Freet Ibex
$229.50
All year round leather barefoot boot suitable for hiking both on and off the trail, and casual use in winter. Ibex is 12mm higher on the leg than Mudee and has our new HillGrip outsole with a deeper tread pattern for better grip in the mud.
Customers say: You are likely to need your ‘normal’ EU/UK size.
For more detail on sizing please see below left second tab ‘Sizing & Fitting’.
- Description
- Sizing & Fitting
- Care
- Reviews (5)
- Additional information
Description
- All our shoes are fully flexible, have a roomy toebox and are zero drop (same height at front and heel) to allow natural movement
- Full grain leather upper for durable, ultra-breathable & water resistant performance
- ConnectMax EVA 2mm midsole for excellent ground connectivity when worn without insole
- Flexile removable 2.5mm insole can be removed for more ‘barefoot’ feel. For further shock absorption, for prolonged use on hard, flat surfaces, 6mm Ortholite insoles can be purchased separately
- Freet 5in1 asymmetric forefoot for natural foot shape allowing toes to spread naturally
- Conventional brown lace
- HillGrip performance outsole for tougher, wetter trails and off track
- Brown
- Stack height: 6.5/7mm with Flexile insole; 4mm without insole
All Year Round (4 Season)
These products feature water resistance and are suitable for all year round conditions
Sizes 37-48. This product is an ‘average’ size
Weight 660 grams size pair 42
A little more generous than our older styles many people will prefer the same size as they would consider to be their ‘normal’ size.
The length and width of the insole of this shoe is as below. The shoe is a little longer than the insole. Remember the shoe has good volume in the forefoot so the actual comfortable width of this shoe will be a few mm greater than this ‘flat’ measurement. Fit is personal, but most people will prefer to have at least 5 or 6mm spare room in front of your largest toe(s). USA sizing is below the European:
Europe/Rest of World Sizing (metric mms):
Size 37/233mm length, 92mm width, Size 38/240mm length, 94mm width, Size 39/246mm length, 96mm width, Size 40/252mm length, 99mm width, Size 41/258mm length, 101mm width, Size 42/264mm length, 103mm width, Size 43/270mm length, 105mm width, Size 44/276mm length, 107mm width, Size 45/283mm length, 109mm width, Size 46/291mm length, 110mm width, Size 47/300mm length, 112mm width, Size 48/307mm length, 114mm width
Length and width measurements taken as follows (don’t include the collar at the heel):
USA Sizing (Inches):
Size 37 (USA w6.5)/9 1/4 inch length, 3 5/8 inches width, Size 38(USA w7)/9 1/2 inch length, 3 3/4 inch width, Size 39 (USA w8)/9 3/4 inch length, 96mm 3 3/4 inch width, Size 40 (USA w8.5)/10 inch length, 3 7/8 inch width, Size 41 (USA w9.5)/10 1/4 inch length, 3 7/8 inch width, Size 42 (USA mUSA 8.5)/10 3/8 inch length, 4 inch width, Size 43 (USA m9.5)/10 5/8 inch length, 4 inch width, Size 44 (USA m10.5)/10 7/8 length, 4 inch width, Size 45 (USA m11.5)/11 1/8 inch length, 4 1/8 inch width, Size 46 (USA m12)/11 1/2 inch length, 4 1/8 inch width, Size 47 (USA m13)/11 7/8 inch length, 4 1/4 inch width, Size 48 (USA m14)/12 1/8 inch length, 4 1/2 inch width
Length and width measurements taken as follows (don’t include the collar at the heel):
The premium leather can be cleaned with warm water and a cloth and treated with a ‘nubuck’ conditioning & water proofing spray/cream.
Reviews
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Additional information
| Toe Style | 5in1 |
|---|---|
| Outsole | HillGrip |
| Upper | Smooth Leather |
| Colour | Brown |
| Weight | 400gms pr 42 |
| Stack Height | 11.0mm/9.0mm |
| Vegan/Non-Vegan | Non-Vegan |
| Lining | Waterproof/Breathable |
Gillian Pryce-Taylor (verified owner) –
Hello, I’ve found the Freet Ibex to be perfect for me – supremely comfortable and just the right width for wearing with thicker socks.
I also like the fact that the shoes are leather and can be polished (is that very old fashioned?)
When wearing these shoes I feel my balance is much improved and I do feel much more stable when covering uneven terrain.
Doug Zeager (verified owner) –
I Love this boot! It is just like the Tundra except for the genuine leather which makes this one better. I just wish it came in black also. The stack height is perfectly balanced for most of my daily activities. What makes Freet better than Lems, Xero, Vivo and other barefoot brands is the toe box. It gives more room for the big toe on the inside and the small toe on the outside. They accomplished this without making it look like a duck shoe! The padding around the ankle helps to give it a more secure fit for those with a narrow heel or low volume foot. I also like the two open eyelets at to top for quick tying and untying. It made most of my other barefoot brands of shoes obsolete!
bryony.marsh –
I really wanted to love these boots, i’ve had good experiances with freet shoes in the past.
But these are ust too narrow. even with a thin pair of socks and after i tried them round the house for several hours, i cannot deny that they were too narrow for me. my feet ust seem wider than the soles! Everything else about this boot seems pretty good though. comfy and flexable shape, nice simple deisgn, not particuarly flexable sole, but much grippyer than most barefoot soles, and certainly more flexably than a typical walking boot. delivery was fast too as always.
Helen Jezzard (verified owner) –
I have just discovered the concept of barefoot shoes and, as my old walking boots were falling apart, I took the plunge and ordered a pair of Freet Ibex. They are wonderful! As background I should explain that whenever I have bought walking boots in the past I have spent hours in specialist walking shops with sales assistants running backwards and forwards, offering variations on a theme of boots that didn’t fit. (I mean no insult, these were excellent assistants in some of the most revered walking shops in the country.) Whether I sized up or not, whether I switched to men’s styles or not, [allegedly] my size 6 very wide feet felt constrained and the boots I ended up with were a compromise. After a day’s walking I usually had sore little toes, sore big toe joints and sore knees. I was doubtful about buying walking boots over the internet but when I tried the Ibex on I wanted to dance! They are so light, so flexible, so comfortable and — blissfully — so wide. My first walk in them was heaven. Thank you so much for making these excellent boots. (In case it is helpful, my longest foot is 256 mm long — measured in the way Freet suggests — and 10.5 mm wide. I went for the size 42 as I knew I would want to wear thick socks, possibly two pairs, and would need toe space for descending hills. I am very happy with the sizing.)
Harri (verified owner) –
Another great boot from Freet!
I’m on my 3rd pair of Mudees, so it’s nice to try something new … As usual, this latest offering is comfortable, light & flexible, and nice & roomy, although unfortunately not QUITE as wide as other styles (Mudee and the glorious Chukka). Compared with the Mudee, I can feel a tiny reduction in ‘ground feel’, but this is worth it for more traction and, hopefully, a more hard-wearing sole (I’ve almost worn the lugs off my first pair of Mudees!). The Ibex is an attractive boot in a lovely dark brown (a little more conventional-looking than the Mudee, if that is what you’re after¬! Although I shall miss the protection of the rubber “bumber” round the front when on rocky paths.) I don’t notice the slighlty higher ankle.
Size-wise, the Ibex comes up larger than the Mudee. I am a 38 and normally size up for boots – my Mudees are 40 and I have taken a size 39 in the Ibex.
freetadmin –
Hello Harri, thanks so much for the feedback – it’s really valuable for all of us, Development at Freet, as much as anyone else. We can spend a year on a new product, but until you’ve actually run a first production and they are ‘out there’ we don’t have the full picture about fit etc. We build Ibex on the same last as Mudee but the outsole is newly designed and materials different which all impact on fit. The new outsole is a more performance outsole which will fit the last a bit more ‘snugly’. This might have a small impact of initial fit, but the new shoe, especially being in leather will give and should feel the same as Mudee after a few outings! Regards, Andrew