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Hi peeps,

I am a walker... I go mostly ealking everywhere. Usually I use nike with the padded soles for walking as they are comfortable but I need to replace mine.

Any reccommendations? I'm looking for comfort and hopefully not something that makes me eat cheap ramen for a month :)

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[โ€“] CoffeeJunkie@lemmy.cafe 3 points 3 days ago

I'm rolling the dice on 8000kicks. They've got a Kickstarter going on, right now, for Trekkers made from HEMP. I normally buy all things American, but tennis shoe/sneaker selection is limited at best. Subpar at worst. And it's not cheap, either. So we're gonna try out these hemp sneaks. ๐Ÿ™‚

I did a little digging, and it looks like they're going to manufacture through multiple factories. Factories, plural. They come out & say they're based in Portugal with a factory. Then they might use China, disappointing but not at all surprising. And possibly Vietnam! Hope that helps.