Comments on: Shoes of The Day: Somnio Custom Running Shoes http://www.shoesoftheday.com/2009/03/13/shoes-of-the-day-somnio-custom-running-shoes/ fresh shoes from the web *almost* daily Mon, 26 Jul 2010 17:43:40 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: admin http://www.shoesoftheday.com/2009/03/13/shoes-of-the-day-somnio-custom-running-shoes/comment-page-1/#comment-3900 admin Sun, 21 Mar 2010 06:18:12 +0000 http://www.shoesoftheday.com/2009/03/13/shoes-of-the-day-somnio-custom-running-shoes/#comment-3900 Adan, thanks for your message. This is very helpful information. Thanks for sharing it with shoesoftheday.com readers. Adan, thanks for your message. This is very helpful information. Thanks for sharing it with shoesoftheday.com readers.

]]> By: Adan Ortega http://www.shoesoftheday.com/2009/03/13/shoes-of-the-day-somnio-custom-running-shoes/comment-page-1/#comment-3899 Adan Ortega Sat, 20 Mar 2010 20:59:38 +0000 http://www.shoesoftheday.com/2009/03/13/shoes-of-the-day-somnio-custom-running-shoes/#comment-3899 I live in Southern California and bought a pair of the Somnios while visiting San Francisco in June 2009. I ran about 400 miles in them before retiring them and switching successfully to Nike Free. The whole idea is that the Somnios are supposed to be customized by the trained sales agent. When the agent saw that I was wearing orthotics in my old shoes he took all the fitting gadgets, put them in the box and told me just to use my orthotic. Untypical for myself I bought the shoes (dummy me). With the orthotic the shoe was no different than any stability shoe I had worn before (Kayano) – but uglier. Once I tinkered with the various pads the shoe proved to be a contrived product – clunky. Given its promotion as the product of an engineer-inventor it seems it was put together by a lazy inventor who didn’t want to bother thinking about real design – all the “design” is in the cushions and cushion ports that take much awkwardness to install. It could have been the bad sales agent that ruined it for me. If you are at your wits end looking for a shoe that works to eliminate foot pain (like I was last year) start with a good sales rep that really knows what they are doing and try a bunch of other shoes before settling on Somnios. I live in Southern California and bought a pair of the Somnios while visiting San Francisco in June 2009. I ran about 400 miles in them before retiring them and switching successfully to Nike Free. The whole idea is that the Somnios are supposed to be customized by the trained sales agent. When the agent saw that I was wearing orthotics in my old shoes he took all the fitting gadgets, put them in the box and told me just to use my orthotic. Untypical for myself I bought the shoes (dummy me). With the orthotic the shoe was no different than any stability shoe I had worn before (Kayano) – but uglier. Once I tinkered with the various pads the shoe proved to be a contrived product – clunky. Given its promotion as the product of an engineer-inventor it seems it was put together by a lazy inventor who didn’t want to bother thinking about real design – all the “design” is in the cushions and cushion ports that take much awkwardness to install. It could have been the bad sales agent that ruined it for me. If you are at your wits end looking for a shoe that works to eliminate foot pain (like I was last year) start with a good sales rep that really knows what they are doing and try a bunch of other shoes before settling on Somnios.

]]> By: Bart S http://www.shoesoftheday.com/2009/03/13/shoes-of-the-day-somnio-custom-running-shoes/comment-page-1/#comment-2274 Bart S Thu, 02 Apr 2009 04:53:51 +0000 http://www.shoesoftheday.com/2009/03/13/shoes-of-the-day-somnio-custom-running-shoes/#comment-2274 Yeah, there is actually a review I found on this site about the <a href="http://www.shoesoftheday.com/2007/08/29/fivefingerdiscount/" rel="nofollow">Five Fingers Shoes</a> Yeah, there is actually a review I found on this site about the Five Fingers Shoes

]]> By: Ethan Smith http://www.shoesoftheday.com/2009/03/13/shoes-of-the-day-somnio-custom-running-shoes/comment-page-1/#comment-2241 Ethan Smith Thu, 26 Mar 2009 01:44:01 +0000 http://www.shoesoftheday.com/2009/03/13/shoes-of-the-day-somnio-custom-running-shoes/#comment-2241 Decent presentation. Nike came out with a shoe similar to this concept about two years ago. It seems that somnio has improved upon the concept a little bit. For a true "bare foot" shoes, check out a brand called Vibram and their Five Fingers line. Decent presentation.

Nike came out with a shoe similar to this concept about two years ago. It seems that somnio has improved upon the concept a little bit.

For a true “bare foot” shoes, check out a brand called Vibram and their Five Fingers line.

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