r/onebagging • u/stickersforyou • Jun 29 '18

Gear Found my perfect onebag hiking-centric shoe

The Saucony Peregrine 8

I've spent considerable time looking for a hiking/trail running focused shoe that could be dressed up nicely for dinners and nights on the town. My first attempt was with some Salomons (this errs on the side of performance over aesthetic) but the outsole got shredded by a week's worth of walking in Tokyo and the rest of my time in Japan was spent slipping and falling on any smooth surface (it didn't even have to be wet!) When I got home I inspected the tread and it had worn down flat! I'm sure the shoes would have been fine if I hadn't used them so much on city streets, however if they were going to be true "onebag" shoes they would have to be a Jack-of-all-trades. Moving on...

Next I focused more on aesthetic. All black shoes would fit into any wardrobe, and if I could find all black trail runners then I might have found my unicorn. Only Nike seems to make blacked out trail runners so I opted for the Terra Kiger 4. However, when I got them I immediately sent them back, talk about amateur hour! I don't know why they are so highly rated, I found them to be so uncomfortable and the tread pattern made them highly unstable on my living room floor.

But enter the Saucony Peregrine 8, in the grey/black/green combo they just pass my aesthetic test, I found them to blend in well with my city clothes though and felt comfortable wearing them (along with a nice outfit) to nice restaurants. Performance is where they truly shine - so grippy in wet conditions, highly stable on both trail and concrete, and very comfortable overall. The best part is they seem to have survived many miles of concrete walking, though I did much less of that in Georgia/Tennessee/North Carolina than I did in Japan. Inspecting the outsole, the tread looks like the day I left home (about 2 weeks ago).

Very impressed with this shoe!

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u/[deleted] Jun 29 '18 edited Sep 10 '20

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u/Megatron_McLargeHuge Jun 29 '18

Michelin starred

Michelin places are often pretty casual. Whether a place is dressy is independent of food quality. A lot of mediocre "instagram restaurants" will have more people dressing up than the place you have to book six months in advance.

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u/stickersforyou Jun 29 '18

In the trail runner world I believe this is as aesthetically pleasing as a shoe gets, everything else is neon colors or loud designs (looking at you, Altra). The only other shoe that was on my radar but I did not get a chance to try is the Arc'teryx SL Leather, its marketing as an "approach" shoe kept me from trying it. If hiking wasn't the focus of my trips I think the walking/casual shoe market has many options for us onebaggers, but the Peregrine performing well on both trails and concrete is what I needed and it's the least "hideous" of all trail runners (in my opinion, anyway!)

I should reach out to Saucony and ask them to make a blacked out Peregrine for onebag use!

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u/shortglass Jun 29 '18

Nice, I've been traveling with the Saucony Freedom ISO but found it a little lacking for hikes/trail walking. It's a great walking shoe otherwise though, and easy to pair in Grey Chroma.

I'll be sure to check the Peregrine out in stores.