ASICS - Gel-Venture 7

I've owned Gel-Venture 7 for 6-7 years and although I'm not trail running in them I've used them to travel to many many different places (Swedish forests, South African bush, Roman streets, commuting in the Netherlands etc) and put some serious miles on them and they've held up until now and "finally" age is starting to show. I've got the 9s above as well in another colour (these shoes just work for my feet) and since my old ones need replacing I'll probably get another pair. Not that I only wear these shoes but it is my "main daily" shoe. Make of that what you will. I know it's an oldish thread but I must immortalise how happy I am with it.

I have Merrell Trail Glove 7s. I think they are usually $120 but I got a sale color at right around $100 at the outlet a few months ago. It looks like right now they only have one women’s color on sale and no men’s colors, but if you keep checking back they may have something. That said my go to hiking shoe is the ASICS Gel Venture. Since it’s a trail runner, it doesn’t last all that long but they are cheap and I’ve gone through so many pairs.

I just wear inexpensive Gel Ventures and they work fine for me. I did a hike today and was struggling over what shoes to wear for it because I knew it would probably be wet and gross and I just wore them and had no real issues. Yeah they got wet, but otherwise no complaints. I’ve run through so many pairs over the years. FWIW I am a heavy supinator so I do better in thinner soles.