La Sportiva TX Guide Approach Shoe Review

The La Sportiva TX Guide offer supreme stiffness for being an approach shoe, however that also means that these don't make for a great running shoe. So just be aware of that.

[@exploretopher]

What's your "go to" run down the mountain in shoe? Wondering what is more comfortable for that purpose? Also I am going to be doing some climbing up some rock slides where I think I may want some flexibility. Think about a 45 degree rock slide.

[@vanCapere]

If I understand you correct they are a smaller fit than the TX2 Evo right?

[@Kellen_Erickson]

Well, the TX Guide is narrower, but length wise the TX2 EVO is shorter than the TX Guide while also having a bigger toe box than the TX Guide.

[@ilikehiking]

Excellent review! I'm quite excited to hear that these fit narrow as I have long narrow feet and finding a good fitting shoe is always an issue. How do these perform in wet conditions? Do they dry quickly or do they stay wet for ages as soon as they do get wet? The lack of breathability you mentioned has me concerned a bit.

[@Kellen_Erickson]

They perform good in wet conditions, the two rubber compounds have good grip even when it’s wet. They dry pretty fast as they are a synthetic shoe, there is a leather version of this shoe but if you want quick dry times the synthetic is the best. As for the breathability, they’re breathable enough. They don’t breathe as good as something that has more of an open style mesh. But with that being said, you definitely get less debris in these shoes because of that tight weave mesh.