Yaktrax Pro Traction Cleats for Ice and Packed Snow

Generally, no. However, the Pro uses more durable materials, and the coils are thicker. The Pro's traction is somewhat superior because the thicker, stronger straps and Velcro® Performance strap keeps them better aligned on your footwear. Maintaining alignment on footwear is important to you during strenuous activities like shoveling snow. Yaktrax are a consumable just like any other article of clothing or ice cleat. The Pro's durability depends upon several factors including

• your weight;
• how often you use them;
• how much bare payment you'll be walking on because it's rare that every foot of a sidewalk, parking lot, or road is completely covered with ice and packed snow. It's unreasonable to remove them and then put them back on every time you encounter a dry patch.
  
  Bare spots speed up the abrasion on the steel coils because the coils are abrasion-resistant, not abrasion-proof; and
• lastly, if you'll be walking over rough surfaces that may tend to cut the rubber straps.

If you're looking for something more durable, check out industrial-strength ice cleats.

Now having said all that, on the average, you can expect two seasons. When you consider the cost per use it's very low-cost insurance compared to the cost of an injury.

No. No traction device can guarantee you won't slip and fall on ice. What Yaktrax can do is significantly decrease the probability that you won't fall making the risk acceptable.

No. SPARE SPIKE Ice Cleats are a low cost alternative for Yaktrax that will work in regular snow and slush.

HIGH-PRO Ice Cleats are an exciting new alternative to Yaktrax Pro that will work in deep snow, slush, and black ice as well as on packed snow and ice.

You must remove Yaktrax before going indoors where there are smooth, dry floors. Examples include floors found in the grocery store, drug store, train station, or post office. That's because all Yaktrax are extremely slippery on these floors.

If you're not physically able, or unwilling, to remove Yaktrax or you are constantly going in and out of doors consider LOW-PRO® Ice Cleats or ALTRAGRIPS-LITE LOW PROFILE Ice Cleats

While people do successfully use Yaktrax Pro for Running, I do not recommend it. Here's why.

• A key component for traction on ice is the aggressiveness of the traction system. Yaktrax Pro's wound steel coils give you hundreds of biting edges to grip the ice. However, those edges are non-aggressive, and it takes hundreds working in concert to provide traction.
  
  When you jog, your foot lands with a jolt, which tends to make you lose traction. Losing traction with Yaktrax Pro is more likely since a limited section of the non-aggressive coils initially makes contact with the ice. As any NASCAR driver will tell you, once you lose traction, it's almost impossible to regain, and you'll most often slip and fall.
• Non-aggressive ice cleats become less effective in frigid temperatures when ice is denser.
• A common point of failure with Yaktrax is that a coil will break. If the coil breaks while you're running, it can get snagged on your pants leg causing you to trip and fall forward.

To be clear, I don't recommend running on ice with any ice cleats. However, if you must, choose ice cleats with well-positioned 2mm tungsten carbide studs.

Also, check for studs located at the base of your heel and near the front. These are the areas where you're landing and pushing off, having the fewest or, in most cases, no studs, and most likely to lose traction.

It depends where, how often, and how long you're hiking. Yaktrax are not designed to be used off-road.

• Rough surfaces will cut the straps and abrade the steel coils.
• The steel coils can be extremely slippery on exposed rocks especially if they're smooth or rounded.
• Yaktrax should not be worn on sandy or gravel covered surfaces.
• Frequent non-ice and snow covered surfaces will also affect durability.

There is no difference. Implus changed the name from Yaktrax Walker to Yaktrax Walk. I do not recommend you use Yaktrax for use on black ice because you need more aggressive traction. Consider Winter Walking HIGH-PRO® or Winter Walking LOW-PRO® Ice Cleats. No. The key to traction on ice is penetration. Yaktrax stainless steel coils are non-aggressive. Therefore, traction requires hundreds of biting edges to equal the traction of just one well-designed spike. In addition, the non-aggressive coils become less effective in frigid temperatures when ice is denser.

It depends. You must remove Yaktrax before you go indoors if the floor is smooth because the steel coils are extremely slippery on those surfaces. Examples include the supermarket, drug store, and post office. If it's not easy for you to take Yaktrax off and put them back on you have a problem.

You should remove Yaktrax before you drive because the straps can impede movement between the pedals.

Note: Yaktrax Walk is easier to put on and take off than the Yaktrax Pro because the straps aren't as strong.

If you live in the city, you must be careful where you step because Yaktrax can be extremely slippery on utility covers, sewer grates, floors in train stations, smooth bricks, tile floors, and on entry steps on mass transit.

If you have to negotiate steeper inclines, or you live where temperatures drop to extremely low temperatures, you want a more aggressive traction device.

If these situations apply to you, got to Ice Cleats for Senior Citizens and the Elderly.

No. There is a product called SKITRAX™ but I don't currently sell them. No. Please visit Ice Cleats for Large, Bulky Boots. No. Furthermore the metal on metal contact climbing a ladder would be extremely hazardous. Visit Korkers.com to find slip resistant shoe attachments specifically designed for roofers. I'm not endorsing the Korkers cleats. If you order a Yaktrax Extreme online, you will receive a Yaktrax Pro, the same product and packaging, because there is no such thing as a Yaktrax Extreme. There is a totally different spiked product called the Yaktrax XTR EXTREME™ designed for off road use.