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Arken

Sale price£115.00

Arken is a minimal boot that keeps you warm and dry in colder and wetter conditions.

WARM | WATERPROOF | URBAN | TRAIL

Size:
Sizing Small (i)

This shoe fits small: consider a larger size

The best guide for sizing your new Freet shoes is to start with your usual shoe size. Think about whether you always take this size or whether you sometimes need to go smaller or larger.

Customer feedback is that this style fits small to size; if you sometimes have to go up a size, it is more likely that you may need to go up a size with this style.

Our shoes are originally produced in EU sizes. All UK sizes are the closest conversion so, if you know your EU size, you may want to consider using this.

Measuring Your Foot

Sometimes as a second check it is worth measuring your foot. Feet can be different sizes so its worth measuring both and taking the largest.

Standing next to a wall place a piece of paper against the wall. Place your foot on the paper with your heel just touching the wall.

Measuring Your Foot
  • The next stage is easier if you get someone else to help do it.
  • Take a pencil or pen and trace the outline of the foot on the paper.
  • Start at the heel.
  • Keep the pen at 90 degrees to the paper, so vertical, see diagram.
  • Don't draw under the foot.
Keep pencil verical
Taking a ruler measure the length of the outline in millimetres. This will be the exact size of the insole you will need. To ensure the fit is not tight add another 5.0 - 10.0 mm to the length. If you wear thick socks then add that thickness to the length.
Measuring your outline

If possible, please work from the EU sizes (the US and UK sizes are nearest conversions to these sizes so will not be as accurate). The lengths and widths are the dimensions of the insole in mm measured as per the picture below:

Insole Dimensions

Adult

Length Width UK EU
230mm 88mm 4 37
236mm 89mm 5 38
242mm 90mm 6 39
251mm 92mm 6.5 40
258mm 93mm 7 41
264mm 95mm 8 42
272mm 97mm 9 43
279mm 100mm 9.5 44
285mm 101mm 10 45
292mm 102mm 11 46
300mm 104mm 12 47
307mm 105mm 12.5 48
313mm 106mm 13 49

Junior

Length Width UK EU
188mm 78mm 11.5 30
194mm 80mm 12.5 31
200mm 82mm 13.5 32
207mm 83mm 1 33
213mm 84mm 1.5 34
220mm 86mm 2.5 35
226mm 87mm 3.5 36

Sizing & Fitting Help

Size

Colour:Black

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Size & Fit

Customers say fits small, you may consider going up a size.

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About Arken
  • Designed for winter conditions, excellent in snow and rain
  • Extra warmth from cozy microfleece lining
  • Versatile grip for a range of trail conditions
Arken
Arken Sale price£115.00

Customer Reviews

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Jan Tvrdý

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Jim
Amazingly comfortable winter boot

These are basically a winter version of the Bootee / Mudee / Tundra series, and the fit is the same in terms of sizing. They are comfortable right out of the box, needing no breaking in. The lining is gorgeously soft and very warm. If your feet are sensitive to the cold these should be great for you for any time from late autumn through to early spring. If you don't feel the cold so much, you might want to reserve these boots for cold winter days when they'll really come into their own.

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Laura Cooper

Good ground feel, warm & waterproof with enough grip to cope with muddy dog walks.

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Sarah Swan
Arken

They are very comfortable and appear to be good quality.

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Susanna Lewis de Amable
The gift of barefoot

Introducing sister to barefoot shoes (and I will get to steal them when I visit).
Used in the countryside and towns in British autumn and winter, her feedback so far is "they are brilliant", "nice and roomy" but has to be cautious on wet surfaces "astonishingly slippy on wet bike pedals"; "slipped on brick paving", but out on bonfire night and others complained of cold feet, "mine were not toasty but were fine" and there is still "room for a pair of thick socks".