Collaboration
You realize we’re big Eager followers right here at Tenting with Fashion and are at all times excited when one thing new from them comes our manner. The Eager Elle Sport Backstrap Sandals are an excellent shoe, and for summer season backpacking journeys might simply be the one piece of footwear you’ll want to pack. Learn on for our full assessment.
What are they?
Eager Girls’s Elle Sport Backstrap Sandal €100.00
Stockists
Options
- Eco Anti-Odour
- Recycled P.E.T. Plastic
- PFAS-Free Water Repellency
- Contoured Match
- Cushioned Foam Midsole
- Larger-traction Rubber Outsole
- Breathable Mesh Lining
What we thought
I can’t comprise my pleasure and I don’t even need to set teasers and drag my verdict out, so I’m going to blurt it straight out; these sandals are distinctive and it’s best to most likely get some. Let me clarify why.
Consolation
The consolation of those sandals is subsequent stage, the velcro-adjustable webbing means you may get the right match and so they have a beautiful formed footbed that gives simply sufficient help (even for this flat-footed goon) in addition to a rugged sole which gives stability even on uneven and free floor.
The footbed is properly cushioned, with out feeling such as you’re strolling on two bouncy castles and the sandal can also be comfy when moist, though I did get a bit of squelchy squeak.
Seems to be
The colourful golden lichen and inexperienced color is a bit of bit bizarre, a bit of bit funky and utterly joyful, which matches my vibe completely. There are plainer colors accessible, nevertheless, for these twho desire to do the entire delicate factor.
With their chunky white sole and vibrant padded straps, they’re actually the whole lot I might ask for in a sandal.
Match and sizing
I’ve talked about beforehand that I’ve a standard to barely slim foot and I’m a UK 6. I at all times discover it tremendous annoying when a dimension comes up too huge or too small, however the dimension 6 Elle feels true to dimension and is the right match for me.
For these with a barely wider foot, you would most likely alter the padded, webbed velcro straps to accommodate, however for a large foot, you’ll most likely need to look elsewhere. For an everyday width foot, or one which’s on the narrower aspect nevertheless, these sandals will seemingly be an excellent match.
Practicality
I’m not going to try to make you imagine that I journey mild, ever. To be completely trustworthy the considered going anyplace for a couple of evening with simply hand baggage fills me with horror, however, if I had been heading off on a backpacking journey or jetting off for some sunshine with solely a cabin bag, you possibly can guess these are what I’d take.
What’s extra, if I had been off travelling this summer season and for some motive, I might solely select one merchandise of footwear to take with me, once more, it will be these.
On a latest journey as much as Scotland, I encountered precise quicksand, basically a horror-inducing sandy, muddy sludge that sucked my foot into it. For sure, my sandals had been lined within the stuff and appeared fairly grim as soon as I’d managed to extricate my foot and slowly again away.
Again on the lodge, I took them into the bathe with me and gave them a scrub utilizing my Molton Brown bathe gel, which was most likely a bit additional, however hey, solely the perfect for gear I really like.
After leaving them exterior for the remainder of the day to air dry they appeared good-as-new, so I can say from expertise, that even when tremendous soiled, they’re simple to scrub.
Closing verdict
The Eager Elle sport sandal is so comfy and versatile, that you simply actually may very well be forgiven for dwelling in all of them summer season. They’re the right vacation, backpacking and summer season tenting sandal and for those who like the way in which they give the impression of being, I don’t suppose you’ll be disillusioned.
The place to subsequent?
From open water swimming, snowboarding and kayaking to hill walks and meditation, Shell shares her travels and microadventures right here on the weblog and in varied publications she’s written for, Shell has a selected curiosity in selling wellbeing and the various advantages of nature remedy.
