Customer Reviews Altra Olympus 6 Hike Low GTX

Overall I like the shoes, but when they SQUEAK every step it makes me want to throw them off a cliff! Please figure that out!

LOVED the Olympus 5, but the new Olympus 6 has an extra piece that sticks out with a seam vertically right in the center that is painful! PLEASE go back to the Olympus 5 ankle style!!!!

I LOVE ALTRA.. That said, I had the 5 version and it was great. This version looks great. BUT there is a HUGE HUGE Problem with them. The heel cup has these little protruding pads made of Kryptonite that will eat you up. I wear thick wool socks and went on a walk around my block, less than 2 miles to break the shoes in. This is pavement with just a slight grade. Withing those 2 miles I had the worse pain on the back of my heel I thought there was a stick in the back of my sock, but it was both heels. I took my sock down and noticed a nasty hot spot has started. So I folded my sock down to double the material to protect my heels. Two days later those nasty blisters popped. Now the back of my heels are tinder and require tapping even with known good shoes just to do any running or hiking. I never thought a company with a back ground in outdoors would not have testers try things before full runup of sales. The reviews on here are selected and not true to the internet as they are in near agreement that these heel pads are a BIG NO NO. I was so mad at myself for not catching it sooner that I threw these in a closet and forgot about them. I can not honestly sell them or give them away without a warning tag to tape your heels. I still love ya Altra you been to the bottom and back for me and I want so bad for you to fix this and get back to making good stuff. I dont even care about durability, I want COMFORT even if I have to buy ever 6 months. Which I do any how.

Terrible shoes, with only mild rain and first wear, my socks are soaking wet. I dont know what would happend if there was heavy rain, not to mention they were 200e