[zimpenfish]

> They might say that, but it hasn't been my experience.

Sure but it has been mine and theirs. Like I said, we're all posting anecdata, there's no real science going on here.

> I hope you never find out that saving a few bucks/pounds on shoes ended up costing much more.

Well, I ran/walked just over 2000 miles in 2014 with another 1400 in 2015 on largely three pairs of shoes[1] with no new issues (I have a long standing bust knee from 2003.)

[1] I did a couple of hundred miles in Vibrams and Fila Skeletoes. But it was almost all my Altras and Hokas (one pair got replaced because the achilles support wore through and the stiff plastic cut me up on a long walk.)