[pct-l] Insert Life

[Angelina Kovtun]

As a rule of thumb I replace my green Superfeet whenever there's a definite "footprint" of discoloration on the green. Like I can see my own foot imprinted on the green fabric. Also every time I replace my running/trail running shoe I replace its Superfeet. For PCT I wouldn't give an insert more than 500mi.

You can also try SOLE red or blue inserts. They have arch as supportive as green Superfeet but have different construction. Superfeet mainly support just the part of your arch where your tibia connects to your foot. SOLE hugs your whole arch which some people like more. Red SOLE inserts have some cushion and blue have even more so they take up more space inside your shoe. Green Superfeet probably take up less space than either red or blue SOLE inserts and they don't have any cushion. They also dry faster...
I would replace SOLE inserts 300mi-500mi depending on how much weight you put on them.

Hope this helps!
-Angelina





On Friday, January 10, 2014 11:08 AM, Jennifer Zimmerman <jenniferlzim at gmail.com> wrote:
 
Maybe 500 miles, maybe longer - depending on whether you use them for
support or cushioning and your personal tolerance.

On our hike Pants Off used a pair of orange Superfeet from Campo to Agua
Dulce, when he bought a replacement pair to put in the same shoes (he was
pretty crazy and got all the way to Tuolumne on his first pair of New
Balances).  He could definitely tell the difference in cushion when he put
the new ones in.

I had a pair of pink Superfeet I wore in my everyday shoes before we left
for the trail, so they already had some significant mileage on them when I
replaced them in Mojave.  I only swapped them out because I was going up in
shoe size and they tended to scootch around in the bigger footbed. My
feeling was that I got a greater benefit to cushioning by replacing my
shoes rather than my insoles - hiking on old insoles didn't seem to matter
much from a foot support aspect, especially when the insole used a rigid
arch support like these do.

Not everyone likes to use them but my feet always feel better with them on.

JZ

On Fri, Jan 10, 2014 at 1:05 PM, Jennifer Zimmerman
<jenniferlzim at gmail.com>wrote:

> Maybe 500 miles, maybe longer - depending on whether you use them for
> support or cushioning and your personal tolerance.
>
> On our hike Pants Off used a pair of orange Superfeet from Campo to Agua
> Dulce, when he bought a replacement pair to put in the same shoes (he was
> pretty crazy and got all the way to Tuolumne on his first pair of New
> Balances).  He could definitely tell the difference in cushion when he put
> the new ones in.
>
> I had a pair of pink Superfeet I wore in my everyday shoes before we left
> for the trail, so they already had some significant mileage on them when I
> replaced them in Mojave.  I only swapped them out because I was going up in
> shoe size and they tended to scootch around in the bigger footbed. My
> feeling was that I got a greater benefit to cushioning by replacing my
> shoes rather than my insoles - hiking on old insoles didn't seem to matter
> much from a foot support aspect, especially when the insole used a rigid
> arch support like these do.
>
> Not everyone likes to use them but my feet always feel better with them on.
>
> JZ
>
> On Fri, Jan 10, 2014 at 12:40 PM, Tim Umstead <tumstead96 at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> I'm looking at getting one of the over-the-counter shoe insert, either
>> Superfeet or Dr Scholl's (not sure what else is out there).  Any wise, I'm
>> wondering how many miles you can except from a set of inserts?
>>
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