Possible footware for paintball - Poll - Magnum Boots

[jayloo]

I bought my DYE atcs a year ago for $80 and the are completly trashed. I replaced them with some Nike football cleats for $35.

I should paid more attention to the booth at Shatnerball when I had the chance. They look real confortable tho.

[Richter]

bought some magnum boots from the very fine lady there (shatnerball) just before the ending of the game I bought them for fifty bucks. They are comfortable, they support the ankles well but seem to be a little hot.
If you looking for cheap good shoes for paintball go to payless shoes; their nicer stuff is 30 bucks and just as good as the high dollar name brand. Some are made in the same factory :)

[mfalcone15]

it all matter where u are going to be playing, if u are mostly a speedball person, u wont need boots and spikes of some sort are probably the best bet. If u are really into scenarios, a boot might be better, especially if there is rocky terrain

[cabldawg]

I'm a scenario player and have been wearing magnum boots since shattner II. I also wear them at work and have only had to buy new shoe strings for them. They are great boots, may not be the best for speedball.

[kdawg]

That is pretty much what I have been wearing for the past few years. I wear the Magnum Stealth ST's which are a lot like those but without the side zipper and mine are steel toed (3.3lb/pair......1.65lb each) I also wear these for work.

I like them a lot. Decent amount of traction, but not too much like cleats (too much traction is not good for my bad knees). And a good deal of ankle support. You can find the stealth series for under $75 and $85 for ST's at many shoe retailers. $100 seems a bit steep, but not unreasonable.

They are very strong and durable. I've had the same pair for 2 years: just replace the insert every few months and every now and then give them a good cleaning and a light polish.

[usmc8892]

Green Jungle Boots, $29.99 !

[jayloo]

Does anyone have a pic of their paintball cleat?

[gc82000]

I will just stick to soccer cleats.

[Load SM5]

Here's one of my protoype pair.

[the123]

I bought some at Shatner

I picked up a pair there at Shatnerball. They only had 2 styles in my size in stock when I got there. The boots I got were about 1" lower around the ankle than the pic at the top of this page. One other notable difference is a air pocket under the heel in the pair I bought (kinda like a Nike Air shoe). They charged me $50. I wore them the whole day on Sunday during the senario, and 10 hours on my feet later and NO BLISTERS. Very comfy. Sure my feet were sore and tired, but I think they would have been no matter what shoe I was wearing.

[Gambit1106]

Hey if they came in a size 16 I would consider it.

[TheTramp]

If they are water proof I'd wear them for scenario ball.

For tournaments (or woods ball where I know there isn't any water) I wear cheap football cleats I got for $25 at Sports Athority.

As far as price goes, $100 isn't expencive at all for quality boots. You can easly spent $350 on hiking boots.

[Marchborne]

Bought mine at Shatnerball.

I had the same experience as the123. I bought a pair of the Phantoms at Shatnerball on Saturday (didn't pay $100 for them either) and wore them around all Saturday and Sunday. They were very light, and extremely comfy. I have played in them (both speed and woods-ball) a couple of times since, and I still love 'em. I have bad ankles, so the duty-boot length works for me.

As to some of the questions folks asked:
yes, there is a water proof version (at least, I thought I saw one on the website);
the toe box is reinforced, but not with steel.

Load -- one of these days I'm going to steal your contacts list, and find out how you score these prototypes.

[Wc Keep]

right there is where its at.

[jayloo]

Hey if they came in a size 16 I would consider it.

I have a hard enough time a finding size 13.