YaktraxTraction Chains for Walking on Ice and Snow (1 Pair)

Theyre good quality and good snug fit!Having these is so much better than slipping on ice and breaking your arm!They are easy to put on take off.Traction on snow and ice is superb! Very safe! just gotta be careful when you walk onto clean dry smooth concrete like into a factory-you must immediately take them off or you will slip THERE--its just part of it ALL sho chains will be like that.These are an awesome buy!

I'm pleased with the performance of the chains. So far I've walked 25km over a variety of ice, packed snow and bare concrete. They haven't budged on my Keen hikers, are comfortable and grip well on all surfaces I've encountered. We'll see how long they last. The chains seem skookum enough, don't show any wear yet and the rubber is durable. So far I'm very happy.

This is the perfect balance between traction and walkability. Spikes are fine for snowy trails, but you can't wear them to walk the dog on the sidewalks around town. The rubber slicks with the tiny metal pins grip okay on ice, but they turn the rest of the sole of your shoe into a slick surface, so you don't get the advantage of the extra traction your lugs might otherwise give in soft snow. These chains split the difference perfectly. They bite well into ice, but still leave the lugs of your sole exposed so they can add traction in soft snow.Our neighbors have sump pumps that create sheets of water over the sidewalk that later freeze. Sometimes these sheets of smooth ice are visible and sometimes they're hidden under a layer of snow. I was able to walk the dog around town without a single slip - even through areas that I'd nearly busted my rump on the day before. And when I got to a clear patch (where someone has actually shoveled their sidewalk), the chains are low-profile enough to let me walk normally - feels kind of like walking in pea gravel, which is fine. I even wore these while carving a channel by the mailboxes to let melting snow drain away from the area it normally pools - standing on 2-3 inches of solid ice while swinging a mattock, and never slipped a single time.Very easy to put on and take off too. If you need a versatile traction-enhancing device that works on a variety of surfaces, you won't be disappointed in these.

These are superior to the old style.My old Yaktrax had the springs laying sideways across the bottom of the shoes with the strips of rubber running through the center of them, the strips of rubber being of one piece with the rubber of the upper portion that wraps up around the heel and toe.On the old ones, the springs would wear rapidly and develop sharp edges that would cut through the rubber and render them out of service.This new style has all metal chains running across the bottom of the shoe while the rubber wraps up on the heel and toe to keep them secure.They give me great traction and have held up very well so far.Note: I am only size 7.5 but had to size up to large as the rubber is so tight on the mediums that they pulled my forefeet up and bent them back so harshly as to make them miserable on my feet and I could not bear to wear them at all!The large size still grabs and secures nicely without fighting to get them on, too!

They do not slip off your shoe at allthey stay put and give pretty good grip on ice and snow . the worst thing about most of these things is when you have to walk on bare cement . well these are pretty good on the sidewalk they do are not to noticable at all feel pretty good on bare cement as well . I have bought two pair also have the pair rubber with the metal studs they also stay on the shoes . But man on cement the studs flex feels a little unstable i got used to them but out of the two pair like these better for snow ice cement not sure if they will stand up only wore them twice so far