Walsh Enforcers

Light weight waterproof  fabric boot made by Walsh of Bolton.  This is my first pair of Walsh shoes, just don't seem to see them stocked in most shops when I have seen them they been the old school trail shoes. 

I was looking for a light pair of shoes\boot and have always been curious about the Walsh brand with them being cheap £50 as well I thought with not.

First the fit.  Well for my feet they are "bob on"  no hot spots or rubbing straight from the box.  Most of my other shoes have always been through a braking in period the worst being my scarpa which gave me pain across the top (silly amounts of padding)  of my feet and almost blister, a say almost as I would be constantly stoping to adjust laces and socks. Yes a pain in the ass.

The grip of the Walsh enforcers are a bit mixed, great on anything other than than wet hard stuff.  Which isn't surprising really as the  style  tread used is of the square knobbly type or "Prya-Grip" as Walsh calls it.  Not all bad though they grip like limpets on other terrain. 

Walsh claim these to be water proof  which sadly they aren't a weekend walking in the peak district in mizzle wading across a few streams resulted in two soggy feet.  Warm soggy feet so wasn't all bad, have used inov8 in the past so I am fairly use to wet feet.  

I wouldn't class these boots as waterproof   water resistant  maybe.  It was only when I took to wading across the stream that seemed to let the water in.

So to sum it up they have poor grip on wet rock, aren't waterproof  yet have a great fit and are cheap.  But would I buy another pair?  

Hmm there's a question and I think that would be a yes and a no, the fit for me is great but I think I will give the Walsh Spirit shoes a try.

Sportshoe.com of Bradford is where I bought my boots from, never seen so many shoes under one roof!