Customer Reviews Merrell Intercept

I find the shoe too soft, not enough contact with the ground.

I bought a pair of Intercept Mocha shoes about a year ago. The right shoe has developed an annoying squeaking noise with every step. It sounds as if the material in the heal is surrendering with each step, noisily announcing its presence to eveyone as I pass by. I find the lack of durability in these shoes disappointing for shoes of this price range. The noise is loud enough that I have had to retire these shoes long before they should have needed it.

I bought these shoes because I have a high arch. They are very comfortable and I can walk on all sorts of surfaces and not get foot fatique. I used them for trail, sidewalk, and general purpose shoes. The major issue, I had was the sole wear, the soles are gone in less than a year! The size seems to be true. The leather is very high quality.

When i first got these shoes they were great. Required very little break in time, and very comfortable. However after 5 months of use i noticed every little stone i stepped on. I continued to wear them for about three months but then the toe area of the left shoe deteriorated the point where i couldn't where them when it rained. Also the sole is almost completely smooth.

I have to say that these shoes were absolutely amazing at first. As a few weeks passed, the shoes fell apart starting with the front of the shoe. I felt like my shoes were all of a sudden Nike's. If you have ever worn Nikes, they are the single worst shoes on the planet..They fall apart faster than they were made. I thought I had a new level of shoes when it came to Merrell's but I guess not. These intercepts looked like they were well built and could stand the test of time. I use the shoes frequently when we fossil hunt which is nothing more than hiking on fairly smooth areas of land. I really like what Merrell is trying to do, but the shoes don't stand up at all in the long run. I bought my Merrells a month ago and they are almost on their last leg now....and I have only worn them for manybe 10 days total. yikes!

I bought a pair of these shoes in January to replace an old pair of Merrell's I had for like 3 years. They performed wonderfully for the past 9 months at work and in the mountains. Other than the traction on wet surfaces I was impressed. Until, last Sunday. I went on a hike and came home with a hole in my toe from some pointy poky thing near my left middle toe. This had never happened before. Ouch.