Help with winter shoes/boots for snow!!

Kirri

fuzzybear01 wrote: »

I was working in A&E the night the snow started, 90% of patients had fallen in the snow and a large percentage of them had broken something. My husband couldn't sop laughing when he saw how slowly I was walking on the ice, but I'm so paranoid now. I even had to refrain from shouting at an old lady who was running for the bus! I'm looking at buying some Dr. Martens now, but can't believe how expensive they are. I don't remember them being so expensive when I was at school!

I've been wearing DM's in the recent snow/ice - have a look at the Javari website, there was a thread on them recently on here and they have a lot of DM's reduced

jenniewb

If your worried about sliupping on ice, think the only thing that'll stop that are boots with spikes! Not sure the ice is thick enough for that, but otherwise try ski-type boots- take a look on sporting websites but don't think many will be in the sale as its the trend for those who can to go on ski holidays in Feb each year so stores may hold of reducing them for a few months yet.

Failing that, I tend to (as I get worried about slipping too as I have to go along many steep steep hils every day) look for shoes that support your ankles. That way if and when you do slip, your less likely to cause as much damage- I tend to feel like my ankle is one of the weakest parts of my body and am always causing it some sort of agony so protecting it as I fall from flopping to a 90 degree angle seems to help! Have skidded on ice and fallen about 3 times in the last week. Grateful there is little if any ice left here in London now and hoping the bruises die down soon!

sandraf

I'm really happy that I spotted this thread, I was beginning to think I was crazy and alone at it..!!!:j
Last year I fell badly on the ice and my knee never recovered, so this year I'm massively paranoid about it and all the people at work take the mickey out of me quite overtly when they see me arriving in cleats and a hiking pole. Trouble is I live in a very hilly city where only the centre is gritted, so they can laugh all they want - they only have to get from the front door to the car, I have to hike all the way to the bus stop!
I strongly advise Yaktrax which someone mentioned already for snow, especially when packed; you can keep them on even on the bus and indoors as long as it's not a smooth surface (like marble for instance, because they'll be very slippy). However please note that Yaktrax won't work on ice.
You can also check out: Rud shoe chains, they are standard issue for Royal Mail and other mail systems across Europe; and Kahtoola Microspikes which are the surest ones, but more expense - all of these are now sold out for a week or so anyway.
Since these are old posts, if you have in the meantime found a brilliant solution of your own, do share..!!
Good luck to all!:hello:

spottybutterfly

I bought yaktrax on ebay after seeing them on qvc the year before then wishing i'd bought them when the bad wether came, so made sure i got them ready for the future.

First time i used them was with the current badwether, from before xmas till after the new year. They seemed fine on the ice, well compared to nothing, just dont stand on any metal drain covers, i stood on a small water hydrant cover and nearly landed upside down.

I didnt have wellies till nearer the end of the snow, but wellies with the yacktrax over seemed the best combination. However i got clear/ white thinking they would be best to wear over any color shoe but straight after trying to get the over a pair of doc martin wide boots wished i'd bought black, cos if you lose one your nver gonna see it in the snow, so i would recoment buying in black.

I wouldnt wear them over laminate as you would wreck it, but i did wear it over a stone floor (in a old church) then a carpet, with no ill effects, and wear its in the house aslong as im not on any wooden floors.

Its great being able to walk with confidence again, i nolonger look like a idiot doing a "i dont wanna slip" walk. You see the people looking at you thinking, "how is she walkiing so fast".

Found them a little difficult when shopping as shops have different floor surfaces and i bought the small size so i really have to streach them to fit some of my shoes (im a uk size 5, ok for slim shoes but anything chunkier its like a wrestling match and i have to take the shoe off to get it on).

solsurf

sandraf wrote: »

I'm really happy that I spotted this thread, I was beginning to think I was crazy and alone at it..!!!:j
Last year I fell badly on the ice and my knee never recovered, so this year I'm massively paranoid about it and all the people at work take the mickey out of me quite overtly when they see me arriving in cleats and a hiking pole. Trouble is I live in a very hilly city where only the centre is gritted, so they can laugh all they want - they only have to get from the front door to the car, I have to hike all the way to the bus stop!
I strongly advise Yaktrax which someone mentioned already for snow, especially when packed; you can keep them on even on the bus and indoors as long as it's not a smooth surface (like marble for instance, because they'll be very slippy). However please note that Yaktrax won't work on ice.
You can also check out: Rud shoe chains, they are standard issue for Royal Mail and other mail systems across Europe; and Kahtoola Microspikes which are the surest ones, but more expense - all of these are now sold out for a week or so anyway.
Since these are old posts, if you have in the meantime found a brilliant solution of your own, do share..!!
Good luck to all!:hello:

You are right the yaktrax are great on snow but solid ice they don't bite enough. you need something with spikes on similar are the kahtoola american or pogu spikes british:) a search on google them will give you the sites, hope this helps