Customer Reviews Salomon X Ultra Pioneer

Previously a big fan of Saloman hiking footwear, these seem different. Not especially comfortable, they feel a little cheap on the foot, flat and lacking arch support. I do like the grippy sole though

It hurts to say this but this shoe is just... okay. This is coming from a brand loyalist of the first order. I've had dozens of pairs of Solomon mens shoes. For years the XA PRO 3D V8 was my shoe of choice as a work shoe for my life as a carpenter and stagehand in the entertainment industry. Then several years ago the your designers dropped most of the styles of the XA Pro 3D v8 and adopted the remarkably ugly color scheme of all black and quasi military green. Unfortunately all the unisex sport models with interesting color schemes are only available up to size 12. As a mens 14 wide you leave me with some really dreadful options. Also you've also changed the material and assembly process and that model got more narrow and somehow generally just inferior in quality. I've written to your company before and begged you to re-infuse the design aesthetic and color pallet of the XA PRO 3D V8. In truth the only reason I buy the X Ultra Pioneer is out of some misguided sense of loyalty to the memory of what your product once was. I find the pioneer to be just slightly more aesthetically pleasing than the horrifically ugly Black/Black/ Magnet XA PRO 3D V8. It is a poor substitute to the shoe that I fell in love with more that a decade ago. Sadly the X Ultra Pioneer runs ridiculously narrow, has a really dated color pallet and with its traditional (and impossible to keep tight) round laces feels and looks like a mediocre Merell from 2010.

My shoes are not identical. The tongues have different lengths and some loops for laces are not opposite. Obviously my pair has a really poor quality.