Winter boots equipped with fibre-embedded soles may be the answer to fewer slips and falls on ice this winter, a CBC Marketplace investigation has found. Marketplace took several pairs of men's winter boots to be tested by the KITE Research Institute in Toronto. While wearing the WindRiver boots, Common was able to walk uphill at an angle of 15 degrees without slipping. Lab tests hundreds of winter boots and posts results onlineLi is the brains behind the Rate My Treads website, and her lab tests hundreds of winter boots. The WindRiver boots were the best in the Marketplace test.

Source: CBC News November 22, 2021 22:16 UTC