What are the Rocket Mid DFS GTXs?
They're fast and adaptable hiking boots that provide excellent traction and stability on even the most demanding trails. The Rocket DFS GTX boasts innovative Vibram Traction Lug technology that improves traction and grip by 25% thanks to its special design.
Aku's exclusive Dual Fit System (DFS) technology allows you to easily adapt the fit for hiking, scrambling or climbing, making them an excellent choice for technical and Via Ferrata routes.
What are they made from?
Upper: The upper is constructed from a microfibre that offers excellent levels of durability whilst keeping the breathability levels high. This microfibre upper has a crossed rib structure and is protected by a 3D print layer and rubber rand. This rand and a reinforced heel cup help to ensure your feet are kept safe from unintentional rock strikes on uneven terrain.
The real party piece of the Rocket Mid DFS GTXs is their Dual Fit System (DFS). This DFS allows you to adjust the comfort and precision of the fit when using the shoes in different environments. Traditional laces keep things comfortable when walking and on easy approaches and a fast lacing system helps to increase sensitivity and security when scrambling and climbing.
Lining: The Rocket Mid's are lined with a waterproof and breathable GORE-TEX® Extended Comfort membrane. It provides maximum comfort in various climates, keeping your feet dry in wet weather while still allowing moisture vapour to escape when you're working hard.
Midsole: The midsole is constructed from double-density PU which is hard enough to contribute to the support of the boots, yet soft enough to help absorb the impact of hiking long, rugged trails.
Aku also includes their excellent ELICA Technology in the boots to further enhance support. ELICA Technology ensures an anatomical fit to provide better stability and weight distribution across your shoe boot to reduce pressure points and encourage better hiking form.
A partially recycled Ortholite footbed has a unique open-cell structure, creating a moisture management system that helps to move moisture away from the foot to provide a cooler, drier, healthier shoe environment and help to keep your feet comfortable all day.
Outsole: For traction, the Rocket Mid's use a combination of Vibram® Megagrip and Vibram® Rocket Traction Lugs.
Megagrip is fantastically sticky and grippy (as the name hopefully suggests) and will help to keep you upright and moving across rocky and uneven terrain. It has been designed to make quick work of trails whilst also giving you the confidence to smear and edge when the going gets more vertical.
Traction Lug is the name of an innovative tread pattern designed by Vibram to enhance traction on all types of terrain. It uses micro lug shapes on the surface of the lugs to increase the surface contact with the ground by 50%. This clever lug design results in up to a 25% increase of traction compared to a normal tread and also provides greater stability both up and downhill.
What are their features?
The bulk of the Rocket Mid GTX's features are explained above in the 'what are they made from' section; as with any hiking boot, the materials and construction are the main selling features, but the Rocket Mid GTX's also have the bonus of looking great too!
Although the feature set is brief, these boots do have a rubber rand for protection from rock abrasion and rugged trails. A reinforced heel cup provides added protection to the boot whilst also improving stability on uneven terrain.
Features
- Gore-Tex® Performance Comfort lining
- Ortholite® Hybrid partly recycled footbed
- Vibram® Rocket Traction lugs that improve traction and grip by 25%
- Vibram® Megagrip outsole
- AKU Dual Fit System (DFS) technology with precise climbing lace
- AKU Elica Natural Stride System technology to promote biodynamic efficiency
- Rubber rand for high protection on the wedge from rock abrasion
- New last improves comfort for hard approach routes