GTX shoes - really avoid at all costs?
Hello! Most hiking and trail running subs generally advice against GTX (or similar) shoes, since they keep water/sweat in and dry out slowly. Still, I'm wondering if it would make sense for my applications. I'm in Scandinavia, but the milder part. The climate is like a mix of the PNW and New England. I don't hike in the winter.
I'm looking to replace a pair of Mammut GTX shoes that I used for many different purposes:
- Day hikes on gravel and forest trails.
- 2-3 day overnight camping trips, usually camping by a forest lake.
- Night fishing forest lakes in the autumn, physically quite low-intensity.
- Sometimes cycling to do all of the above, so prefer not too much cushioning.
Also worth mentioning I'm not a profuse sweater.
I'm not really looking for specific shoe recommendations, but general takes on GTXs applications. I realize the above use cases are very different, but I dream of being able to do it all with one pair of shoes.
Edit: Thank you for a lot of great answers. You've also confirmed my suspicions that many subreddits are biased against GTX, more than is probably warranted