Exum Guide Multisport Shoe - Men's

Comments about Five Ten Exum Guide Multisport Shoe:

Great shoe for scrambling on rock and lightweight hiking. The traction is amazing on the rock. Like the Camp 4 shoe, they take a long time to break in...but once they do, they're comfortable and durable.

Comments about Five Ten Exum Guide Multisport Shoe:

Use for hiking and lifting. Excellent support, quick break in, extremely comfortable. About 1/4 size small, so i am adapting with thinner sock. Still warm enough during 25 degree hike on ice and snow. Super comfortable.

Comments about Five Ten Exum Guide Multisport Shoe:

This is the poorest designed approach shoe that Five Ten has delivered to the market to date.   Reasons: Difficult to put on, poor laceing system , poor padding on the ankel area; Poor padding on the tongue. Five Ten should stick witn the camp Four basics, an excellent shoe where the finger loops are located on the tongue,and counter, and are large enough to accomidate your fingers ;not so with the Exum. The stability is poor, and terrible cushioning.  The Exum is priced way to high.  Save you money, and go with the Camp Four. 

Comments about Five Ten Exum Guide Multisport Shoe:

Great light hiker and approach shoe, Ive tried other brands, but nothing sticks to the rock like Five Ten rubber.

Comments about Five Ten Exum Guide Multisport Shoe:

In my opinion, the most important item for climbing 14ers or any mountain is footwear. I believe I had the best in the Nike Air Cinder Cones. My husband and I had climbed many of the 14,000 foot peaks in Colorado, the Grand Teton and 5.8 rock in these shoes. We have used them with lightweight crampons in climbing steep snow on the Bell Cord Couloir on Maroon Bells. I was so disappointed when they decided to discontinue this shoe. I have tried many shoes as replacements but none could even compare until just recently when I found the Exum Guide Multisport shoe by Five Ten. It has everything the Nike Air Cinder Cone had and more. I love the new caged heel for more support while hiking and more rigidity for lightweight crampons. The stealth C4 rubber soles are so grippy on the rock that yesterday we climbed the 2nd Flatiron in Boulder and I thought I had my rock shoes on. In my opinion, this is the best all around, light, mid-high, mountaineering shoe available. I only wish the tongue were about a half an inch higher. I am so happy I could kiss a goat!

Comments about Five Ten Exum Guide Multisport Shoe:

Very comfortable with Smart Wool's heaviest sock. I've used them on up to 14-mile r.t. climbs, hikes, and scrambles with less discomfort than with most mountain boots I've had, despite the fairly thin sole. Ankle support is OK. Excellent on scrambling. About as good as 5.10 Guide Almightys (essentially same as Guide Tennies) on rock. Have used them on a glacier climb; they take my BD strap-ons fine. Generally fine on moderate snow, but don't try to plunge step aggressively on steep snow: the rounded heels almost guarantees a fall. A design flaw is the gussets: made of a mesh material, no doubt in an effort to save a couple of grams of weight. If you step into a puddle or stream with the water just barely over the toe, water will easily flow into the boot. You'll get the same effect by hiking through wet brush, with or without gaiters. I have not had any problem with wet feet on snow. These boots should be bought primarily as a sticky rubber hybrid approach/alpine rock shoe, but their usability on snow makes them superior to otherwise similar hybrids.

Comments about Five Ten Exum Guide Multisport Shoe:

I was hoping for a midhigh version of Five Ten's outstanding Camp Four model. No such luck. The Exum Guide is lasted for high volume feet only and even when shimmed out with a custom footbed, the foot remains very unstable. Ankle support is minimal and the tongue cuts uncomfortably into top of the ankle. In fairness, the boot may well work for high volume feet but there is nothing performance wise that would separate it from the pack.