New for 2014: Five Ten Guide Tennie
|
Here's a review we did of the new Five Ten Guide Tennie, due Spring 2014. |
|
Thanks for posting up. Looks like a nice boot. |
|
Looks like they're styled after the Ganda Guides. I'm impressed they only cost a few bones more than the low top. |
|
"Both sides of the tongue are attached internally with neoprene to keep dirt and rocks out." |
|
Adam, |
|
For a high top, it can be cumbersome to put on |
|
Just wondering about opinions on the new style guide tennie. Anybody have experience with both new and old style and care to comment? |
|
Don, |
|
ACassebeer wrote:Don, New version: Better built, higher quality materials Stiffer (I mean wayyy stiffer) Less useful as a climbing shoe, although they do edge well because they're stiff Feels more like a boot at first until you break them in Improved rubber patch at the front for where the old ones blew out Harder to resole now, due to the outsole design Better ankle support Personally, I think FiveTen went too far with this shoe and made them too stiff. My old pairs I would climb easy sierra routes in. I'm not sure I would do it in the new ones. Hope this helps, AaronThanks for the input Aaron, but unfortunately, that's not what I was hoping to hear. The old style were near perfect for my application short of the blowout on the outside of the foot. Do you have the high tops or the low tops? |
|
I have the high-tops, but from visual inspection they look basically identical in construction to the lows. Others may have better experience with the new lows than me. I have a couple pairs of the old style squirreled away for times of need. |