Trail shoes on road is just uncomfortable and wears them out quickly. Road shoes on trail is a recipe for slips, falls and injury.
If you can, road to trails like Topo MT or Ultraventure works best. If the terrain is at all techical or slick, I'd not use road shoes.
Yes, I wear them as everyday shoes and hiking.
I occasionally wear boots if I’m backpacking with a heavy pack. The Topos don’t last as long as I’d like them to but they are perfect in the toe box for me.
I second the Topos. I can run perfectly fine while barefoot but the second you give me padding, I need at least a small amount of drop or my Achilles acts up. I use Topos for road and trail running as well as backpacking on very rocky/rooty terrain, up to 20 miles a day. The Vibram soles are wonderfully grippy and outlast the rest of the shoe which has a solid lifespan. I use the Terraventure model for trails and backpacking.
Trail runners are the standard now for most hiking as opposed to boots, and quite a lot of AT thru hikers, etc use Topos (or Altras if they can do zero drop).
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