I have these with about 150 miles on them. You are spot on about being on slick ground; a little disappointing for $180 considering most ultras will have slick conditions at some point. However, this does feel like a sock when you put it on. Nice and very accurate review!
Greetings from a Croatian living in Austrian Alps, great channel and👍for the review. As a mountain enthusiast who does all his training only↗️↘️ in a high Alpine environment and uses only a variety of Salomon Slab shoes for the task, everything you said was on point. I totally agree about Contagrip, maybe it's not as much about the rubber compound they are using, but more about the details on the outsole/lugs that they might be missing. After trying a lot of different shoes, some do perhaps have a better grip, the biggest issue for me was always foothold of the shoe on fast, tehnical downhills and that is where Slab just excels. I'ts just for the environment I use my shoes in, Salomon Slab from my experience seems to be far ahead from everybody else in all the aspects that are important to me to feel free and secure Up there...
My ideal shoe would be something similar to this but with a little more cushioning underneath, a more aggressive and stickier outsole (the ultra 3 outsole just doesn't work for most of the terrain/conditions/races I run in ie mountain trail runs...I find I run past people slipping on their arses in Salomons!), also pull tabs so you can actually get in and out. I don't mind speed laces but not fussed it they were normal laces either (I actually like shoes where I can use a lace lock due to having a narrow heel)
Finally a review which states the truth about the Contragrip, thank you ! Still an alright compound for an allround trail shoe, but nowhere close to Vibram, PWRTRAC, Continental...even if it's Salomon 😉
Thanks for the review, do you have any experience what it is like in the toe box compared to an Inov-8 G270 (in terms of width) please? I like the idea of a sock like feel, but need lots of width for my toes/forefoot.
I have these with about 150 miles on them. You are spot on about being on slick ground; a little disappointing for $180 considering most ultras will have slick conditions at some point. However, this does feel like a sock when you put it on. Nice and very accurate review!
Greetings from a Croatian living in Austrian Alps, great channel and👍for the review. As a mountain enthusiast who does all his training only↗️↘️ in a high Alpine environment and uses only a variety of Salomon Slab shoes for the task, everything you said was on point. I totally agree about Contagrip, maybe it's not as much about the rubber compound they are using, but more about the details on the outsole/lugs that they might be missing. After trying a lot of different shoes, some do perhaps have a better grip, the biggest issue for me was always foothold of the shoe on fast, tehnical downhills and that is where Slab just excels. I'ts just for the environment I use my shoes in, Salomon Slab from my experience seems to be far ahead from everybody else in all the aspects that are important to me to feel free and secure Up there...
My ideal shoe would be something similar to this but with a little more cushioning underneath, a more aggressive and stickier outsole (the ultra 3 outsole just doesn't work for most of the terrain/conditions/races I run in ie mountain trail runs...I find I run past people slipping on their arses in Salomons!), also pull tabs so you can actually get in and out. I don't mind speed laces but not fussed it they were normal laces either (I actually like shoes where I can use a lace lock due to having a narrow heel)
Finally a review which states the truth about the Contragrip, thank you ! Still an alright compound for an allround trail shoe, but nowhere close to Vibram, PWRTRAC, Continental...even if it's Salomon 😉
Is the Sonic 4 accelerate better than this shoe for road running specifically
Thanks for the review, do you have any experience what it is like in the toe box compared to an Inov-8 G270 (in terms of width) please? I like the idea of a sock like feel, but need lots of width for my toes/forefoot.
Is there anyone who could compare the V1 and the V2?