Scarpa Ribelle Lite HD Boots - thoughts after 2 years
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- Опубліковано 1 бер 2024
- A couple of years ago, I bought a pair of Scarpa Ribelle Lite HD boots.
These are marketed as being suitable for year round use and can take semi automatic crampons.
Scarpa say typical applications are tough trekking, winter mountain walking, summer alpinism, scrambling and Via Ferrata.
Having now given them use in a variety of conditions, this video outlines my thoughts on them after 2 years.
Link to my initial thoughts and tech specs video:
• Scarpa Ribelle Lite HD...
Wow they’re bright! 😂
So many many missed innuendo opportunities 🤣😂🤣
Very thorough review lovely, they’re not for me but I’m glad you’re happy with them! 🥰
They certainly are bright, Karen. I am surprised that they are too loud for a shy, retiring little soul like you 🤣.
I have rewatched my video to see the missed innuendo opportunities 😊.
Hope you enjoy what remains of the weekend 👍
Thanks Jon, a very good and honest appraisal. I've had my HD Lites for about a month now, and hiked around 50 miles in that time, between 3 -18 miles a time. I had the Volumental 3D scan at Cotswold Outdoor and the Scarpa was the preferred fit. I junked the OE insole for an upgrade high instep insole.
I think they're an excellent all round boot, but I do have a few more hotspots than in my old Salomon Quest 4 GTX. Trying out different lacing methods with soldier knots, and different layering with the Bridgedales and ZO tape to control the hotspots. They will be good enough for EBC + 4 passes next year hopefully.
Thank you Karl, I hope you enjoy your boots as much as I do mine. They should be ideal for the Everest route via the passes. I have watched several videos of this trip and it looks awesome. I hope it goes really well for you, and should give you memories to last a lifetime 👍
I have a similar strategy John my Asolo leather boots are great but heavy so I have some Solomon Quest 4 boots which are not as robust but much lighter. Good to have some options.
The Quest 4 is a great boot Ollie. A friend of mine has used them for years and every time he tries to change to something else, he ends up returning to the Quest.
Hope you enjoy what remains of the weekend 👍
Excellent review Jon 👏. As you say, they're excellent all rounders if they fit your feet.
I'd love to try a pair on, just to see.
I reckon they'd make great footwear for clambering my way through Primark, and with those crampons on I'd give a Saturday shop in there a go 😂... no-one would push in front of me with those spikes on 🤭👌
🤣 you have put quite an image in Mt head of you battling through the crowds at Primark. My local Primark is very big and I always end up loosing my bearings in there and can't work out where the exit is.
@@thecampingastronomer8554 😁...Those SAS types training on the Brecon Beacons know nothing do they Jon?
One Saturday afternoon in Primark trying to navigate their way to the exit will definitely test their metal 😳🥵
@@h.bsfaithfulservant4136 🤣🤣
Excellent and informative review. I'm a Scarpa man and they look like great boots. One downside that you didn't mention, though this is a matter of taste. They're a bit flash for paths and trails aren't they? Don't think they'd go down too well with my local walking group. You're thought bit uppity if you wear anything much different from Regatta boots there
@MalWhite-mh5td this is a good point. I wear mine in a mountain environment and use my leather scarpas when I am here in the South for this reason.
Scarpa do make a more subdued colourway for the Ribelle boots, but they are probably a little too stiff for using on the South Downs etc.
Nice boots.
They are really comfortable, I am very pleased with them.
Hope you enjoy what is left of the weekend 👍