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Hi peeps,

I am a walker... I go mostly ealking everywhere. Usually I use nike with the padded soles for walking as they are comfortable but I need to replace mine.

Any reccommendations? I'm looking for comfort and hopefully not something that makes me eat cheap ramen for a month :)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)
[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago

Lowa is pretty good.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

I'm rolling the dice on 8000kicks. They've got a Kickstarter going on, right now, for Trekkers made from HEMP. I normally buy all things American, but tennis shoe/sneaker selection is limited at best. Subpar at worst. And it's not cheap, either. So we're gonna try out these hemp sneaks. 🙂

I did a little digging, and it looks like they're going to manufacture through multiple factories. Factories, plural. They come out & say they're based in Portugal with a factory. Then they might use China, disappointing but not at all surprising. And possibly Vietnam! Hope that helps.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Whenever this question comes up it reminds me of this Family Guy bit 😅 In all seriousness though maybe you can find something here

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Lol had forgotten that bit

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Not EU (but part of EFTA), but I'd like to recommend the Mostly Swiss "On" shoes for this: https://www.on.com/

The shoes are incredibly comfortable for walking. They are a bit pricey but not insane. I didn't pay attention to them getting popular until I noticed every employee in a hospital was wearing these which made me understand that it must be more than just a fad (it was more than just a fad).

Edit: wanted to add that I mean specifically Cloud 5 & 6 shoes from them.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Always trust a nurse and their shoe of choice!

Ended up getting me a pair from here :)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago

Exactly my thought! And happy to hear you got help choosing / finding from this thread! :)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I was looking at getting new shoes, always got nike because they fit well. Time to finally start looking at Adidas as a replacement. Been needing to buy for months and putting it off has paid off now at being able to support the EU instead.

[–] 0x0 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Adidas as a replacement

Ain't Adidas german? Exploitative, sweat-shoppy, but german, no?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Uhm yes, hence I'm using it as a replacement to my usual Nikes?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

I like Salewa. :)

[–] 0x0 3 points 1 week ago

Lavoro makes work-related shoes, may be comfortable...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Yeah, something similar to the Merrell Moab line, but from the EU.