have you bought a ridge wallet or vessi shoes? thoughts?

[Zohan2000]

curious to know if anyone here has bought a ridge wallet or vessi shoes and whats their thoughts on them, do you regret buying them? opinions on build quality, are the vessi shoes actually water resistant? and any other thoughts you might have

[Isuck Assimov]

Take a look at this thread, not sure about the ridge wallet but people talk about their vessi shoes

[AI_Must_Di3]

Neither, but i use a plastic folding box that i put some aluminum foil, a few folds worth, behind the fuzzy backing of. ive had that since the Credit cards came out with the built in chips. Works great so far. I pay for gas with cash though cause the machines are so easy to tamper with.

[mousesnob]

No i have not. I may consider the wallet, the vessi shoes are ugly imo so i will not buy them.

[Zohan2000]

Spoiler

 

just a lot of pages so thought id ask here since things might have changed since then

[Heliian]

No. 

 

Ridgewallet doesn't suit my needs for a wallet. 

 

Vessi shoes are too expensive for what they are.  Also, waterproof = not breathable. 

[dalekphalm]

I haven't bought a ridge wallet, though if you like the form factor, they seem good.

 

My wife owns like 3 pairs of Vessi's. She loves them. They're basically her go-to shoe now.

 

I just ordered myself a pair of the Everyday Classic in Blue - I'll see what they're like in a few weeks.

 

I like Vessi due to them being a Canadian company (though they do not manufacture in Canada, as that would significantly increase the cost of the shoe).

[dalekphalm]

3 hours ago, Heliian said:

Vessi shoes are too expensive for what they are.

Can you elaborate on why you feel they're too expensive for "what they are"?

 

They're about $140 CAD (without discounts, and there's basically always a $25 off discount available), which is inline with any other major high quality shoe brand (unless you're getting the shoes on clearance or heavy discount).

 

I can only speak to Canadian pricing on Vessi and on other competitors. If you bought a Merrell or ASICS or any number of other well regarded shoe brand, new, you'd be looking at roughly the same ballpark.

3 hours ago, Heliian said:

Also, waterproof = not breathable. 

My wife has never complained about the breathability of hers, and she has 2 or 3 different styles from Vessi. She absolutely loves the shoes.

 

And from a physics standpoint, you can create a material that lets air pass through but not water, due to molecule size. No, it isn't going to be as breathable as a thin mesh shoe - but that doesn't inherently mean it's not breathable.

[Seccedonien]

Last night I discovered how Ridge Wallet has been abusing small content creators for free advertisements by altering the original contract and trying to play on the good nature of people who were too exited to get their first bigger sponsor. I never considered getting one of their products but knowing this I think they are absolute trash.

[Heliian]

17 hours ago, dalekphalm said:

pricing on Vessi

You are correct, last time I checked it would be near 200 CAD but now it's only about 150cad, much closer to reality.  You're paying for the waterproofing as a normal sneaker is less than $100.  

[saintlouisbagels]

On 3/22/2023 at 10:05 AM, Heliian said:

Vessi shoes are too expensive for what they are.  Also, waterproof = not breathable. 

21 hours ago, dalekphalm said:

And from a physics standpoint, you can create a material that lets air pass through but not water, due to molecule size. No, it isn't going to be as breathable as a thin mesh shoe - but that doesn't inherently mean it's not breathable.

This is exactly why Gore-Tex is so popular; waterproof and breathable.

 

[Virus__]

Vessi, sound great, but for $150+ AUD, i'll stick to Skechers for about 2/3 that price..

[dalekphalm]

On 3/23/2023 at 11:11 AM, saint_louis_bagels said:

This is exactly why Gore-Tex is so popular; waterproof and breathable.

 

As far as I can tell, the material Vessi uses is essentially the same thing or very similar to Gore-Tex.