Kahtoola MICROspikes Footwear Traction for Winter Trail Hiking & Ice Mountaineering

Best spikes ever for ice.

These spikes have been a life saver. You gets lots of traction and have no worries for slipping (unless indoors). I highly recommend them. I have to blow snow and plow and have no problems wearing these doing both. Though probably should take them off when driving in case they stick to the pedals. This has not happened to me, but to be safe. Easy to put on and take off. Well worth the money.

I bought Micro Spikes for my first winter in Bethel, AK. Everyone I asked around here told me to get a product with spikes; the ones with coils on the bottom just dont seem to work here. Ive been walking around sure-footed on the ice ever since I put the Micro Spikes on my boots. Seriously, I feel like I could do the elementary school shuttle run with these things on. They are easy to take off when going in the grocery store. One downfall is that they sometimes catch when walking on metal grating, so step carefully. My girlfriend has been here 3 years, has no ice cleats and refused to let me buy her a pair even after seeing how much I love mine. As luck would have it, she slipped on ice in the driveway and broke her wrist. The break was so bad that it took a flight to Anchorage, a plate and 8 screws to fix. If shed had these Micro Spikes on her boots none of that would have happened. If you walk where its icy, you need these.

Perfect for an Icy town in Alaska during the winter, great for climbing where there is a lot of snow and ice. When the spikes dull they can easily be sharpened.

These are simply the very best. This is my second set as I hike 5-10 miles a day in the snow and ice of Colorado. Others I have tried last under 50 miles of mountain abuse. These last years and for me, that is thousands of hiker miles

Bought for my g/f and they worked great while hiking on ice and packed snow.

A necessity here in NH for walking and hiking in packed snow and on ice. Very reliable and sturdy. Easy to pull on and take off. Will not slip off your boots like some other brands.

These are the best thing ever for outdoor adventure and hiking in the late fall through early spring. Easily attach to just about any boots/footwear. Mine have seen many hundreds of miles hiking in the mountains and they are still going strong. The rubber and spikes have held up well. I throw them in my pack starting about October and then leave them through may. Sometimes the trail has a hardpack even in the deep winter and these are easier to use then snowshoes (provided you dont step off the trail and posthole. These are not really suitable for icy driveways, they spikes are pretty big. I dislike walking on paved surfaces while wearing them.

Well worth the money.I climb up and down icy inclines like nothing. Wish I had bought these sooner. Meant for the trail only, the spikes are too large to walk on sidewalks.

Below is the response from Kahtoola after writing them about my concerns about what appeared to me to be poor craftsmanship. I will have an open mind on this product after this very nice response. Hi Randy, I would like to thank you for taking time out of your day to express your concerns about the updated MICROspikes. Here at Kahtoola we strive to continue to produce the best products on the market, and thoroughly stand behind our products. I know it was a bit of a change from previous models of MICROspikes to the current version but I can absolutely tell you it wasnt a change for profit nor do we feel like weve put out a lesser quality product - rather quite the opposite. In previous models, we had to make the elastomer band thick to retain eyelet durability. Despite that, we still received MICROspikes back with failed or torn eyelets. At that time our failure rate was still well below one percent, which is great and far beyond the industry standard but we knew we wanted to somehow prevent future eyelet failures. What we were able to do for the current model was integrate a TPU reinforcement disc into each eyelet. (I cant include an image in this email from the back end of our website to show you but if you respond, I can respond from my email address and I can copy it on there.) And with the eyelet reinforcement, we didnt need to have the incredibly bulky elastomer so we were able to rework the TPE elastomer band to where it just as durable as the old band, just with less weight and significantly less bulk. The chains on the spikes are now welded whereas before they were just twisted into position. The former metal toe bale up front is now an integrated TPU piece in the band as well. Our stretch tests on our elastomers go several hundred percent beyond static before breaking from overstretch. The chain length prevent that stretch from ever occurring. The toe bales previously were bending, breaking, or being caught out on the trail so streamlining that portion of the MICROspikes was also a necessary change, in our minds. This new model of MICROspikes was in R&D for several years before we decided to more forward with it. As a business, it generally doesnt make much sense to change a good selling product, especially when youre as small as we are here. But we saw areas that we needed to improve and enhance in our product to keep it functioning above all others. Here at Kahtoola, Im our shipping and logistics manager as well as overseeing all warranties. I can tell you that weve seen a VERY significant decrease in warranty claims from last season with the new model. Any and all products can fail and we understand that. Imperfections happen in production runs during the injection molding process and thats why we have a 2 year warranty covering defects in materials and workmanship. Even outside the warranty time frame we do what we can to get of customers taken care of. Our customer speaks for itself and we always do what we can to take care of our customers. I would like for you to try out your MICROspikes with an open mind and see how they perform. This is my second season with this model (I helped test this model last season for fit and sizing) and I love them even more than my first pair. When I have time, I do a lot of winter time backpacking in the Grand Canyon and up in Zion where you cant safely hike without footwear traction. I fully understand how in this world, the vast majority of companies out there are solely trying to cheapen products to increase their gross revenue. Im a consumer myself and I see it far too often so generally when you see a change like this, its for the worse. However, were not one of those companies because if Kahtoola was, I wouldnt be an employee. Im certainly available by phone if you would like to chat. Again, thanks for your concern as definitely feel free to let me know if there is anything else I can do for you. Best wishes, Stew Neibert Shipping and Logistics I have owned a pair of these previously and loved them. These now appear to be cheaply made (thinner rubber) and I do not expect them to last very long. (takeing them on and off will probably result in rubber failure; I may have to install these on a pair of shoes and leave them on instead of taking them on and off different pairs of shoes if I want longevity). I am disappointed in the craftsmanship of this item compared to my older version and will more than likely search for an alternate brand when these fail (rubber breaks). See picture. The newer version is a couple of MM smaller in thickness.