Nordic Grip Galoshes : Protect Your Shoes Anytime

With the harshest of the winter weather; rain, ice, snow, road salt and bone chilling cold we have right now, it’s still not too late to think of winter weather shoe care. Generally speaking, men’s dress shoes (and one could argue women’s as well) are not well suited to handle these elements. Road salt is the greatest evil (it dries out and can leave white salt stains on leather) followed by water runoff from buildings, melting snow and roadways. Although many men’s shoes are of a rubber sole this does not make the shoes immune from damage from the winter elements. Leather soles, although they make for a better shoe, are even more susceptible to damage. Quite simply, this is because leather absorbs. The leather in the uppers (basically the shoe minus the sole, or the part of the shoe above the sole) absorbs moisture, like rain. The best way to avoid this is prevention.

But as of recently it seems that times are changing and galoshes or other forms of rain protection footwear are becoming increasingly more popular and trendy. So trendy that they can easily cost you up to $100, which seems ridiculous to me. There is a brand called ‘Nordic Grip’ by Unikia, that has a model of galoshes that run about $55 and come in Cyan & Black. They seem to encompass the shoe better leaving less space between the galosh and the shoe, in awkward places.

 

The Nordic Grip Galoshes with IceLock, use a special technology developed for the South Korean military, increasing your traction through micro-glass filaments that are electrostatically aligned in the rubber compound, creating slip-stopping surface tension.

 

 

The Nordic Grip Galoshe is also available for women and few other models are available on their website.

 

By Creative Tech Reviews