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One of the best products I have ever used.

Basically they slip over your shoes, so you can walk with ease over ice and packed snow. Light, spikeless, and cheap.

I used to have to walk a half mile pedestrian trail everyday to catch a bus. It was never cleared and was a thick sheet of ice during the winter. With the Yaktrax, I could literally run to the bus without giving the ice a thought.

Drawbacks: Gravel will cut the rubber webbing. You have to take them off when walking on hard, slick surfaces (ie. before you get on the bus).

Unpacked some winter shit and thought I would mention them. Used them this morning to breeze by other pedestrians hobbling over icy sidewalks.

http://yaktrax.com/ProductsWalker.aspx

I'ma order half a dozen.

Huh. When I lived in the Godforsaken Frozen Wastes of Rhode Island, I got me and my sweety some instep straps that had angular steel plates underneath. Looks like the tech has gotten way more advanced since then.

(BTW, on her way to Brown one morning she ran across one of her professors, who scoffed at them and said they didn't look very "practical." She came out of the department after class to find him spread-eagled on the sidewalk, trying to get up. Snort.)

Nice! Useful! Good post!

FC... Uh... what are you planning on using them for, exactly?

I saw those the other day.

At my old place of work, a similar rig was required for certain jobs in the winter, and apparently cut OSHA recordables by 90% the day it was implemented.

$50/person was fucking cheap for the bragging rights it gave the Safety folks.

I see a lot of "trax" from those around here. I wondered how they would work. I have a pair that has spikes. I'm not sure of the brand. They work great, but are also a bit slippery on tile surface.

CP wrote:Nice! Useful! Good post!

FC... Uh... what are you planning on using them for, exactly?

Spanking the missus.

Do they make them for flip flops?

TomFurman wrote:Do they make them for flip flops?

If they do, I might buy a pair also.

Bought some this winter and they work great. One of Norm's few useful contributions, with a strong assist from deathturd.

I need new flip flops. Where should I buy 'em (online)?

T200 wrote:I need new flip flops. Where should I buy 'em (online)?

Ask GDG to macrame you some.

Norman U. Senchbau wrote:One of the best products I have ever used.

Basically they slip over your shoes, so you can walk with ease over ice and packed snow. Light, spikeless, and cheap.

I used to have to walk a half mile pedestrian trail everyday to catch a bus. It was never cleared and was a thick sheet of ice during the winter. With the Yaktrax, I could literally run to the bus without giving the ice a thought.

Drawbacks: Gravel will cut the rubber webbing. You have to take them off when walking on hard, slick surfaces (ie. before you get on the bus).

Unpacked some winter shit and thought I would mention them. Used them this morning to breeze by other pedestrians hobbling over icy sidewalks.

http://yaktrax.com/ProductsWalker.aspx

Good stuff on icey roads and trails - they have helped salvage quite a few runs this winter.

Yax are OK, but I have a problem with them wearing out quickly. They also tend to slip off at inopportune moments for me.

If I'm going for a hike, I keep an old pair of hiking boots, and run sheet metal screws into the soles. A lot more durable, and easy. Works great for running shoes, too, I've read.

If i need removable, I go with Stabilicers. Much more durable than Yax.