Yeah, but not for my needs, for riding in real cold and snow I use wind/rain pants and winter boots. I love tall gaiters for snow shoeing and such but not for heavy rain or use on the bike as I'm not off road MTB riding. In this case I just want to improve the water protection and maybe the warmth in a pair of SPD attached shoes/boots. One is a heavier leather low cut sneaker like MTB shoe and the other is a mid height Shimano MTB boot. In both cases the tongue area leaks a bit when the shoes are subjected to heavier rain and the spray coming off of the front wheel (even with an effective extension to the front fender).
Adding traditional "booties" seem to work but they are a real PITA to use, they fit too tight on these shoes/boots as they're designed to go over smaller road bike shoes and they cover up the tread (making it suicidal putting a foot down in slippery conditions). So I've been looking for something like a low/mid gaiter that retains all the functionality of the existing shoes/boots, is easy on/off, relatively unobtrusive, but also has a long tongue area to keep the rain off all of the laces, and adds some warmth/wind protection around the ankles and top of the foot.
Those Kahtoola INSTAgaiters are close, they may work with perhaps a small additional extension in the tongue area. They seem to be long enough to keep water from rolling down the boot onto the laces and adding a semi rigid extension will keep water from being blown up under the front tip of the gaiter.
Adding traditional "booties" seem to work but they are a real PITA to use, they fit too tight on these shoes/boots as they're designed to go over smaller road bike shoes and they cover up the tread (making it suicidal putting a foot down in slippery conditions). So I've been looking for something like a low/mid gaiter that retains all the functionality of the existing shoes/boots, is easy on/off, relatively unobtrusive, but also has a long tongue area to keep the rain off all of the laces, and adds some warmth/wind protection around the ankles and top of the foot.
Those Kahtoola INSTAgaiters are close, they may work with perhaps a small additional extension in the tongue area. They seem to be long enough to keep water from rolling down the boot onto the laces and adding a semi rigid extension will keep water from being blown up under the front tip of the gaiter.
