Reviews

The Kigo Drive is what I would categorize as an 80% shoe. What I mean by that is if you looking for a minimalist shoe that can handle 80% (or more) of your everyday needs in spring/summer/fall, then you should seriously consider what the Drive has to offer.

For a shoe to be a stellar minimal shoe, I look for and consider the weight, flexibility, tightening system, drop (height differential from heel to toe), material, ground feel, and general fit. The Hattoris have a clever design where the areas of the sole where you are supposed to land are of a denser material than the squishier EVA foam that makes up most of the sole. My pair of Hattoris - granted I have big feet - were just shy of 4 and a half ounces according to my kitchen scale. It is a very light weight shoe with a great sole...

While snow may have arrived late in some places, and spring arrived early in others, here in the Gaspe Peninsula winter is still going strong. Once winter does eventually abate and the trails become passable for anything other than skis, I have a lot of cool products that I will be testing and reviewing here on Toe Salad...

Technically speaking, the Teva Nilch is a men's water shoe, but in my experience the shoe is a not at all well suited to this function. Why? Well, I have used the Nilch several times now as my backpacking ‘water’ shoes to cross small creeks and rivers during hikes...

I have been waiting and watching all of this year to see what the minimal shoe scene would be like in 2011. Of course there have been the bigger companies putting out a plethora of designs and yet there were also some smaller companies with innovation that would give the big companies a run for their money....yes, pun intended.