Astral Tr1 Mesh Water Shoe

Just a quick note to say that I really like these shoes. Expensive, new this season and sort of hard to find in my size, but I see that some of the resellers have the shoes on sale right now. I typically wear 10.5 (10-11ish, or about 45 Euro), and the size 11 are sized right with just a bit of extra space in the toebox that my drysuit bootie will take up when the cold season comes. My feet are narrow low volume but I'm guessing these would be fine unless you have a very high volume wide wide foot.

I just returned from a 3-day 14 lake BWCA trip where I wore these shoes exclusively, right out of the box (no break in required) and covered about 1000 rods worth of mixed terrain portage. The soles are super, super sticky. I only slipped once on an underwater algae covered rock, and I was constantly surprised at what these soles would successfully grip. Really, they performed flawlessly for a fast and light trip. They are lightweight, can be sinched down tight enough to stay on in mucky mud, drain very well, and dry out quickly. A quick rinse when I returned home and they look like new! Mine are grey with blue purple laces but they also came with gray laces.

Highly recommended.

New on ebay good price

Worth noting that Astral has three different shoes in the TR1 series and you've linked to the trek, which is the heaviest duty. Middle duty is the junction. I went for the mesh, which is the lightest duty and presumably quickest to dry. I would be interested in these too but wanted the lightest, quickest draining and most water oriented, which I guess the mesh is.