Reviews

I am now in the third iteration of my winter minimalist footwear search, and I think I am getting closer. The current system that I am trying is based on research and recommendations from a series of articles at BackpackingLight. I am taking the ideas from those articles and am slowly adapting them for use with minimalist footwear.

I first read about Kigos on the Exuberant Animal blog. After reading over their website, my curiosity was sufficiently aroused that I thought they merited further investigation. What can I say, I am a footwear geek, I can't help it. While I do believe that barefoot is the ideal, I also realize that it is not always practical and therefore I am always on the lookout for interesting products that meet my requirements for minimalist footwear.

It has been almost 2 months since I first received my Feelmax Kuuvas. Now that the weather has cooled down a little, I have had some opportunities to test them in the conditions for which they were designed.

Last week I talked about my first impressions on the Feelmax Niesa shoes. This week I would like to talk a little about the Kuuvas, Feelmax's first minimalist boot.

The Niesa is built like a moccasin with a thin, rubber-coated fabric sole and light weight mesh/nubuck uppers. The materials look to be very durable and the construction seems to be top-notch. I found that putting the shoe on was very comfortable right out of the box...