Yaktrax Pro Review

After years of hearing stories of the Yaktrax’s propensity for slipping off shoes at the most inopportune times, I was skeptical in trying the Yaktrax Pro. Well count me among the converted – these are the cat’s meow. The Yaktrax Pro are everything a runner could ask for in a traction device: lightweight, inexpensive, and [...]

Kahtoola MICROspikes Review

After 14 months of waiting, I finally got my chance to try the Kahtoola MICROspikes last week and the MICROspikes didn’t disappoint. (iRF preview – 10/07) They were the most aggressive traction device in iRunFar’s tests and that aggressiveness pays off in providing more traction than you could possibly need. If you are [...]

STABILicers SPORT Review

Tony Portera from I Run Ultras.com added an extra traction device to iRunFar’s traction device showdown when he unwittingly brought his own traction device, 32north’s STABILicers SPORT, to our recent run. Last winter, my sister briefly reviewed my too small pair of STABILicers SPORT (she highly recommended them); well, now it was my turn [...]

Kako Ice Trekkers Ultra Review [Product Discontinued]

Every tourney needs a loser and iRunFar’s traction device throw down has one – the Kako Ice Trekker Ultra [Product discontinued]. The Ice Trekker Ultra did provide additional traction on ice, but its three competitors clearly outclassed it more or less across the board. In a crowded field of able competitors, leave the Kako’s debut [...]

Winter Running Traction Devices

This past Friday, after 14 months of waiting, I finally got the chance to try the Kahtoola MICROspikes [iRF MICROspike preview]… and that’s not all. When I traveled north to visit my parents for the holidays, I threw three pairs of winter traction devices into my car just in case there was snow to be [...]

Kahtoola MICROspikes – Down and Dirty

Last night I arrived home from a rainy run to find my pair of the just released Kahtoola MICROspikes had arrived. Kahtoola describes the Microspikes as “pocket-sized traction” and that’s about right. The newest addition to the product category that includes Yaktrax and STABILicers, the Microspikes are lightweight devices that you slip on [...]