Valenki "Kuoma": the dimensional grid, reviews

Many parents are not by hearsay familiar with one of thethe most popular Finnish brands for the production of demi-season and winter shoes "Kuoma". Some buy it in Russia, others, fearing fakes, when the cold comes, rush to go to Finland for her. What is footwear from the oldest specialized manufacturer "Kuomiokoski", which for more than 80 years continues to successfully win attention and maintains the confidence of its customers in the quality products of "Kuoma", starting from insoles, slippers, working boots, and ending with ultra-modern boots for almost all age categories? What should you pay attention to when choosing products of this brand? And what is the size of Kuom's grid?

Shoes brand Kuoma for many Russians,living in the middle zone of the country, is associated, first of all, with so-called felt boots, which in many respects resemble ordinary children's or adult boots, but not traditional felt products. Warm and light, comfortable and comfortable, with a different color palette - from cold, calm, pastel to bright and bold, including uncomplicated drawings, they give a whole bunch of positive emotions to their "masters". And small preschoolers now do not need to suffer with lightning, laces and clasps: it is enough only to put a minimum of effort in the shoes, putting the foot into the boot without the tightness of "Kuom". Dimensional mesh (reviews about shoes are mostly positive) allows you to pick up felt boots with an elegant shoe, side or frontal Velcro that form a snow-protective cuffs with kulisks, leather inserts, decorative weights. For the female, models are made of a brilliant superpolyamide.

Qualitative characteristics of boots "Kuoma"

Not enough presentable and somewhatbulky (according to some categories of people) appearance completely overlap the quality characteristics of durable boots "Kuoma", the dimensional grid which will be given below. First, they are characterized by good thermal insulation properties, created by a soft layer of artificial fur, felt felt insole, which does not roll in a felt, practical, flexible, shock absorbing polyurethane sole, both high and low (for toddlers). Wear resistance is provided by high-quality modern textiles with moisture and dirt repellent impregnation, side tots and toes, cast on the frame of the same seamless, sturdy, non-slip soles. In addition to special impregnation, the indicator of moisture resistance is the presence in footwear of innovative plastic with closed pores. A convenient shoe and tight backdrop indicates that when sewing shoes "Kuoma" the anatomical structure of the foot is necessarily taken into account. Suitable, including for people with high lift. Another nice trifle, though not so describing the quality of shoes, but playing an important role in ensuring the safety of the child on the road in the dark, is the presence of retro-reflective 3M-Scotchlite elements.

Weather

For what weather are the felt boots "Kuoma"? The dimensional grid of this product implies its use by different age categories in both weak and severe frosts. The air temperature can range from -5 ° C to -40 ° C. To -10ºC is enough to put on a child or an adult cotton socks. Synthetics with felt boots are not recommended, as it will cool and deliver discomfort. In severe frosts, many mothers, still fearing the health of their children, wear thermal or woolen socks or buy thin soft fur insoles, inserting them directly into their native felt. Here everything is individual. If the shoe is matched correctly, sometimes it is enough and a terry toe with boots even in a frosty frost.

disadvantages

The shortcomings of shoes "Kuoma" include the following:

- the more active the child, the faster the heel in felt boots wears out;

- this is not membrane shoes, in a warm room your feet can sweat, so it is better to wear a shift at school, and not walk in boots;

- too thin leg will look in boots Cuom with a wide bootleg a bit sloppy.

Size chart

Kuoma is represented by a rather wide rulerthe Finnish footwear, differing on models, color shades. The range of products produced by the official manufacturer of "Kuomiokoski" varies from 19 to 49. In this regard, for the majority of those interested, a unique opportunity to choose the right solution is presented. The size is fixed on the sole and tag on the inside of the shoe.

Does the Kuom series fit the generally accepted Russian standards?

Depending on the length of the foot, children's shoes,according to all-Russian standards, is represented by the sizes 16,5 - 37,5. For adults, the range varies between 35-50. When buying Finnish shoes it makes sense to pay close attention to the fact that the Kuoma range of products is somewhat different from Russian standard standard sizes. So, for example, if your child has 24, then according to the correlated length of the insole, the "Kuoma" shoes will fit 23 sizes. Also it is worth bearing in mind that the Kuoma size grid (for children and adults) does not have "half-size" values. Therefore, when choosing and buying shoes, first of all, you should not rely on the existing foot size, but on the length of the foot, correlating it with the desired Finnish size along the length of the insole. Slightly lower in the table are data that visually show the suitability of the length of the insole to the right size, which can easily determine the appropriate size of shoes "Kuoma". The dimensional grid, in view of the simple ignorance of the fact that it does not comply with Russian standards, unfortunately, is not always taken into account, which leads to errors.

Nuances when choosing the right size of Kuom shoes

Determining for themselves the right size of the shoe beforeit is important to remember the following. Footwear "Kuoma" can not be worn back-to-back! For this, to the length of the foot should be added at least a centimeter - one and a half. This will allow (if necessary and for calming the mothers) to put extra socks on the child or insert fur insoles in severe frosts, and, most importantly, to provide the necessary ventilation of the feet in the felt boots of Kuom. Dimensional grid (customer reviews testify to this) largely helps in the right choice. Plus, in children under 10 years of age, the leg also grows rapidly.

Dimensions in different models. Table "Cuom's boots, felt boots: dimensional grid"

The manufacturer of shoes Kuoma tried to foreseewishes of their customers and created felt boots of various designs. And there are some models, produced simultaneously for both children and adults. The classic version of Kuomi boots: Putkivarsi for children and Universal for adults are represented by sizes 20-39 and 35-49, respectively.

The size	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27
Length along the insole (in mm)	132	137	145	150	156	162	169	177
The size	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35
Length along the insole (in mm)	184	191	198	205	210	219	225	231
The size	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43
Length along the insole (in mm)	240	245	252	260	265	270	280	285
The size	44	45	46	47	48	49	-	-
Length along the insole (in mm)	293	300	305	312	315	320	-	-

Meets the above sizes of shoes"Kuoma" "Tarravarsi" (Tarravarsi) on velcro (it is positioned as a children's footwear), except that its dimensional grid ends with the 35th dimension. A similar length of the insole has female models: "Gloria", "Elle" and "Glamor" (Glamor) - boots "Kuoma", the size grid which starts with 23 for "Gloria" and "Elle", from 30 - for "Glamor", and ends with the 42nd size for all three models. More similar to the boy's boots boots "Kuoma" "Crosser" (Crosser) have a size of 22-35, the adult version of them - this is the size of 36-47. For children from one year to two and a half years (on average), the Kuoma range of children's nets is 19-24 (13-15.6 mm) with a strong zipper and a fur top inset that protects against wind and precipitation.

In different sources you can come acrossslight deviations of 2-5 mm in the length of the insole. In order not to be mistaken and not to doubt, it is possible to measure the length of the foot in advance, to make a foot stock taking into account its length (heel-toe) and to correlate with Kuom's felt insoles directly in the store.

Proper care

Quite dirt on Kuom's shoes is enoughwipe with a soft damp cloth or wash off dirt from the sole under running water. Most textile models can be washed in a typewriter in a delicate mode. Polyamide things can only be hand washed in water no higher than 40 ° C. After washing, it makes sense to treat shoes specifically designed to restore water repellent properties by aerosol impregnation.