Wide feet? Try Meindl’s Comfort Fit
If you're like many of us, you’re looking for ways to make your hike comfortable. There is nothing worse than getting half way through your hike, with feet full of blisters because of badly fitted boots.
We highly recommend boot fittings when choosing your shoe, as this helps get some advice from the experts and helps choose the perfect fit from the get go.
Look no further than Comfort fit technology.
Meindl is a fantastic footwear maker from Bavaria with a history going back as far as the 17th century! We have been very lucky to have them as a supplier for over 30 years. After a little bit of google research you will find that they are still a family business to this day. Lars and Lukas Meindl are the 9th generation of the Meindl family.
Meindl have a huge variety of walking footwear for all different shapes of foot and sort of activity.
It is a reoccurring problem that wide feet make it difficult to choose a pair of boots or walking shoes, and is something people very regularly contact us about.
Sometimes a standard width shoe is simply not an option.This is why we wanted to review Meindl’s outstandingly roomy but very practical ‘Comfort Fit’.
In this post, we’re going to be explaining just what makes these Meindl shoes and boots so perfect for really comfortable but high performance walking and trekking.
A great fit for wider feet
Our selection of Meindl Comfort Fit shoes and boots is perfect for those with a wide to very wide forefoot, the shoes have a very wide sole base at the front. This provides ideal room and optimal volume for the foot, keeping the area around the ball of the foot cushioned while adjusting the big toe to sit comfortably in a good walking position.
Comfort Fit shoes and boots narrow naturally towards the back in order to enable optimum grip on the heel offering great performance whilst walking and a sublime fit. The area around the toe box is high volume, allowing good flex without the ceiling on the forefoot rubbing against the top of the foot.
With a wider toe box hiking boot comes better balance, as your toes are now allowed to spread out and provide stability.... Hiking in a wide to box boot actively encouraging your toes to realign to their natural position since you're no longer squeezing the toes together within a compact space.
Let’s take a look at the very special shoe and boot within our range, we’ve carefully chosen these two pieces of footwear with wider footed people in mind. They are in fact some of our most popular pieces of footwear.
Meindl Philadelphia GTX
Philadelphia GTX walking shoe feature guide:
* Waxed Nubuck leather uppers
* GORE-TEX lining
* Air-Active Wellness Sport footbed
* Meindl Comfort Sport sole
* Waterproof protection
Meindl Meran GTX
Meran GTX walking boot feature guide:
* Nubuck leather with wax uppers
* GORE-TEX lining
* Comfort-Fit, cork and fleece footbed
* Meindl Comfort Hiker sole
* Waterproof protection
A natural cork layer in the footbed molds to the exact curves of your foot for support, stability and shock absorption, and the added arch offers extra support. A moisture-managing layer over the the cork draws perspiration away and transfers it to the dispersing layer so your feet stay dry. A Poron™ cushion insert in the rear protects your heel, ankle and joints.
View our Meindl Comfort Fit range.
If you have any questions, please feel free to pop into our store, or pop us a message on one of our socials.
