Oboz  Katabatic LT Low GORE-TEX Hiking Shoes - Men's

I got these and was excited, but as another user noted, the 'regular' shoes were very narrow. I bought them direct from Oboz but I also wanted to review here. Only bought them direct because they didn't have my size at REI. I have never ordered wide shoes in my life, and immediately I felt the pinch behind the pinky toe. They even look narrow before you put them on. These are great for people with skinny feet, and I hesitate buying wide because I think that would great a different problem with the fit. Poor design and a true outlier from a fit perspective. If you have skinny feet, these will be great because the feel was awesome. Toe box made them not wearable, and it was not something breaking in would fix.

Excellent 'round town' shoe, and indeed I originally bought a pair for a trip to Japan. It stays quite cool for a shoe of this sort, and so I decided to take it on some hikes in the Pacific Northwest. I run a light pack, say 15-16 lb. I am finding that thiis shoe does not have enough cushion in the heel for longer days (above 10 mi), though i understand this is a personal thing. My hiking buddy wears 'thin' shoes, and is happy about it. Main complaint is about their usefulness for trail hiking: They don't seem to have much longevity. After barely 140 mi (half urban, half on trail) there is some sole separation around the heel, and the shoe already feels a bit 'spent'. Not impressed, given the cost of these.

I have no complaints about the shoes. They are lightweight and cushiony, although a little snug. The deliveries from REI, however, are awful. The last three purchases were dumped at the top of my driveway rather than on the front porch, where FedEx, UPS, Amazon and USPS always put their packages. I even put a large-print note in my driveway asking the REI delivery person to drop the package on the porch. It didn't matter. They just dropped the package right next to my note. C'mon REI, stop relying on irresponsible, budget delivery services. I expect better

My feet run a smidgen wide, and when I first put them on I thought, pretty good. Well, 30 seconds later I felt like I was wearing my favorite tennis shoes. Honestly, I bought these mainly to garden, because I needed the traction, the flexibility, the low weight, the Gore-Tex, and the firm sole to push on the shovel. After 2 hours of serious landscaping, I can honestly say these are great shoes and would be great hiking shoes. In the future I might get another pair and add them to my arsenal of hiking shoes. They are true to fit, and the tongue is anchored so it does not slip. The traction on wet slippery slopes is excellent and the laces stay put. These are my second pair of Oboz, and I'm loving them.

I knew this was an updated "LT" version of the Katabatic but never expected the toe box to be so dramatically changed. It went from nice and room to very narrow. I won't buy them again.

I purchased this shoe for travel where I am concerned about getting wet fee. I only take one pair of shoes. I have worn Oboz in the past and found them comfortable on my size 11 feet. I wore this shoe for two weeks of travel in the Pacific Northwest, first for three days of hiking on Mount Rainier and then for a week of hiking on the Oregon Coast. The biggest test was three inches of falling wet snow on Mount Rainier. My feet stayed dry. Mostly, the travels were dry, and I was pleased that my feet never got hot, even with the waterproofing fabric. I am very pleased with the Katabatic model and will buy it again.

I read the reviews for this shoe mentioning the narrowness of this shoe and decided to order a pair in my normal size but in the wide version which I normally don’t wear. Good decision. The shoes fit me well and are very comfortable with minimal break-in needed. They also look great in the Black Sea color, and branding with the Oboz name is discrete. (Why are so many shoes these days festooned with a brand name? Hoka, Salomon, LaSportiva, even Brooks, can look like walking ads.) Anyway, this is my third pair of Oboz. Simple, comfortable, long wearing, and made by an environmentally committed company. I think of them as the Subaru of shoes. Feel the love!

I ordered these online because I’ve had many pairs of Oboz over the years and loved them all. However, I wore these one time and returned them. After a quarter of a mile they HURT with a painful pressure point on top of the ball of my foot. I tried loosen ing the laces and even tried re-lacing and skipping the bottom two eyelets. It didn’t help so back they went.

This is my second pair of Oboz waterproof hiking shoes. I completely wore out my other pair after 5 years, wearing them every day on concrete. They were the only shoes I had that didn’t hurt my feet being on concrete every day. I wore my new shoes all day in the rain without breaking them in first. My feet stayed dry and comfortable all day. They are also very lightweight. I normally wear orthotics in my shoes. I forgot them at home so I wore the new shoes without them. The arch support in these shoes were amazing and I didn’t even notice I wasn’t wearing my orthotics. It appears these new ones will be just as good. Looking forward to many more dry days ahead.

Was looking forward to these shoes, but they are way too narrow in the forefoot! I have normal width feet (have never worn a "wide" version of anything) but these were actually painful. Love everything about these shoes except the fact that they run extremely narrow. Had to return them.