User Review: Asolo Fuego

Asolo Fuego
Above: The current Fuego, which may differ slightly from the version reviewed.

Reviewed May 17, 2005 by mario

Rating: rated 4 of 5 stars
Materials: suede
Use: short day hikes, light hikes, multipurpose trail use
Break-in Period: 3-5 days
Weight: 2lb 6 oz (on the heavier side)
Price Paid: USD 24

My background: adventure hiker/speed hiker. Hiking is my hobby, along with fishing. I hike between 5 to 20 miles every weekend on a moderate to well maintained trails around upstate NY, PA, and VT. I sometime carry my 8-month-old in my Kelty backpack, the aggregate weight of which is around 40lbs.

Fuego: It's a sleek looking light hiking/multi purpose trail shoe with good lateral support, sufficient cushioning and a functional outsole. I have been using it for one year now, specially extensively for last two weeks. For such a light weight low cut shoe they have pretty good protection and overall performence.

The upper is water resistant, which is all I needed for my use on the trail. It rained moderately couple of times and my feet stayed dry. The styling of the upper is also cool.

mid-sole is very good for a trail shoe. it absorved all the bumps and unevenness of the trail. I have used several pairs of vasques, montrails, and Merrells before. Fuego rated lower than the montrails in terms of cushioning+protection but better than vasques and Merrells. Then, its my personal experience.

Outsole: Grippy, gives lots of confidence on rocks and moderately wet surfaces. As I mentioned, I have not tried it on a very wet condition. that being said, I was carefull on gravels and screes because of the low cut build of the shoe. I prefer mid or high cut for those kinds of activities.

Additional: toe rand adds protection. Insole has antibacterial component, which I did not get a chance to test!!! For a low cut multipurpose/hiking shoe fuego is bit on the stiffer side.

Fuego is not ideal for a hot and humid day, although I had more comfort in Fuego than I had in another pair of Gore-tex shoes.

For the price I am very impressed. Fuego is also holding up very well under a pretty good use and neglect.

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