How many pairs of footwear do you own?

All in, work, leisure, sporting, posh etc.

I have 11.

Sliders
Teva
Smart work shoes
Casual boots
3 SPD pairs
Flats MTB pair
Hiking boots
Slippers
Vans

It seems excessive.

One pair of ordinary shoes ( doc martens)

2 prs approach shoes

3 prs cycling shoes / boots

1 pr motorcycle boots

5 prs hiking boots

2 prs sandals

6 Pairs of fiveTens

1 pair of brogues

14-ish

2 pairs of black leather work shoes

1 pair black leather work shoes, goretex for winter

Adidas 5-10 for the commute on flatties

Columbia walking boots

Regatta walking boots

North face walking shoes I just use as gardening/work shoes

Wellies

Shimano XC shoes

Fred Perry trainers

Sketchers trainers

2 pairs Adidas Rom, one white one black, mint condition

Adidas Barcelona

Sketchers sandals

probably forgot something

The kids are worse, add in various football/astro boots. And the Mrs is worse still (summer/winter wardrobe etc)

You should see our hallway

Around 34

7 x bike

7 x work

3 x boots

2 x shoes

1 x Converse

2 x walking

Around 10 x trainers

1 x sliders

1 x sandals

Probably more that I’ve missed

Pool claquetttes

2  flip flops

6  sandals

2  5:10s

Spd MTB

Time road

3 vans

Veets trail shoes

4 running shoes

2 walking boots

trekking boots

X-C, Alpine and rando ski boots

snow boots

2 steel capped work boots

steel capped work shoes

steel capped wellies

wellies

dress shoes

horse riding leather boots

horse riding rubber boots

3 Boreal climbing slippers

wet suit shoes

I think it might be worth rasing the house insurance

2x shoes for work

1x black dress shoes

2x hiking boots

4x cycling

6x running

7x trainers/casual

2x flip flops

So that’s at least 24

That’s too many

13

4cycling shoes

2 smart shoes

2 casual shoes

1 hillwalking boots

1 steel toe boots

1 wellies

1 trail shoes

1 slippers.

Anybody else but in pairs? At Size 13 wide I hate shopping for shoes. So when I need new casual shoes and find a pair I like I buy 2. Wear alternate days. Airs them properly between using. Twice as long before the next search for shoes

2 pairs of 5.10s.  one (pre Adidas) in everyday use, for pretty much everything, as it’s the only pair I can get my feet, associated padding and insoles in. Post Adidas are waaay too narrow.

couple of spds

dress shoes

walking boots.

2 pairs of trainers, Puma and NB for day to day

1 pair hiking trainers

2 pairs for outdoor work/gardening

1 pair indoor for indoor decorating (old Nike airs)

1 pair skate shoes for my flat pedals

2 pairs posh which never get worn

The big question is where are you storing all these shoes?

2 pr cycling shoes, 1 pr walking boots, 1 pr wellies, 6 pr Northampton shoes/boots, 4 pr trainers, no sandals.

29 I think, probably more though…

10 x trainers

1x running shoes

2 x birkenstocks

1 x sliders

1 x shoes

1 x casual boots

1 x walking boots

1 x snow boots

1 x snowboard boots

6 x cycling (4 mtb, 1 road, 1 Tri)

1 x wellies (normal)

3 x work boots, safety boots and safety wellies

The big question is where are you storing all these shoes?

drawer in bedroom, cupboard under the stairs, by the back door, garage & shed…

brogues x 1

5 tens x 1

spd’s x 1

walking boots x 2 ( winter and summer ).

clarks comfy day to day shoes x 1

sandals x 1

so 7.

Madame Edukator places hers strategically to trip me up. Those that aren’t neatly piled up in their original boxes.

Walking boots

2x trainers

2x school shoes

5x biking shoes

Sandal thingies

Also motorbike boots

Wellies

Slippers

2x walking boots (+1 crampons)

Wetsuit boots

Flippers

Climbing shoes

Ski boots

6x running shoes

7x SPDs

Smart shoes

That’s a lot more than I thought. I went on eBay before the strathpuffer and bought every pair of SPD winter boots in my size, i hate racing with cold feet!

1 x Etnies skate shoes (riding, dog walking, generally scuffing about)

1 x Globe skate shoes (my “good trainers”)

1 x Karrimor (winter dog walking)

1 x splippers

1 x snowboard boots

mine is laughable.

3 x spd

2 x flat mtb

3 x smart shoes

crocs

2 x sliders

86 x nike air max 1

2 x air force one

1 x dunk

2 x lacoste trainers

about 15 pairs of various other trainers.

( I collect air max 1).

How do people with so few pairs, manage to have so few?

Probably 30 all told?

Threw 3 pairs away last week.

Bought 4 new pairs since beginning of May.

~10 pairs of cycling shoes, plus same again of sneakers and trainers then wellies (x2) as well, hiking boots (5 different “weights” from “walking with the kids for a couple of hours” to “hiking across the Lakes with a full rucksack in terrible weather”). Two pairs of birkies (worn with socks of course) flip flops, pool flip flops, beach flip flops, sliders, 5 fingers, two pairs of safety boots… No crocs though. Never crocs.

Hobbies need shoes though right?

Motorcycling – 3

Biking – 5 (SPDs and flats)

Walking / hiking – 5 boots, 2 shoes, 2 wellies

I’m stopping adding them up at this point, but there’s still work shoes, every day trainers, sports type trainers, watersports, sliders, work boots etc. Feet don’t grow so as long as you can store and find them they’re always handy

Probably have 20+ pairs of gloves! And well over a dozen rucksacks

1x Work shoes

1x Brown Brogues

1x Doc Martins

1x Kilt shoes

2x Dress shoes

4x Casual trainers

2x SPD

2x Flat pedal shoes

1x Winter SPD

1x Road shoes

1x Tennis trainers

1x Squash trainers

2x Gym trainers

1x Gore tex hiking trainers

1x Snowboard boots

1x Wellies

1x Asda sliders

Eek, 24 pairs!!!

In fairness, the racquet sports shoes are 15 years old and still good condition and hardly used these days, but still worth keeping, same with the snowboard boots. Kilt shoes (and kilt) have paid for themselves years ago as they are my go to for weddings etc. Probably do have  too many cycling shoes as I mainly ride flats these days but they’ve all been bought now so no point getting rid.

Trainers, work shoes and Doc’s on shoe rack in front porch,  Wellie/ boot rack there as well  Cycling/ outdoor shoes on rack in utility room that comes in from back garden. Dress shoes in boxes in wardrobe. Gym shoes in plastic storage tub in bedroom cupboard  Snowboard boots somewhere in same cupboard.

How do people with so few pairs, manage to have so few?

because the older you get you realise that less is actually more…………….  ;o)

because the older you get you realise that less is actually more

Yeah, less work, less formal circumstances, less random specialist footwear requiring sports. :-)

I think I’ve got the balance about right

3x five tens

2x vans

1x spd shoes

1x walking shoes

1x smart shoes

1x work shoes (Always in the office)

6 pairs of various civvy shoes, boots, trainers smart shoes

2 pairs SPD Winterboots (cos the weather is crap)

3 pairs SPD shoes

1 pair Road Winterboots

1 pair carbon road shoes

1 pair SPD ‘trainers’.

9 in total

2 pairs of casual trainers

1 pair running shoes

1 pair of riding shoes

1 pair of approach/walking shoes

2 pairs of smart shoes

1 pair of wellies

1 pair of DM style boots

more than i can count. worked in a sport shop in my youth so always loved trainers..

Oooooh, snowboard boots x 3. Forgot about them.

(And they’re everywhere, next to the front door, next to the back door, next to the side door, in the storeroom, in the walk in wardrobe, in a shoe rack in the hallway, on shelves in the bike room.)

FWIW, they don’t tend to die until i’ve worn shoes for *years* i don’t roll my feet, or drag them, so the soles last until they are uniformly bald. My son rolls his foot and drags them sometimes too, so he has 3 month old shoes that you can see the inside structure of the sole, his mum is the same…

good hiking boots
crap hiking boots
2x gardening trainers
4x nice trainers
suede clarks
smart boots
smart shoes
wellies

that’s 12 pairs, if you don’t count my slippers.

EDIT also snowboard boots, which I haven’t used since 2005, but I do think they’re still in the loft somewhere

How do people with so few pairs, manage to have so few?

Only one pair of feet

4 prs approach shoes (2 of them in reserve, i.e. as yet unused)

3 prs SPD shoes

5 prs walking boots of various weights (as above, 1 pr in reserve)

2 prs running trainers

2 prs ‘knockabout’ trainers

3 prs rockboots in varying states of repair (1 of them’s at LSR getting resoled, for instance)

2 prs smartish work shoes

1 pr presentable suede boots for going-out to restaurants etc (these don’t see much use at all…)

1 pr crocs for in/out of the garden

1 pr slippers

So 24 in all I think, much like a couple of previous respondents above. Maybe I don’t have a problem after all.

Most of them on the shelf/cupboard in the garage, or in the bedroom wardrobe, apart from a couple that live near the front or back doors respectively
And rather like @benp1 up there, I think we probably need a “How many rucksacks do you own?” thread too, possibly to include bumbags/hip-packs in the count for completeness.

20, often drive by required redundancy (commuting on the bike in all weathers (5) , running in all weathers and styles (4) and fashion (blue, black, brown dress shoes for work)

Ski boots x 2

Motorbike boots x 3

Cycling shoes and boots x 8 ,some just refuse to die and were kept as backups.

Smart shoes and boots (including kilt shoes)  x 5

Walking and climbing shoes and boots x 7

Trainers and casual scruffing about x 6

Jings  😳 🤦

Does this include all your heavily worn shoes kept in the garage?

If then there is probably 20+ pairs.

I currently have:

• 2 x flat pedal shoes
• 3 x spd mtb shoes
• 1 x road shoes
• 1 x walking boots
• 1 x running shoes
• 1 x work shoes
• 1 x steel toe boots
• 3 x general boots, shoes and trainers

So 13 pairs. Quite a lot but no Imelda Marcos

Does this include all your heavily worn shoes kept in the garage?

You mean the ones next to the part worn tyres?

😆 🤣

I’ve just remebered another 2 pairs of trainers/skate shoes I didn’t put on the list above, so mines now at 31 pairs.

Still think I’m not remebering all of them though…

2 pairs of Gumbies flip flops

2 pairs of crocs (one pair for fishing, one for at home)

3 pairs of golf shoes

Pair of Shimano SPDs

Wellies

Walking boots

Chest Waders (does that count)

Two pairs of desert boots

One pair of Wallaby boots

Brogue boots

Brogue shoes x3

Dr Martens

4x casual trainers

8x running shoes

Squash shoes

Shit the bed, 32 pairs, 64 shoes for two feet

! I’m always moaning at my missus because she has a whole wardrobe stacked with shoes and about fifty pairs of DMs alone!

Clear out needed!

3 climbing shoes

4 biking shoes

1 walking boots

5 trail running shoes

2 regular running shoes

3 skate shoes (probs gonna buy another pair today)

1 general trainers

1 smart boots

1 smart shoes

1 less smart boots

1 flip flops

2 slippers (one needs retiring)

Think that’s all of them. 25. Pretty much all get worn though, apart from a pair of climbing shoes I should definitely bin and a pair of trail shoes that have no tread left. Well, and the smart stuff, but that’s just for when it’s needed.