STABILicers Walk Traction Cleat for Walking on Snow and Ice (1 Pair)

Large, tall and heavy older Marine with a steep driveway I've slipped on in the snow operating an 85# snow thrower that is not self-propelled --- despite my best efforts and boot selection. I have a known back issue and have gone through severe pain for months because of it. I CANNOT afford another slip and fall on my driveway and I can't afford to pay someone else to do it. The weight of the Honda snow thrower is not the issue, the steep slick driveway is! I saw these here on Amazon and thought of 10 things that could go totally sour using these, and waste my very limited money. I looked and compared the other options and came back to these, crossed my fingers and ordered them. Got them and sure enough, 9" of snow 2 days later. Strapped em on over my size 14 tennis shoe and out I go into the tundra. They worked great!! No slipping pulling or pushing the machine up OR down the cement drive way. I put these on over the tennis shoes, did the snow and shoveled the steps, and took them back OFF the shoes so they were not stretched needlessly during storage. Another snow, same thing. Not ONE slip or feeling unstable. The rubber material is strong, fits my 14 EEE (Wide) tennis shoes fine, though I'm not sure I'd try to go much bigger. They say up to size 15 and that would be it. Be SURE to keep these out of sunlight or near heat or you will ruin them! You can do wood steps wearing them but I would avoid using them in the house on wood as they will dimple the wood some. On either side of the metal tips is bumpers to keep your full weight off the metal tips or tines, but allow enough weight to get them engaged with the cement perfectly. Nicely thought out design. I have a standard size driveway and steps/sidewalk, and used these twice now (about 1.5 hour real time using these in action, and the rubber that was stretched over the shoes looks like new, the hardened metal tips on the bottom Do show some wear but are still 95% and they are NOT BENT!! Nice surprise. The metal tips show minor wear but remember my weight! I was concerned I would just bend them over making these useless. Not ONE tine or tip looks to be bent at all. Sweet. I see on their web site they have several models, and as these near the end of their life span, I'll get the next model up that is built just a little more heavy duty in the rubber strapping's, but appears to use the same identical metal tip assemblies molded into the bottoms. I would think at this rate of wear, I should get 3 average winters out of them at about 4-5 snows per year here in Omaha. Maybe 4-5 years. That makes these cost like $5 PER YEAR!! That's a great value compared to slipping and falling once, blowing my back out or breaking a hip or some other part I would like unbroken. If you are reading this, look like a former NFL lineman like I do, then wonder no more. Try these OR their next build up and I doubt you would regret your purchase. If you are a normal weight person, these and their metal tips that catch on the bumps in the cement could last you a decade, IF you keep them out of the sun when they are not in use. This kind of rubber (almost any kind of rubber, actually) and sun do not like each other. Go for it! I got the blue ones. Very happy with my purchase, and don't dread blowing the snow and almost enjoy it now that I don't fear falling.

Edit: 12/18/19 Not sure where all the 1 star reviews are coming from from, I'm back to order more ! (And a pair for our mail lady . . Shhh ! . . . ) Yes, there is a size issue that has been hashed and rehashed over an over again, so caveat emptor. Mine never even came close to slipping off, they fit my size 9 Kamik Greenbay 4's perfectly (see comment below). I just asked my sig. other who wore them into work 4 days a week from Feb into April and she said hers never came off. We had snow last year that stayed from Nov. 13 until April 8 so there were all varieties of conditions. Hers were on her "dress" boots so close to dress/work shoes, mine on SIZE 9 snow boots SIZED WAY UP, X-L not Large ! Again, sorry Big Foots, Stabilicers make some bigger sizes. Another thing, I was going to order a bulk load from another country figuring they were all probably made there anyway until I looked at the Stabilicers for sizing and stamped on the bottom was " Made in USA". Upon reading reviews from some foreign "brand" the complaints were consistent with "rubber too flimsy" and "they fall fall off all the time". Ours have never come close to falling off. I'm spending a few bucks more to get quality. And the grip is the best I've ever had. The little dot cleats are OK but they rip, the coils, OK but those also have lasted only a couple seasons, Stabilicers really grab and we will see how long they last, if I can find them . . . (Original review 2/19) After my sig. other fractured her hip during an awkward X-C ski fall early in the season I started looking for ice cleats so she wouldn't do a literal butt-buster walking to work from the parking lot (7-9 minutes) or on the ice build-up on our steep driveway. I got my car part way up one evening not seeing what the light snow cover was hiding - a sheet of slick, black ice. My car slid back down. So being a guy, I gave it another try . . . I made it to the same spot but an ill-timed brake tap sent me sliding down off the driveway. The driveway was so slick I had to crawl part way up, and even that was dicey. So the search commenced the next morning (after enlisting a neighbor and his big, red truck to tow me out of the gully . . .). I settled on these Stableicers due to their reviews and low spike profile to allow for walking on industrial carpets. The fit: For her I got the Medium (6.5-9 men/ 7.5 - 10 women) for her "dress" winter boots for work and they fit snugly and easily on her size 7s. For me I got the X-Large (12.5 -15 men) (from a different company likely due to availability or shipping time.) These were for winter Kamik boots size 9 (fully insulated, tromp around outside, winter boots) and they fit on snugly, relatively easily. I'm not sure how much bigger you can go, maybe a size or three (with a LOT of tugging), but for you Big Foots you are likely out of luck until they come up with an XX-Large. Grip: I used mine on that same steep, icy driveway snow-blowing the rest of the winter. Grabs right on even through snow. MUCH better then the studded grips and the coil grips. How long will the rubber last ? We'll see. I have several rubber types that are ripped or half ripped do I figured I'll spend more to get something that will last more than a couple years. Then there is the "Where in the world is the other one !?!" factor . . .

These are excellent quality. We bought the Medium size to fit a men’s size 8 shoe. They were too short from the toe to the heel, so we returned them. We reordered in size Large and they are a tight fit, but a good fit. My wife has a pair of these that’s more than 10 years old, and they still work great.

These are very undersized. I wear a 9.5 mens and I need an XL. I ordered XL and were shipped L but I got them on my shoe. The L and XL are only marginally different in size as shown in another reviewers photos. When putting these on the shoe I would suggest doing so with the shoe in hand not on your foot. Put the toe on first then grab just in front of the heel cleats and pull to the rear and pull tab at rear over the heel completing the task. I do not think these would stand up to repeated installation, the rubber feels like it would fail so I keep these on a pair of shoes for slippery conditions. That said - These work very well! I recently had surgery and wanted something to assure me of better traction in an Upstate NY winter. These fit the bill very well, I feel very confident on ice ( I have used them on ice and they work really well). Update: 2 years of use and they are still running strong. I would like to restate that I leave these installed on a pair of shoes so they are not on and off all the time. They show very little wear and still grip great. This winter we have had many more ice conditions than average and these have saved my bacon more than once I am sure. I have to say that I read a couple of low star reviews and have to think that they are either bogus or for the wrong product. These absolutely grip on ice, they do not slip! The real negatives are: Much smaller than their chart implies, tough to don and doff, and if used on hard smooth surfaces like polished concrete, ceramic tile, metal they slip a lot - if you think about this it makes sence. You can tell that I'm a big fan, it's not often that a product works as well as advertised so that and Made in USA are big pluses for me. Still docking 1 star as the stated sizing is so far off. For the life of me I cant see why they just don't make add a larger size to the lineup, a no brainer to me, most of the lower ratings would disapear....

Everybody on the East Coast (and pretty much everywhere else in the US) knows what a punishing winter 2014 has given us. As a person who lives in one of the largest cities on the East Coast, I enjoy the convenience of being able to ride my bike to work in under ten minutes each. Except when there is snow and ice on the roads, which reduces me to walk. The problem is, when there is snow and ice, the sidewalks are absolutely treacherous because of the pitch towards the street, variations in materials, and various states of disrepair. Business owners will shovel the snow but leave behind a thin, extremely slick coating of slush that eventually refreezes. Even those who have salt or other deicing chemicals are subject to refreezing. My normal boots are military issue Goretex boots made by Bellevue, and they have served me well - except snow and ice traction is nonexistent. Even though they have light insulation and excellent ankle support, the soles are a fairly firm rubber. When they get in freezing temperatures, it is even more firm and more slick. Since January 1st of this year, I have slipped and fallen twice (plus many close calls,) with one fall occurring when both feet flew out in front of me and I landed right on my butt. Nothing was hurt except my pride, but that day made me realize I needed a better solution. Stabilicers are that solution. These traction cleats (some people call them crampons) go on easy, stay in place, and come off easy. The traction they provide in snow and on ice is remarkable. Confidence-inspiring is a good way to put it. My walk to work in dry conditions at a normal pace is approximately 20 minutes. In snow and ice, that can double. With Stabilicers and 4" of fresh snow, there was little different in travel time versus dry conditions...maybe a couple of minutes caused by me taking video of the beautiful falling snow. The investment in these cleats are way less than a trip to the emergency room for a fractured wrist or cracked tailbone. If you live in a city and do most of your commuting on foot, these are as essential as a wind-proof umbrella. As an added bonus, these are MADE IN THE USA. I will buy these again if I have to, and may buy them as gifts for friends and family.

I live in NYC and commute to work by subway. I also own an energetic and excitable dog that requires a total of 2-3hrs exercise per day. I bought these to deal with the constant freeze-melt that builds up under layers of snow that assorted irresponsible building owners do not shovel off the sidewalk. Thanks to my commute I've tested these on a wide variety of surfaces. TLDR they work great on snow, which is what they are designed for, but if you have to walk over multiple types of surfaces there are cons. My typical commute with these: Put on shoes in my home (hardwood floor). Am terrified cleats will scratch floor. Also unstable as cleats raise you off the ground on small surface area but on smooth surfaces have nothing to grip. Walk to elevator (commercial low pile carpet). Works fine as cleats grip fabric. Walk through building lobby (tile, usually dry). Again unstable and low friction surface exacerbates. Schlep 2 blocks through a mix of shoveled and unshoveled sidewalks. Shoveled sidewalks - again instability issues, though high friction concrete mitigates. Unshoveled sidewalks - this is where these shine. They grip loose snow, slush, and packed snow (the almost ice you get due to thousands of grumpy New Yorkers trudging to work and packing it down) fantastically. Subway (tile, usually wet). UNSTABLE AND SLIPPERY! Another two blocks to work. See above re. shoveled and unshoveled sidewalks. Office building (tile, usually wet). I have no idea why my office building tiled the sidewalk all around it, but I now have to walk half a block on wet, slippery, slush covered tile. I feel extremely unsafe doing so - low friction (metal cleat on wet tile) and unstable due to small surface area in contact. Since it's not realistic to change shoes every 10 steps its sad to say I don't think these will see as much use as I thought. I don't think they are significantly more grippy than a good pair of winter boots, which are more versatile over a larger range of surfaces. YMMV depending on what % of your walking is done on snow/ice.

These have lasted 1 season so far, and seem to be in good shape still. Amazing traction! I have a steep driveway and I feel very safe walking up it, with ice all over the place. It's stretchy, so it seems like it should fit a wide size of shoes.

My husband and I purchased Stabilicers for a winter trip to Iceland. Before buying them we spent a lot of time comparing them to Yaktrax, reading hundreds of online reviews for each. We needed something that could be used both in the city and in the country in rocky, uneven terrain, on ice and snow and occasional gravel, and would not fall off our boots. It was not a easy decision because reviews showed that both options had problems. In the end we purchased the Stabilicers, and it was the right choice. Having people on our tour with Yaktrax , we were really able to compare them. While all were able to walk on ice and snow without slipping, the sharp stones in areas not covered completely by snow eventually cut through the rubber in the Yaktrax, while our Stabilicers remained in perfect condition through the end of the trip. HOWEVER, you need to choose the correct size! We found this to be a challenge and in the end one of us got it right while the other did not. And this made all the difference. We planned to wear them over clunky, heavy winter boots: men's size 10.5, women's size 7. Despite reading all the reviews and warnings about getting a larger size to put over heavy boots, we were unsure if we were supposed to buy the size recommended for one shoe size larger than the size shoes we wore (so size 8 women = small, size 11.5 men= large) , or should we chose the size Stabilicer that is one size larger than that recommended for our shoe size (so for size 7, medium instead of small, for size 10.5, extra large instead of large). I decided to buy the medium for size 7 boots, my husband chose the large for his size 10.5 boots. Mine were easy to put on and take off and never fell off even once. My husband struggled to get his on over his boots, and while hiking they frequently fell off . THE LESSON: Buy the Stabilizer size that is one size larger than the one recommended for your shoe size if you plan to wear them over heavy boots.