Ice cleat recommendations?

[nate larson]

HT cheapies here as well. The ones with the stretchy band work better than the adjustable strap ones. You can adjust the stretchy ones for big boots by tying on some rope.

[superseal]

Kahtoola Micro spikes....these will be the last pair you buy! These are on Baffin Impacts.

[FWA]

Very happy Kahtoola owner also!

[BLACKJACK]

Very happy Kahtoola owner also!

Are those Kahtoola tough enough to wear pheasant hunting?? Will they stay on when you're walking thru cattails? Hate to spend $50 and end up looking down, finding one missing, and have to backtrack 1/2 mile to find one.

[OnAFly]

I have the cheapos that strap over the arch of your foot. I have big feet so they cut off circulation and I wind up with cold feet.

I did see a set of YakTrax under the bed in our basement...I wonder who those could be for?

[muc33]

Kahtoola guy here too, I have Stabilicers as well, but they don't cover a good pack boot very well and occasionally fall off, Kahtoolas, they stay on. Well worth the money.

[Northlander]

Only thing I can find that fits on my size 15 Ice Kings is those cheap HT rubber slip ons. I wish I had something a bit more aggresive that had cleats on the heel.

[TroutYammer]

STABILicers - Heavy Duty Snow & Ice Cleats are by far the best. The other brands do NOT work as well or last as long. My construction crew/snow removal crew has been using STABILicers for years to help reduce lost-time injuroes on the job. They are by far the best safety equipment you can get for walking across the ice.

[broman]

Anyone using cleats with their Lacrosse Alpha Ice Kings? If so, what brand and size? I have a pair of cleats (not the HT) that only fit on my smaller Rocky hunting boots. The height on the toe area on my Lacrosse is very large and my current cleats don't fit.

[superseal]

I might add that the rubber used on the Kahtoola Micro spikes is very elastic and stretches easily. They are made in several sizes...not one size fits all. They might fit some of these larger size boots!

[snapjigger]

Shows that they go to size 14.

[robert aldrich]

Frabill SAFETY KIT is what i picked up.

[Nordern]

As Capt. H. reccomended I use the Ht's Omni Tech Super Stud Sandal Cleats. These fit great over big boots (old LaCrosse Icemans size 13) and you can wear them all day and never even know you have them on. I routinely drive to the lake wearing them with no problems. Mine are going on 3 years and no problems.

[pureinsanity]

screws or studs in an old sole of a boot??

[ozzie]

I am a Yak Trak guy....for $20 they seem to do the job really well when paired with my Muck's

[Great Outdoors]

Only thing I can find that fits on my size 15 Ice Kings is those cheap HT rubber slip ons. I wish I had something a bit more aggresive that had cleats on the heel.

Northlander,

As I posted earlier, take a screw gun and put about eight or nine- 1/2 inch Gold Screw ATV tire studs on the bottom edge of each boot.

They're like sheet metal screws with very sharp heads.

Three or four in the heel, and five on the front including one on the toe.

We sell them for 12 cents each at the shop.

[OnAFly]

You can buy studs for putting into felt soles for wading boots. But, like anything associated with fly fishing, they are marked up quite a bit. I think they are something like $10 for a pack.

[Scott M]

Only thing I can find that fits on my size 15 Ice Kings is those cheap HT rubber slip ons. I wish I had something a bit more aggresive that had cleats on the heel.

Glad I'm not the only one. Size 16's, nothing fits a boot that big but cheapies. I'm glad that in a typical year you only have to deal with glare ice for a few weeks at the start and end of the season.

[Rippinlip]

I have both the rubber slip on and the single padded ice cleat.

I still find myself going back and using the single ice cleat that straps on under my pad of my foot alot more.

[tencountff]

I had mine on last eve and they are sweet. Slips over the boot and zip them up. Carbide cleats don't wear out and there totaly waterproof.

[Zenit]

Are those Kahtoola tough enough to wear pheasant hunting?? Will they stay on when you're walking thru cattails? Hate to spend $50 and end up looking down, finding one missing, and have to backtrack 1/2 mile to find one.

I wear the MicroSpikes size L with three boots, Irish Setter insulated upland boots, Columbia Bugaboos, and Cabelas Inferno Pac boots (all size 11) and they have never even come close to coming off. They are simple to use, just step in and pull the front over your toe, and if you've put them on right (hard NOT to do) they are stayin' on until you want them off.

[buzbunni]

One vote for Stabilicers.

Used them on glare ice and they worked great. Along came a bit of snow; they cut threw to the ice and still worked great.

My buddy in his Yak Trax was slippin' around once the snow came because the snow packed up inbetween the coils rendering them far less effective.

Tried a bunch, and these are the best of the ones I have tried.

They stay put on your boots, allow for a normal walking gait, do not have the pressure points that others do, and the cleats (screws) are replacable.

[flyfisher03]

I have the yaktrax XTR and work very well. I have used them hiking in Colorado last winter and didn't have any problems with them. They look very similar to the Kahtoola brand ones.

[BLACKJACK]

Still trying to decide between the Stabilicers and the Kahtoola Microspikes.

Like the idea of the replaceable spikes on the Stablicers but when reading online reviews, people were saying that once you started replacing cleats, they were coming out all the time, is that true??

The Kaytoola's seem like they would have a closer, tighter fit but eventually the rubber will break down, correct?? And once those side chains pull out, they would be shot.

Anybody else have either the Stabilicers or the Kahtoola Microspikes?? Thoughts? I'd really like to use them pheasant hunting on icy cattail sloughs, need something tough that I won't lose when I'm going thru cattails, will either of these fit the bill??

[pathogen]

Stabilicers get my vote.