At the end of last year Stef from BG! put my name forward to Fitness Footwear to test and review some TNF Hedgehog walking shoes; At the time I had just bought a pair of these shoes, so declined the offer.
Adam Smith from Fitness Footwear has been back in touch with some new shoes to test and review and this time I have taken up the offer.
This month's offer was on Merrell Trainers. I had the choice of a few different shoes and opted for the Merrell Chameleon Wrap Slam (yeah I think the name is a bit of a mouthful too).
Chameleon Wrap Slam
Sole Detail
I asked Adam to send me a size 12; I usually take a 11 or 11.5 but when ordering shoes unseen I tend to go a half size bigger. Adam actully sent me a size 12.5 which was lucky as I think the 12 would of been a bit tight.
Initial thoughts on the shoes are that, they are fairly comfortable: I've only tried them on two short walks so far. They are a lot heavier than I would expect from a shoe made with neoprene but I think this is partly to do with the rubber rand and the rather chunky Vibram sole.
The weight is around 548g per shoe, this is in comparison to Inov8 Terrocs=408g, TNF Hedgehog=478g, and New Balance S70=419g
A selection of hiking shoesNew Balance S70, TNF Hedgehogs, Inov8 Terrocs, Merrell Chameleon Wrap Slam
I'll be wearing the Merrell's as my main shoes for the next couple of months and with have a fullier report then.
Fitness Footwear has a selection of Merrells on sale at present.
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