Not to step on kieths toes (ie cavernmech), but I killed a pair of sidis really quickly.

Few weeks they delaminated. Which means the upper seperates from the sole in question. I showed the sidi rep and was told, but your walking in them.. uh ok? So I should like carry an extra pair of shoes?

Then one dark and stormy night I bought a pair of disco-y styled gaerne polar shoes off of GB @ nab. Those things refused to die. I bought another pair horrid color.. but bomb proof. Now I will confess there was a problem with some lowere end gaernes, but I did either have my shoe guy fix them or have the person go to the person themselves. I paid for all repairs. Which most of the time cost $5 to $10 gee if only sidi had did that for me.

Im sorry but that company left me with a bad taste there slogan should be "SIDI italian for bad quality" or
" We have your money now mangie-cake"

Maybe the quality has improved? Maybe sidi or distributor should send me a free pair of shoes.. I think ill write them later today.

What else is there?

Carnac? Some of those fell apart too. Adidas.. I have many adidas products. They were all reasonably priced. They all have lasted. From shoes, to shirts, to a trippy watch, even clothing from the 1970s I still have. Pricey shoes but the quality is guarrenteed.

Sorry about the sidi jab, but Im bit sore over losing few hundred on those shoes. Sidi techno they were. I droped another $60 to fix them. Then the sole cracked (for real? yep) I gave them to a homeless lady who walked by my shop in the end.

The moral? The only thing that made me happy about these shoes was seeing the homeless lady smile in the end.

-paul_in_toronto
aka polly

BTW cavernmech I been shopping for a housecoat for you.. har har