Customer Reviews Columbia Peakfreak™ Venture Waterproof

Absolute junk, cheap rubbish. In the photo you can see the white “film” or whatever it is. This happens 5 minutes after you start walking in the shoes....no matter what kind of leather treatment or cleaning you put on it this continues to happen. Shows the cheap rubbish leather & tanning process. These shoes should be in the $25 price range, not the $100 range. I’ll remember this and avoid Columbia products like the plague.

These Columbia Peakfreeks are very comfortable and waterproof. No break in needed. Just remember they run a bit narrow. If you fill your normal width shoe order EE instead.

Needed a waterproof shoe for an upcoming vacation. I have really wide feet and this was perfect. Comfortable and light

Great shoes. Bought them for a trip through Turkey, Greece, and France. Walked at least 10 miles everyday, mostly on pavement. Shoes felt loose on my feet but never had a problem with tired or sore feet. One problem: they take extra effort to lace up to get the shoe tight in the front of my foot and not too tight around my ankle. It is possible to get a good fit with a bit of extra effort. Do not recommend if you need to take your shoes on and off many times in a day. Have worn my pair almost daily for the past 2 years. Ordering a new pair for an upcoming trip to South America.

These are very comfortable and surprisingly light. I use them most for walking but have worked well in slushy conditions and in rain.

It might help to know up front that I am a woman who usually wears women's 8.5 Wide, but in the past I've purchased men's 6.5 or 7 Wide. I have been looking for a sturdy walking/hiking shoe for traveling that is comfortable, lightweight, and waterproof--and doesn't look like a bulky hiking boot. I tried these in a 7 Wide after several women's Wide were not wide enough. The Peakfreaks are nice looking and very comfortable with a sturdy sole, and look more like a shoe (and are therefore more versatile than a hiking shoe), but the men's Wide were not as wide as I needed, and they felt a half size longer than I wanted. After a few hours, the pressure across the ball of my foot felt uncomfortable. Perhaps because they were slightly too long, the ball of my foot didn't fit in the widest part of these shoes? Anyway, I liked them and wish they would've worked. The search goes on.

The shoes feel a little narrow. It may just be that the height of the shoe tapers down toward the pinky toes. If this is a concern for you I would recommend a shoe stretcher.

I like the shoes but after wearing it just for a day it has started losing black color and started exposing white shoe material. Is there anything I am doing wrong? I didn't wear it in a rainy day or anything. Wore it in office for 8 hours and it started losing black color. Please reply on how I can fix this. I do not expect such quality from $100 shoes. If there is no reply then unfortunately I will have to return these shoes.

Ordered 6 pairs of waterproof light hikers (some called trail runners) for my son, for an upcoming trip to England, where we can be assured of wet weather at least some of the trip. He kept this pair. It fit TTS, seems to be a quality leather, and had adequate room in the toe box but did not slip on his heel, as most of the other shoes did. He would have possibly kept the Adidas Terrex Skychaser instead (it's a lighter weight WP cloth) but they squeaked too much.

I like them. I wear a 9.5 in other Columbia shoes but needed a 10 in these. I wear lots of hiking style boots/shoes for work and I have found Columbia to be the most durable and as comfortable as more expensive shoes.