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Ice grips for shoes

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  • 27-12-2009 7:44pm
    #1
    donegalboy
    Registered Users Posts: 89 ✭✭


    Hi all,
    Does any of you know where one can buy ice/snow grips for shoes in Donegal or the northwest?


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    muffler
    Registered Users Posts: 46,095 ✭✭✭✭muffler


    Sorry, I dont but Id be real interested in finding out though


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    babaloushka
    Closed Accounts Posts: 490 ✭✭babaloushka


    donegalboy wrote: »
    Hi all,
    Does any of you know where one can buy ice/snow grips for shoes in Donegal or the northwest?

    My son has ordered these online for his father for Xmas. When they arrive, I'll let you know what they're like. He tried to find them in the shops but no joy.


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    Cul a cnoic
    Registered Users Posts: 653 ✭✭✭Cul a cnoic


    I think I seen crampons for sale in Wet 'n Wild Letterkenny last year, havn't been in there in a while though. Worth a call all the same.


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    homer simpson
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,852 ✭✭✭homer simpson


    buy some cheap golfing shows same difference no??? i wouldn't know mind you as the only golfing i do is on the Wii:p


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    irish1967
    Registered Users Posts: 3,516 ✭✭✭irish1967


    homer_simpson wrote: »
    buy some cheap golfing shows same difference no??? i wouldn't know mind you as the only golfing i do is on the Wii:p

    hmmm.. I'm gonna buy Caddyshack, Tin Cup and Happy Gilmore ;)


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    mhaise
    Registered Users Posts: 39 ✭mhaise


    For any of you golfers I find that if I use my old golf shoes which have spikes (remember them) and not the modern soft spikes I have no problem getting around in snow. They are especially good for hard packed slippery snow.
    Alternatively there are many available grips for putting on over shoes/boots I found some at this site www.blacktoe.co.uk/ice%20Grips/ice%20grips.htm


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    donegalboy
    Registered Users Posts: 89 ✭✭donegalboy


    mhaise wrote: »
    For any of you golfers I find that if I use my old golf shoes which have spikes (remember them) and not the modern soft spikes I have no problem getting around in snow. They are especially good for hard packed slippery snow.
    Alternatively there are many available grips for putting on over shoes/boots I found some at this site www.blacktoe.co.uk/ice%20Grips/ice%20grips.htm

    Hey I got them snowgrips off blacktoe.co.uk and they're gggrrrrrreat!!:cool:


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    Mint Sauce
    Registered Users Posts: 29,293 ✭✭✭✭Mint Sauce


    donegalboy wrote: »
    Hey I got them snowgrips off blacktoe.co.uk and they're gggrrrrrreat!!:cool:

    how did you find them, awaiting responce from them on availability and delevery to here, no reponce yet, mind me asking how long it took them to delever and charges


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    Senna
    Registered Users Posts: 8,800 ✭✭✭Senna


    Socks over shoes :D


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    babaloushka
    Closed Accounts Posts: 490 ✭✭babaloushka


    babaloushka wrote: »
    My son has ordered these online for his father for Xmas. When they arrive, I'll let you know what they're like. He tried to find them in the shops but no joy.

    I don't know what happened to my original link for ice grips in my post above - now it has just ordinary men's shoes there :confused: Must have sold out, but we still haven't received the grips that were purchased :mad:
    As for the socks over shoes - this definitely works. Used to do this years ago when we had real winters (just like this one now). The best kind are the thick wooly men's ones. Who cares what you look like if you can stay on your feet ;)


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    shiibata
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,277 ✭✭✭shiibata


    Only seeing this thread now, wife ordered the following ice grip for shoes before Xmas and they landed yesterday.
    There called Yaktrax walker. She is not here at the moment so dont know what site she got them off. There a great job. You can just curl them up into your pocket finished with them. Here they are on the following site;
    http://www.dickssportinggoods.com/product/index.jsp?productId=848788


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    donegalboy
    Registered Users Posts: 89 ✭✭donegalboy


    irish-stew wrote: »
    how did you find them, awaiting responce from them on availability and delevery to here, no reponce yet, mind me asking how long it took them to delever and charges

    Ordered them last weekend and got them on Thursday.. were about €12 and three or four euro extra for postage and packaging..


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    Bob Z
    Registered Users Posts: 2,587 ✭✭✭Bob Z


    shiibata wrote: »
    Only seeing this thread now, wife ordered the following ice grip for shoes before Xmas and they landed yesterday.
    There called Yaktrax walker. She is not here at the moment so dont know what site she got them off. There a great job. You can just curl them up into your pocket finished with them. Here they are on the following site;
    http://www.dickssportinggoods.com/product/index.jsp?productId=848788


    i just tried them they dont ship to Ireland


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    babaloushka
    Closed Accounts Posts: 490 ✭✭babaloushka


    Bob Z wrote: »
    i just tried them they dont ship to Ireland

    This site http://www.yaktrax.co.uk/ posts to Ireland but they're out of stock. They look really good.


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    Hootanany
    Registered Users Posts: 5,477 ✭✭✭Hootanany


    shiibata wrote: »
    Only seeing this thread now, wife ordered the following ice grip for shoes before Xmas and they landed yesterday.
    There called Yaktrax walker. She is not here at the moment so dont know what site she got them off. There a great job. You can just curl them up into your pocket finished with them. Here they are on the following site;
    http://www.dickssportinggoods.com/product/index.jsp?productId=848788

    That Dicks sporting Goods is a great store for Hunters the one in Orange County has a firing range out the back and you can try before you buy no joking


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    shiibata
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,277 ✭✭✭shiibata


    Bob Z wrote: »
    i just tried them they dont ship to Ireland

    Have been since informed, she got them off the following site, 3 pair of them.

    http://www.the-perfect-present.com/


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    Bob Z
    Registered Users Posts: 2,587 ✭✭✭Bob Z


    shiibata wrote: »
    Have been since informed, she got them off the following site, 3 pair of them.

    http://www.the-perfect-present.com/

    They dont seem to ship to Ireland either only places like australia canada and greenland and a few others


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    muckish
    Registered Users Posts: 610 ✭✭✭muckish


    check out www.roofbox.co.uk I got a set of RUD's last year and they're excellent. I think they stock a variety of different types. Any mountainerring type store should have the slip on shoe spikes. Jackson sports in Belfast do free postage to Ireland.


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    Mint Sauce
    Registered Users Posts: 29,293 ✭✭✭✭Mint Sauce


    'call of the wild' in sligo now have a few in (well they did ealier in the week), €32 from memory

    ;)


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