MSR  Revo Trail Snowshoes - Women's

Perhaps responding to a review is pointless, but the one titled "Very narrow toes" by C. Smith is too ludicrous to leave unchallenged. It casts doubt on having any actual experience. MSR bindings are extremely flexible and adjustable. No shoe size or width is recommended because none is excluded. They could, if such a thing existed, accommodate shoes as wide as the snowshoes themselves. I just tried it. That's the straps' adjustment limit, but it would work. I've never used military inflatable "mickey mouse" boots with these bindings, but they easily and comfortably accommodate rubber pac boots with felt liners, which are far wider and softer than any hiking boot. I employ that combination often in wet snow, sometimes all day, in all terrains. My size 42 hiking boots are the same as C. Smith's and come nowhere near crowding the bindings. "Nowhere near", as in reaching *maybe* the midpoint of the adjustment range. They fit perfectly, securely, effortlessly. Pain is only possible from yanking the straps too tight, which is egregious operator error, or boots that don't fit to start with, which snowshoes can't fix. Unless wearing bedroom slippers, adequate tension on the straps is insensible, meaning bindings on or bindings off feels exactly the same. Maybe the author's problem is thinking "snowshoes" means shoes for snow, so she's only wearing socks. That sounds silly, but saying the plastic is problematic is no less silly. It's as soft and pliable as overcooked lasagna, molding to any size or shape needed, while the straps are almost infinitely finely adjustable. These aren't the easiest or cheapest bindings in the world, but they're perhaps the world's toughest, most secure, most comfortable and widely adjustable bindings. There's a design deficiency here, but not with the snowshoes.

I'm giving these snowshoes a "1". They are good snowshoes in some ways but nowhere in the description do they list a shoe size or width range; just a weight range. I wear about a women's size 10.5-11 and my toes and top of foot have been crushed and are in a lot of pain. The molded plastic means there is a maximum width your feet can have by your toes or your feet get crushed going downhill. Many other types of snowshoes don't have this issue as the binding is different. I do have winter hiking boots but they aren't plastic. Actually, even the straps are short so I don't see how plastic snow boots would fit. Maybe if you wear a size 6 or a AAA width. I can't tell if I'll have the same problem with the men's size. I assume the plastic is wider. Molded plastic seems really problematic in terms of fit.