Description

Forty Below® Light Energy™ SHORTY model overboots

Key Features:
Designed to help insulate trail running shoes and light hiking boots.
Superlight and Super compact!
Low profile, and dynamic fit design.
Stretchy nylon covered neoprene foam insulation on sides of foot.
Knit cuff top closure and ankle height, can be used with your gaiters in deep snow.
Removable closed cell foam bottom insert to help reduce conductive heat loss.
Light and flexible Rubberized Diamond patterned sole fabric.
Easy to put on in the cold.

The Forty Below® Light Energy™ Shorty overboot helps insulate lightweight shoes and hiking boots, and is very lightweight, simple and compact.  These are very popular for use in lightweight snowshoeing, alpine snow travel with light crampons, and are also great to put over camp booties while winter/snow camping too!  They are easy to put on and take off, and you can adjust the fit for use with different shoe/light boots you may have for different types of trips.

Saves weight and bulk!  The Forty Below® Light Energy TR SHORTY model™ is insulated with a stretchy nylon covered closed-cell neoprene foam that is 3mm thick.  This provides insulation that doesn’t absorb moisture and is stretchy to allow for a range of different shoe shapes and clothing.  The sole is a strong fabric material, and this keeps them very compact and super lightweight.  There is a thin polymer coating on this fabric that is a diamond shaped pattern that retains it’s flexibility in the extreme cold, such as 40 below temperatures. Please note: they are not designed to provide traction, so it is necessary to wear these overboots with some kind of traction aid such as snowshoes, crampons, or cross country skis, or strap-on “non-chain style” traction aids.  (please see note below on types of traction aids that can be used and those to avoid)

The top closure is a knit cuff around the ankle that has a wide fit range, and keeps snow out.  This enables you to use them as a short overboot for comfort, and also to put your own gaiter over the top of them when needed, a small loop is provided at the toe end of the zipper to enable the clip of the gaiter to attach to.  You can also put them on over the top of a gaiter when needed, perfect for on and off snow trails.  The Heavy Duty large size YKK brand zipper goes all the way to the toes for easy of putting on and adjusting shoe laces. 

A 3mm thick closed cell foam insert for the inside bottom is included, giving you the ability to add or subtract it to vary both the fit and insulation under foot, enabling a wide range of different fits with different footwear, the ability to add or subtract the insulation according to your needs.

In order to make these overboots as light and compact as possible, we have not added the rubber paint to the toes or sides of the overboot.  You can easily add this material, called Plasti-Dip which is available at most hardware stores (it is commonly used as a tool handle grip dip),  This is easy to just paint on where you need it, and adds abrasion resistance plus added durability when wear happens in the toes area, and around the body where your traction aid straps, crampon posts, and straps, and snowshoe straps rest on top of the fabric.  We include details on how to do that in the Info Sheet included with the overboots when we send them.  Please feel free to call us or email us any time for additional help on this.

Please see the additional information tabs above  “Product Specification” and “Additional Product Photos” for more information!

PLEASE NOTE:
PLEASE DO NOT USE “CHAIN” STYLE TRACTION AIDS WITH THESE OVERBOOTS, IT WILL DAMAGE AND CUT THROUGH THE FABRIC OF THE SOLE AND UPPER MATERIALS QUICKLY, AND IS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. We suggest styles of traction aid products that have rubber bottoms with cleats such as those from Kahtoola, Hillsound, and Stabil,  Here are some links to those companies: the Hillsound Flexstep  Kahtoola  StabilGear These overboots can be also be used with strap-on style crampons, and snowshoes.

Please avoid traction aid products that have chains on them such as Kahtoola Microspikes (which we love, and use in other applications), as these will cut through the fabric quickly and damage the overboots. This is difficult to repair. Be advised that some snowshoe bindings have sharp spikes that point up to grip the sole of the shoe, and these will also rip into the sole fabric of these overboots and is not covered by warranty, and we suggest that these spikes be removed or covered, if using the overboots. Please contact us for more information about this or any other use tips! Happy Trails!

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