However, they are not fast to put on at first, they don't have a whole lot more airflow than combat boots, and while they do look good you have to find a color and design that looks good on you and be ready for people to talk with you about them.
A pair of jungle boots with a good pair of wool socks will have better breathability than VFFs because each toe is encased in its own plastic rubber sheath.
The thing I like best about VFFs is that they let me walk using all of my foot and my toes for balance and they are the closest thing I can wear to barefoot while working on freight docks and making deliveries.
The most comfortable and fastest on/off shoe I have now is a self made pair of huaraches made off of this pattern http://www.invisibleshoe.com/ I changed the pattern by making three loops of string at each hole point in the sole and run a wide shoelace through those loops, around my ankle, and then tie in front of my ankle. My soles on those is just 8oz leather. And just to keep the huarache sandals from being too cutsie, I have black laces with skull and crossbones in them.
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However, they are not fast to put on at first, they don't have a whole lot more airflow than combat boots, and while they do look good you have to find a color and design that looks good on you and be ready for people to talk with you about them.
A pair of jungle boots with a good pair of wool socks will have better breathability than VFFs because each toe is encased in its own plastic rubber sheath.
The thing I like best about VFFs is that they let me walk using all of my foot and my toes for balance and they are the closest thing I can wear to barefoot while working on freight docks and making deliveries.
The most comfortable and fastest on/off shoe I have now is a self made pair of huaraches made off of this pattern http://www.invisibleshoe.com/ I changed the pattern by making three loops of string at each hole point in the sole and run a wide shoelace through those loops, around my ankle, and then tie in front of my ankle. My soles on those is just 8oz leather. And just to keep the huarache sandals from being too cutsie, I have black laces with skull and crossbones in them.