No. And out of respect for White17, I will no longer sponsor the Cabelas Guide Shoes.
They don't make them any more, anyways. I offered to buy White17's off him after I wore mine out, but someone had already stolen them.
Actually, I preferred the Outfitter over the Guide, both were made by Atlas.
As far as the cheap Chinese knockoffs, I've actually run several pair because they copied the ratchet bindings I like so much, and the expensive brands all went to junk bindings that you can't operate with gloves on and often enough come loose and let you walk out of them. My experience with the cheap Chinese knockoffs=they work... more or less. They don't usually hold up for more than a winter or so to rough use. They always have something not quite right on them, because apparently they never just make a direct copy. I've used ones that the bindings were mounted a little far back so the toe didn't come up fast enough when walking and scooped snow every step, and ones where they were mounted at a slight angle so your heel stepped down towards the inner side of the shoe rather than the center and caused the shoe to tip in deep, soft snow, etc. It always seems like something on those cheap snowshoes, and most of them don't have enough curve to the toe (a problem the Guide had also and why I preferred the Outfitter) and will scoop snow when breaking trail.
I like a solid deck, which some others do not. I use my snowshoes a lot hunting and walking through and over brush, breaking trail. If the snowshoes have lacing or holes/gaps between the decking material and the frame I am always sticking sticks and limbs up through them and tripping myself. Now if you are hiking in more open terrain without brush, the solid deck holds snow on top of it and you have to lift that with every step, whereas it falls through the lace type better.
