This was the first shoe of Evolv's that I ever owned. I got hooked. This is an excellent all around shoe. It performs well on anything you can throw at it. I particularly love it on slabs. It's edging is hard to beat for an all around shoe, and the heel will not let you down. This is a great shoe.

These shoes smear and edge like nobody's bussiness, yet they are still aggressive and stiff enough to be able to hold a toe on small holds. I have mine sized very aggressively. I wear a size 12 street shoe and i have these in an 11. They hurt the first time i put them on, but after that they have performed very well and I can climb almost anything in them. I do however prefer a more aggressive shoe for anything more than a 60 degree overhang or roof.

I absolutely love this shoe it has out preformed many other climbing shoes in the gym,and sticks to the gneiss rock of the Adirondacks like glue. my street shoe sizes is a 10.5 - 11 and the smallest bandit i could fit in to for more than a half hour was a size 9.5 I don't think these shoes smell any worse than any other climbing shoe, but it is harder to wash the smell out of them.

These were my first rock shoes (actually, the model before this--the black/gray ones). They perform fine; my problem is stink-retention. I don't have smelly fit. Never did. I was genetically spared from that curse. But these shoes...there's something about that eco-friendly suede they use that just retains food odor like none other. Even after airing out for a few days, it's still possible to smell the odor if you get close enough. I know I'm not alone on this. Other reviews of Evolv climbing shoes have noted the exact same stink issue.

These shoes are great. They smear well, edge well, and can climb cracks. I would call them a proformance crack shoe. The lace up is also great, its fast and you can get the tightness you need.

I will for sure get these resoled.