[pct-l] Superfeet?

[Diane at Santa Barbara Hikes dot com]

On May 3, 2009, at 2:25 AM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:

> Re: Superfeet?
I agree that superfeet are just another gimmick out to grab some  
money from you. You could probably do just as well to cut a shoe- 
shaped piece of plastic and lay that inside your shoe under the  
original insole because the only real benefit I ever felt was from  
the plastic thing preventing me from feeling large rocks.

What I started using were these things called 2oz miracles and lately  
I've been using memory foam insoles. They are soft and cushy. The  
memory foam seems to last longer than the 2oz miracles. I don't know  
if they would make dress shoes feel better for someone with a  
herniated disk, but for someone hiking the PCT they certainly make  
road walking more tolerable. At $8-$14 I'm sure they, too, are just  
another way to extract money from you, but they sure are comfy.

If I were required to wear dress shoes, I would spend the big bucks  
and get really expensive shoes like Mephisto or Earth shoes or  
whatever similar shoe out there. You know, something that looks like  
a dress shoe on the outside but feels like Birkenstocks on the inside.