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Shoes for the wet season

July 29, 2025 7:23 am / Leave a comment

I wrote about how a pair of shoes didn’t last long particularly for my daily walking. This time, I’m featuring a pair from a brand that I’ve been patronizing for more than 2 decades now – Merrell.

My go to shoes for the wet season are also my preferred ones for field work
These are water resistant (proven in my experience) and I usually get the ones with the vibram soles
The treads on these provide good grip on most surfaces I’m on whether in the office or in the field.

Their shoes have been very dependable and I’ve had 5 pairs over the more than 2 decades I’ve used them. That’s about 4 years per pair even considering my shoe rotation (I also have other shoes, of course. ) I would say that they’re better than the Adidas Terrex shoes I’ve had and perhaps at par with the GT Hawkins I had when I was a student in Japan. I hope the quality is maintained for these durable shoes that is my preferred pair for the wet season.

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Worn down shoes

July 12, 2025 11:10 pm / Leave a comment

I got a pair of shoes from a shop/brand I don’t usually buy shoes from last April and used them almost daily for my morning walks. Here are photos showing the conditions now.

The bottoms are pretty worn out. I am careful during my walks as I may slip on some surfaces as the soles lose traction.

There are tears to the fabric of the upper part of the shoe where it’s connected to the soles. This is on the right shoe.

This is the tear on the left shoe.

I was hoping these would be as durable as my other shoes that I have used for my walks. Unfortunately, they are what they are as of now. I can and still use them almost everyday but am wary about their not being usable in the near future.

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