Hi uys, Has anyone using or used Superfeet insoles in there boots? If so whats your verdict?????
Cheers

yes. Excellent- and much better than my sorbothans which I'd been using for 4 or 5 years
Pricey but recommended

Go for the Superlite Greens

I haven't used superfeet but something pretty much exactly the same I picked up in France, and I personally found they work excellently.

It's hard to describe exactly why they work, but they cup your heel, and hold your foot far mor effectively than a normal insole. I found my feet stayed put in the boot rather than being rammed into the end when going down or the opposite going up.

Also if you pronate then they're supposed to help, but I don't so I can't really comment on how much...

Great but Get your feet measured up for them properly as they come in varing widths.

Bushy

Cheers Guys for your info........

Alex has got it in one.
It's the cupping effect on the insole. kind of weerd the first couple of times out but any minor feet slippage just disappears.

As for measuring up - I read the superfeet site and chose my size based on that, but then I tend to fit anything 'standard'.
So far
;-)

BTW I believe Chris Townsend is a big fan of S/F -I'm sure there must be a couple of references elsewhere on the OM forum if you have a root about.

Excellent. Ideally you would have new boots fitted at the same time as the Superfeet are fitted. You might find you need a smaller size boot with Superfeet.

Ive got superfeet greens, gf has the blue ones, both got measured in the shop for them, they feel weird at first but you soon get used to them, now it feels weird without.

I wear them in my trainers every day and in my hiking boots.

Ive heard good things about george fishers fiiting service and also ultimate outdoors fitting service, both in keswick

Your info is very much appreciated....
Regards
James

Will they help with my latest foot problem of blisters on the underneath of the foot?

I'm willing to try anything as everything I wear at the moment seams to rip-up the underneath of my foot!

They might do - you might find they stop your foot moving so much in your boot. But if you've got the wrong boot nothing's going to help.

They stopped heel blisters that started up as my boots started to wear in a little too enthusiastically, with slight foot movement, so don't see why they shouldn't work for you.

superfeet won't cure badly fitting or incorrectly laced footwear though.

if you don't suffer from either of the above then they, or comformable which i use, are great for supporting your foot and allowing your feet to be less tired at the end of a day.

Surprising enough all my footwear fit well! There is no major movement within the boot that is why I'm surprised with the blisters that I am getting.

Normally if the boot does not fit properly the associated blisters normally centre around the heal area where there is slight heel movement when walking.

To be quite honest the boots don't appear to move, well if they do the movement is so small it is not easily detected and the blisters normally start to form after 10miles or so.

To be quite honest really my feet are so broken underneath at the moment any footwear after a couple of miles causes a blister :-(

I was in Cotswold Outdoors the other day trying new boots, and the assistant mentioned that Superfeet Insoles are mainly designed for people with unusually high or weak foot arches which do not normally support the foot well when standing or walking. Apparently you can tell if you have abnormaly high/weak arches because your foot increases more than half a UK size in length from putting no weight (ie. sitting down)to putting weight (ie. standing up) on the foot. It seems from this thread though, that they can also be comfortable for people who perhaps dont have high arches?!

I dont have especially high arches, but have found on longer walks - often with a heavy rucksack, my feet (mainly the right foot) often blister on the ball. I hope new boots will sort the problem, as all my boots so far have been reasonably cheap, very flexible boots, and the new ones I am considering are stiffer, and seem a better fit. If they do not, I may consider getting the Superfeet.

i was also told it would help stop my soles wearing out a bit more one one side, cant remember the exact reason but it seems to have worked!

I use superfeet greens in my Scarpa SL and a pair of Solomon Expert lows... makes the fit much more snug and comfortable. Totally ruins the fit of my Merril approach shoes though so I use the standard insole in those.

I'd suggest that if your boots are comfortable at the moment you probably don't need them, however if you find your feet slipping/sloshing about then take your boots to an outdoor shop and ask to try them... they usually have demo sets available as they've tried to sell them to me with every set of footwear I've bought :)

Shay- with respect Cotswold were talking sheep doodle. I've no abnormality, and would know after many years of running - they tend to show up really quickly!

The simple thing is S/F are just well made for foot stability, and it works. It's not that they're much better at it, more that the normal boot footbed is so cheap and nasty.

Shay, it's nothing to do with high or weak arches. Superfeet are designed to stabilise the foot, as John Hee says. They do this by supporting the rear of the foot, not the arch. They are designed for people who over-pronate, which does show up in feet elongating when weighted. This can be measured on a Brannock device. I wrote a whole article about boot fitting and Superfeet some time ago which you can find here:

http://gorp.away.com/gear/features/bootfit.htm

The Superfeet website has some answers

http://www.superfeet.com/content/index.html

I bought a pair of Brasher walking boots in June 2004 after I realised my old pair of walking shoes were giving me a leg problem. They felt like the best fitting boots I'd ever had when I bought them.

Then I found out about Superfeet and the FitSystem

http://www.fitsystembyphiloren.com/index2.html

and went to The Gorge Outdoors where they measured my feet properly, tried me in several boots with a sample pair of Superfeet, and then fitted a pair of Superfeet to the boots I liked best. Suddenly I realised that all the boots I'd ever warn weren't a good fit - these were a good fit. It wasn't until I experienced it that I realised what a good fit felt like. It was a startling revelation.

Taunton Leisure (like most places) had me walking up and down self conciously on a flat floor to see if they fitted. The Gorge Outdoors measured both feet standing and sitting, and had me walking up and down an inclined surface. To be fair to TL, I believe they now fit boots properly and sell Superfeet.

To anybody who has a foot, leg or even back problem when walking I would say go and visit a shop that does the FitSystem & Superfeet and at least have a chat with somebody knowledgeable. They're trained in this field. If you like what you hear give it a go, it might just be the best money you've ever spent on walking gear.

If like me you've reached your forties and suddenly find you are increasingly getting foot or leg problems it might be because you are starting to suffer from over-pronation. Apparently it's quite common to start suffering from this at this age.

If I'm ranting ovwer-enthusiastically it's because they really are extroadinary. They look expensive until you try them, then they look ridicoulously cheap.

Moggy, soles wearing on one side are a sure sign that Superfeet would be of benefit (I hope they are). Your foot was twisting to one side because it wasn't not properly supported at the heel.