Cheapest Hiking Boots

A dozen years I've been using hiking boots lightweight hiking boots. It was part of my current pass hike to light or ultra light. " I stopped to have blisters and perhaps one or two in the years that followed.

Besides keeping things light, another important goal of mine was to spend less money on clothing and equipment. The change of shoes are part of this plan. Here are some ways to keep your hiking boots both lightweight and cheap.

Buy Closeouts

For hiking and backpacking trips, I would like to have high quality shoes. I usually use good walking shoes that weigh a pound or less each. If they list the weight, I buy them from catalogs or online. Otherwise, I can tell by removing shoes in the shoe shop premises if they are in my weight range. If you're shopping in traditional stores, you can also put a kitchen scale to check the weight.

Of course, many of the best running shoes cost $ 80 or even $ 100. I do not spend more on shoes than ever, so I buy liquidations. For some reason, people seem to want the latest fashions. There is no difference in performance than what I can see or feel, but thanks for this market-sensitive fashion styles last year are difficult to sell, and are therefore greatly reduced. I bought 85 million of running shoes for as little as $ 25 this way.

Sierra Trading Post catalog is good to check these bids. I will not mention the specific brands that are light or cheap because these changes so often. Check online, get some catalogs sent to you, and you will find offers.

Buy low quality

My second strategy to keep my light hiking shoes and cheap is to go to Wal-Mart or Kmart or other places that sell shoes at low cost. The lowest cost shoes I use for the moment (2009) are $ 10 at Wal-Mart. They are really bad quality, but only in terms of materials and durability. In actual use, they grip better than any expensive shoes when I'm hiking in rocky terrain on which I want to climb a little.

The key to these hiking shoes at low prices is to use them only for short trips and hiking trails that do not take too long in the desert. I once used a pair of $ 7 on a weeklong trip in the 110-mile Rockies, and I almost regretted. They came close to falling apart after seven days of rugged terrain.

I must admit, however, they were very comfortable, light, and required no break "in" I would use those hiking boots again, but limit them to travel about three days or less. I could also make the tape just in case repairs were needed.

Thus, the store closing sales of quality running shoes (they seem better for me than those specifically called hiking boots). Or buy the cheapest shoes comfortable, you can find for shorter hikes. And put a ladder to the bank with you. So you keep it light and cheap.