Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I had a pair of the Yaktrax Pros for ten years during the thousands of hours I worked as a Paramedic in the northeastern US. Ten years! They were an essential part of my winter gear and served me well for nearly a decade. When they finally gave out this early winter I order the new and improved version. What a mistake. These are a waste of money. I wore these for the first time the first week of January, 2018, and you can see from the picture below that one of them has come apart. Plus the strap that is supposed to stabilize the unit would cause the Yaktrax to shift and roll. You just can't stop multiple times to fix the strap. And, yes, I work with a lot of straps on equipment so I know how much is the right amount of tension. And you can see in the photograph the thin cord holding the rolled wire snapped off the large central button. The old style did not have this huge button with the extruded arms with wire wrapped around a flimsy connector. Winter is still here and these were needed. I will never ever order these again. My safety depends on my having sure footing and these are poorly designed junk compared to what they used to be before they were "improved."