Bookmarked this to try this setup next weekend!

This is equivalent to asking the road construction workers and engineers to be held accountable for those that break the speed limit

This is the correct answer

I was actually doing a tonne of research back in April on Martens vs Solovairs. Ultimately: go with Solovairs. I’ve had mine since April and have had 0 issues since finding the right ones and getting through the break-in period.

A few of my notes:

• Go down 1/2 a size. I recall reading a Reddit thread where users said to go down a full size. I wear a 10, but a 9.5 was the right size for me. I did have to exchange mine, but it was free so Injust had to wait
• There definitely is a break-in period. The shoes will be a bit uncomfortable, but shouldn’t be unbearable. Once they’re broken in - a week for me IIRC, they’re a dream

As other lemmings have mentioned: Martens used to be good. But something happened, Martens switched to cheap labour & cheap materials, and a lot of the original workers left & started Solovair.

I’m in the apple ecosystem so I’ve got AirTags.

I use them for:

• Vehicles - so I can find it if I go to a big venue / in case it gets stolen
• Pets - we recently had a cat in our family run away. Turns out they do that if they know they’re going to pass away soon, so we don’t really have closure / can give them a proper burial
• Checked luggage while travelling - If it gets lost, we can tell the airline which airport it’s at to help them find it