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[MorganW]

Morgan, you are so lucky having popular shoe-shaped feet. Salomon mangled my feet, even the so-called wide fitting version. As for Inov-8, various models caused havoc with my feet and biomechanics every time I tried them. I kicked them into touch just in time before sustaining injury. I would never look at them now

Nick, you may be right. Whatever I do wear have to accomodate a full length orthotic. Those I mentioned cope with this, save that the Salomon arch post needs to bed down a bit before it feels good.

I have narrowish feet so the Salomons work well. The Inov8s are really a bit too wide for me, but over long distances, where support isn't necessarily a crucial thing, this seems to work ok, and does leave plenty of room for the feet to swell in the latter stages of something very long.

Generally I've found the Inov8s "best" on my biomechanics because of the lack of "artificial" support and the limited cushioning, which lets the ortho do what it needs to do.

Fortunately for the shoe companies, we're all different!