Payntr 004 - may have found my unicorn walking shoe

[MattM97]

16 minutes ago, ThinkingPlus said:

So got some practice time and play time with the 004s. I went with the wide and it's a good thing. Regular width would likely have not fit. Not an overly wide shoe and somewhat low volume (mostly what I need is a high volume shoe to deal with a high arch).

 

Comfort is excellent. Upper is soft, but not sloppy. Lots of cushioning underfoot, but the carbon fiber insert provides excellent stability and prevents spike print through. I walked 18 yesterday with no issues. Heel cup is very open, but I had no rubbing at all. The course was very wet, but no leakage at all.

 

Performance has been good. Traction on the turf is good although I will swap in a more aggressive spike once the stock ones wear some. I would also have liked an extra spike or two in the heel area. Never slipped, but I worry with only 2 spikes despite the other nubs in the sole. Speaking of the sole, it is strangely soft, yet somewhat slick on hard surfaces when wet. The sole is compliant, but has a shiny, smooth plastic quality. Be careful on wet concrete.

 

So all in all a very good shoe. Assuming durability is good, I will buy these again in the future. Hoping for other colorways as well.

 

 

Yeah definitely out on these until I can try on a pair cause of the fit it seems. Which is a shame I like the whole idea of the shoe. Luckily I think I found something. 

[CrisPy3]

How’s the the firmness of the toe box? I’m having some right toe issues lately (might be arthritis?) and I think it’s due to practicing in sneakers. Looking for a wide, firm toe box… these don’t appear it as it sounds like the Payntr’s are completely opposite of that. 

[dayvei214]

On 5/6/2023 at 8:32 PM, JLP_GOLF said:

Took these out today on the course.  I was forced to take a cart (walk 95% of my rounds) and was pretty disappointed with these, especially after how promising they were at first try on.  Heel slippage was a problem, so much so that my Achilles hurt post round.  I did get slight blisters and am confident if i walked these would have been brutal.  Back to the drawing board I guess

not sure if you still have these but i noticed the heal slippage a little also. But if you still have them try using heal lock lacing. attached is an image for how to do it. 

 

shoe is a little narrow... wondering for those of you that went with the medium instead of the wide whether they broke in some more... i have them in a size 10.5m and wear 10.5 comfortably in the FJ Carbon flex. 

[JohnTyre]

I just got a brand new pair of the Payntr tour proto type. They were amazing. I walked 18 in 2 hours 15 min in really wet sloppy conditions. No problems and felt pretty good after. (I am 70 yeqrs old)

[dayvei214]

15 minutes ago, JohnTyre said:

I just got a brand new pair of the Payntr tour proto type. They were amazing. I walked 18 in 2 hours 15 min in really wet sloppy conditions. No problems and felt pretty good after. (I am 70 yeqrs old)

Love the payntrs. How did the new leather hold up? Did it crease easily?