Hiking shoes/boots with toe room

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mete

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The shoes with the Munson last were great for toe room . What's available with good toe room today ? My stuff is wearing out so I need new !
 
Look at Altra. Plenty of room for the piggies. It's what a lot of the long distance hiking crowd wears.
 
Altra if you want trail runners. Keen is good but not every model is built in the same last and some are much wider than other. The Targhee and Voyager are two of their widest models
 
Just ordered a pair of wide Merrells after trying on way too many shoes. Tried Keen, Vasque, and Oboz, the Merrells had the most room.
 
Ordered a Keen Targhee Explorer .Will check it out , thanks. BTW the ALTRA shoes seem to be only for running. I never was a runner and now I can't !
 
Just put on a pair of Keen Targhee as I'm getting ready to head out for work. Most comfortable boots I own. Plenty of wiggle room for the toes.
 
Hiking shoes should be strong, with a thick and stable sole. My father goes camping a lot and has a whole collection of hiking shoes at home. I'm more of a sneaker guy. I also have a whole collection of sneakers at home. This collection was formed because I could not find suitable sneakers for tennis training for a long time. There is always some problem, and you all probably know how important correctly selected shoes are in sports. Then the sole is uncomfortable, then they do not breathe at all, then there is no room for fingers, then it hurts the heel.
 
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Manufacturers tend to have a house last, mostly based on how broad they expect your feet to be at the toe end. I look first at Merrell and New Balance, because their regular widths are usually (but not invariably) broad with adequate toe room, and my default U.S. shoe size is 10 D. Supposedly B-width is narrow, 2E-width is wide, and D-width is medium for men and wide for women. But not every manufacturer uses these measurements, and they all have different demographic expectations.

Amazon is an expensive place to buy shoes, so this is not a shopping recommendation, but they poll customers on size vs. fit. If you can find the shoe you're considering — and the manufacturer's stock photo is your best guide — select your default shoe size or the closest one listed. For popular models, a check icon appears over the size with a remark such as "True to size. Order usual size" which is clickable as a link. Clicking the link shows how many customers responded to Amazon's query and what they said. For Merrell men's Moab 2 hiking shoe in "size 10" (10 M), 97% of 4,463 customers said size 10 "fit true to size." For most but not all Merrell men's shoes and boots, 10 M = D width and 10 W = 2E.
 
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Merrell has always been my favorite, I'm able to comfortably wear their regular sizes when I usually have to purchase wide sizes from other brands.
 
I'm partial to Hoka One boots/shoes. Check outdoorgearlab.com for reviews, comparisons and rankings of different boots.
 
I recently bought a pair of Danner 600 hiking boots. I got the wide width and they are the most comfortable pair of boots I've ever worn. Also, a pair of Soloman speed cross 5 trail runners in a wide width, are very comfortable as well. Both are far better than Merrell or any other trail shoes I've tried.
 
Definitely Merrill’s or Danners. I have Danner Explorers and Merrill Moabs both in wide. Danners more of a cold weather boot while the Moabs are anytime lightweight boots. Plenty of toe room in either as long as you go with the wide width.
 
Keenes do have a lot of tour room, but they ain't worth it damn when it comes to actual hiking or backpacking. Zero art support the keen sandals I have have better support than the hiking boots or backpacking boots. They do have a lot of tow room though so if you ain't carrying a pack you ain't walking over uneven ground, and a pair of Chuck Taylors with toe room would do what you're doing you'd be good to go.
I like my asolos, try on a couple of pair make sure they fit correctly, you be good to go, or not danners are nice too though
 
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