New Haix boots

[munkymadman]

your sole would have less contact with the tree making it slippier. and as steve said you don't branch walk on your arch. just give me a good solid boot with a grippy sole (my haix's have no soles anymore, it's like climbing in bowling shoes)

[vduben]

only thing them spikes good for would be removing all the dog poo from site

always thinking on the bright side!!

madmanmunky - how long do your haix last befor there like bowling shoes??? i had to climb in my old boots today because i left my ''newer'' pair at another firm, and they were nearly down to the metal plate!!!!!!!!!!! was a bit scarey tho on a wet mature sycamore!!

[Lancstree]

The good thing about Haix boots is the very presence of the metal plate which makes standing in spikes far more comfortable than in some of those Elten boots.

[vduben]

also great re-assurance on building sites with lots of nails sticking out of wood!!!!

[Lancstree]

Funny you should say that.. my mate had a nail right through the sole of his Elten boots and got a real sore trotter

[Mike Hill]

Those little spikes in the in step might be for "walking on branches" not branch walking?In the bush if you stand on a branch you can go for a nasty skate if its on a hillside.I've seen guys screw little metal teeth made from folded alloy to the in step of their boots.This could be a new take on that concept?

[munkymadman]

madmanmunky - how long do your haix last befor there like bowling shoes???

 

not exactly sure vduben, maybe 6 months a bit longer. that was the point where i thought they don't make them how they used to. i've been wearing them for so long now that the steel shank has bent out of them, i had to cut it off with an angle grinder.

[MAX]

One of my guys has been wearing them for a few days now and likes them. You have to undo the spikey attachment bit to wear spikes and replace with a metal plate (more time consuming fiddling). The spikes aid positioning more than branch walking, for example when feet are horizontal along the branch (in the arch) you obtain a realy solid hold. saying that it only works to its full protencial on arch width diameter branches.

 

 

I'm trying a pair soon!

[Chris P]

They look more like a forestry boot to me. Any one used them for climbing Beech yet seems like they would rip through young bark no worries.

[Dean Lofthouse]

The spikes are designed for walking over timber on the floor.

 

They wouldn't be used for working on trees unless it is a take down, but then you would have your standard spikes on anyway.