru Hiker
#getagrip #butdontgetattachedtoit
EM-Chiseller
Thru Hiker
167 miles... Trails Must be as hard on shoes as you say... Been scree running a lot? Either that or “pick your feet up, when you walk lad“Soles after 14 days' use, 270km:
Mole
Thru Hiker
Wow. That's a lot of wear!Soles after 14 days' use, 270km:
Are you walking on rough rock all the time?
After I did the Pennine Way ,(450+km 17 days) in my similar pair, there was a fraction of the wear of that. So much so, that they didn't really look that well used.
WilliamC
Thru Hiker
There was a little bit - maybe 20 minutes.Been scree running a lot? Either that or “pick your feet up, when you walk lad“
The karstic limestone here is tough on the soles, but I haven't had others trashed quite as much and as quickly. And the first three days of the last trip were relatively soft.
Pity as they were very comfortable and Bozena and I had matching hers and his pairs
cathyjc
Thru Hiker
Soles after 14 days' use, 270km:
I've just put a pair of older style (but hardly worn) Roclites over gabro for 3 days and they don't look anything near as bad as that .....
Alf Outdoors
F.K.A tarptent
Coincidentally, I only discovered the INOV8 Roclite series, with their Graphene infused soles, just this morning, when looking for bargains in the Sale section of UOG. They still have some G-370's in small sizes (8 and 8.5) for £114.99...Too small for me though.
I did a google search afterwards and found they are now about two generations of Roclite along, with each being several tens of grams lighter than the generation before it.
Then I found a news article on INOV8's website where a guy called James Forrest beat the unsupported record for walking all 214 Lake District Wainwrights peaks, in a single pair of G-345's.
He covered the 328 miles in 14 days and 11 hours, and he didn't seem to have any bad things to say about the 345's afterwards, so they must have been pretty good:
www.inov-8.com
I did a google search afterwards and found they are now about two generations of Roclite along, with each being several tens of grams lighter than the generation before it.
Then I found a news article on INOV8's website where a guy called James Forrest beat the unsupported record for walking all 214 Lake District Wainwrights peaks, in a single pair of G-345's.
He covered the 328 miles in 14 days and 11 hours, and he didn't seem to have any bad things to say about the 345's afterwards, so they must have been pretty good:
Hiker James Forrest Sets Self-Supported Wainwright Record
James aims to complete the 328-mile expedition, which includes 36,000m of ascent, inside 18 days. It's believed the current self-supported record is 25 days.
www.inov-8.com
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jacobyte
Hiker
The guy's a walking billboard for Inov8 and other companies. This month's TGO or Trail magazine (I forget which) has yet another advertorial with him adventuring out with gear almost all exclusively supplied by one gear company. I'd take anything he says (particularly in regards to Inov8) with a very large pinch of salt.Coincidentally, I only discovered the INOV8 Roclite series, with their Graphene infused soles, just this morning, when looking for bargains in the Sale section of UOG. They still have some G-370's in small sizes (8 and 8.5) for £114.99...Too small for me though.
I did a google search afterwards and found they are now about two generations of Roclite along, with each being several tens of grams lighter than the generation before it.
Then I found a news article on INOV8's website where a guy called James Forrest beat the unsupported record for walking all 214 Lake District Wainwrights peaks, in a single pair of G-345's.
He covered the 328 miles in 14 days and 11 hours, and he didn't seem to have any bad things to say about the 345's afterwards, so they must have been pretty good:
Hiker James Forrest Sets Self-Supported Wainwright Record
James aims to complete the 328-mile expedition, which includes 36,000m of ascent, inside 18 days. It's believed the current self-supported record is 25 days.
Enzo
Thru Hiker
I've still got two pairs of the brown 295 to go through. The uppers of the original were very short lived for me. I use pu glue to reinforce where they fail. Great hot weather shoe imho as they breathe so well. My favourite is still probably g275 for summer 315 for winter. Two sizes up and with two footbeds in.