Customer Reviews:
  Yaktrax's are unbeatable January 7, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Yaktrax's are unbeatable. They give the greatest traction in all icy conditions. I run a high mountain camp and have tried many ice traction devises. In icy conditions, CAUTION, is always the most important factor, no matter what the devise. In walking indoors all devises can be hazardous, it depends on the care you use while walking. My staff and I have used Yaktrax's for years. For inside staff, regular Yaktrax's are the best. They put them on to walk from their cabin or car to the office and pop them off once inside. For my outside staff, the Yaktrax Pro's can't be beat. They are rugged and don't ware out. The strap over the front of the boot keeps them in place in most situations. When coming inside it is best and easiest to slip the boots off and to step into indoor shoes. For long Life - take a little time - when putting "Trax's" on, make sure they slip into the grooves in the soles of the boots and if the end of a spring starts to catch, use a pair of pliers to squeeze it back into place. The Yaktrax Pro's I have on now have lasted me for three years and counting.
 Works well on ice - watch out for deep snow January 7, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Have used these several times now and they work well on ice/compact snow. Just watch when using in deep snow - even with velcro strap one came off. I didn't notice right away and was lucky to find it!
Yak Trax January 1, 2008
Great product for the snow. Easy to put on shoes, harder to put on boots.
 Good for complete ice, poor on mixed ice-concrete December 30, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
If you expect to be walking on pure ice all the time, I'd recommend Yak-Trax. If you walk across a lot of concrete between patches of ice, you might want to think about getting something a little more wear-resistant. One of the rubber strands on the bottom of mine wore out and broke after about a month of use. I'm attributing this to a lot of walking on concrete between patches of ice wearing out the metal coils and the coils cutting the rubber. But since this mixed-use is what Yak-Trax are made for (as opposed to crampons) I'd call it a near fatal problem.
My next purchase will be of Kahtoola Microspikes or a similar shoe chain, in the hope that the chain will be much more wear resistant than Yak-Trax.
 Good on ice but not practical December 22, 2007
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
These are pretty good on ice, but extremely slippery on almost every other surface. I almost took a header the other day when I forgot to take them off and walked on a stone surface. I find it impractical to keep putting these on and off because it gets your hands wet and muddy, and you have to watch out not to cut yourself. Then you have to find somewhere to put them until you go back on the ice. So, if your travels involve walking on ice plus other surfaces, another solution is probably better.
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