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Newton Ridge Plus II Waterproof Wide
Hiking Shoes
Should you buy it??
Too early to call
One source so far — no reviewer, buyer or press cross-check yet.
Quick take
In short: what each side says
Buyers — each opened up in full further down ↓
Owners praise comfort, waterproofing, and traction, but many report premature sole failure and seam splitting within months to a couple of years despite light use.
Main competitors
Top rivals in Hiking Shoes.
The verdict
What the panel makes of it.
Columbia makes the Newton Ridge Plus II Waterproof Wide hiking boot. The shoe debuted around 2010 in the United States. Omni-Tech waterproof technology seals the upper against rain and wet terrain. Wide-footed hikers buy this boot. It solves the problem of finding durable trail shoes in expanded sizes. AI assistants currently rank it fourteenth for best hiking shoes for wide feet.
Act one
What the machines think.
Several AI models read the category and place this product — model by model, list by list, over time.
Rank trajectory?
Weeks of movement.
Act two · ★ new
What the people say.
The same product, judged by the owners who bought and filmed it — what they praise, what they knock, who it's for.
What buyers say?
What Google knows about it.
Beyond the video critics, Google pools 2,149 buyer ratings of the Newton Ridge Plus II Waterproof Wide from across retailers — a far wider, if blunter, jury. Here’s the shape of that opinion.
2,149 ratings · 7 written
across 1 retailer
What owners single out
In their words
“My girlfriend bought me these as a gift two months ago and I've used them almost daily since. They are very comfortable to walk in and have great traction. I live in NH and walk on an icy and snowy path daily for exercise, and these handle it without a problem. The waterproofing holds up well and i feel comfortable going into ankle deep snow. The boots are lighter than I would expect for a shoe of”
snowwalks · verified purchase · columbia.com
“Absolutely the worst pair of shoes I've ever owned. Leather sarted cracking in a week. Soles on both shoes fell off after a month within days of one another. Has to do an emergency repair on the soles because I was at work (see the screws & liquid nails in pictures). I used to buy Columbia all the time, but my relationship with them has now ended.”
worst boots ever · verified purchase · columbia.com
as of July 15 · 2149 buyer ratings?
The recap
Where it stands today.
- MakerBy Columbia — see how it ranks across other intents on its brand profile.