At the dentist office and had to inquire about someones shoes. They got sort of excited, yanked them off and started raving about them while waving them around suggesting I see how light they were. Um, no thanks but they look sort of neat.

Anyway, they are sort of new (they had bought theirs out of the country). I am reminded of Crocs but with some actual support.....more like an ordinary shoe. The guy was showing off all the features like the slits in the bottom which drain water (tell me more ).

Anyway at 7 oz they have my attention especially since I am less than enamored with Keen sandals as camp shoes (they get wet and take forever to dry).

Don't be put off by the price. Some styles were as low as $25........these seemed to be more their premier top of the line offering.

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I used an old pair of Teva water shoes that I got 2 trips out of as my main canoe/portage shoe.

As soon as I hit camp this trip, I changed into them. One thing I've learned at least for my style of tripping is that sooner or later you get even your camp shoes wet by various methods.

I decided to use my Gore-Tex knee high socks which are too "delicate" for portaging along with a dry pair of medium wool socks for a camp/ canoe shoe when around camp.

Tucked pants into wool socks and pulled Gore-Tex socks over. Warm and dry and didn't have to worry if I wanted to step out on a partially submerged spot to cast or take canoe out for paddle/fish.

I think you could re-purpose old paddling boots as long as they didn't weigh too much and they were comfortable.

In any case a water type shoe makes a great camp shoe and with/without socks depending on weather, they're hard to beat.

One thing IMHO you should consider for any camp/spare shoe is whether if your main portage shoe falls apart, your camp shoe could get you thru the rest of the trip.

We've seen in past reports, that shoes that were supposed to be the best, fail miserably at least for some people.

Would hate to be deep into a remote area and have to rely on a camp shoe that couldn't do double duty if I needed it too.

I can see that shoe being popular but at just 7 oz, you have to wonder IF they would give enough support/grip to haul a pack/canoe across a rough portage.

I guess you'd have to by a pair and give them a little field test.

I can tell you from firsthand experience that any shoe/sandal that you want to be able to do double duty IF needed, needs to be able to be secured with more than a simple Velcro strap.

Sand/mud will get into that Velcro and you step into mud and when you pull up, your barefooted.

This trip I almost pulled myself out of my portage shoes 2x on the portage into Ram lk.
Part of the portage was thru that gray/clay muck that looks like something a sculpture would use.
It's not only stickier than the typical black/brown muck, at depth, it's a shoe sucking vacuum.

I even tied my portage shoe laces and used that lace-lock I'm so fond of, but even with that double protection I had to stand on one leg and wiggle the stuck foot until I broke the suction.

Not an easy task wearing a heavy pack/canoe.

I learned that the hard way.