This shoe is absolutely amazing. The laces allow the shoe to hug your foot, with your foot feeling as though it has been dipped in rubber. Extremely powerful for anything overhung or itty-bitty edging (though you'll feel the pain on slab). The heel is well designed, much less of the huge boxy-ness of the Anasazis, with a somewhat thin strip of rubber that is perfect for thin heel hooks. Sized them a 1/2 size larger than other 5.10 shoes and it seems to work well . . . shoes were too tight to wear for more than ~20 minutes initially, but slowly stretch maybe a 1/2 size after a bit less than a month of climbing in them. Shoes are not too uncomfortable now to wear for even 45 minutes or more, but still feel the perfect size, as it takes 5 minutes to put on the size smaller. Rubber is ridiculously sticky with the extremely cambered toe. Recommend this to any boulderer over practically any other shoe. Climbing V7+ in them right now, and they're going all the way.

Let me start by saying how incredibly painful it is when i first jammed my wide us11 street size foot into a size 11us dragons. It was so painful I thought id just return these shoes. It took about 4 days of wearing these at my desk to finally have them fully stretch out and conform to my foot. It feels tight like a glove and performs up to to expectations. If they made the rubber any stickier, ur gonna have a hard time pulling ur feet off the rock. Heres how i sized them. I wear 10.5us in my anasazi vcs, 8.5 in sportiva katanas and 11us in these. They are a full size smaller than the anasazi. You want them TIGHT otherwise its pointless. The heel is phenomenal. doesn't move an inch when hooking. I only use these during bouldering which i would think is the only purpose of the dragons. If ur looking for the ultimate bouldering shoe, buy these. Worth every penny. Oh and buy a bag of frozen peas from the grocers after putting in ur order. Ur gonna need to ice those toes before they fully break in. Fight through the pain and you'll love these shoes. Thanks Kipp in customer service for the support.

i havent climbed in mine yet.....ive had then for about 5 days and still cant even walk in them i had to really stuff my size 13 foot into 12.5s but they are comming along im really hoping i didnt get them to small but im sure there going to be a great shoe...so far very painful break in though

I got these shoes 3 months ago. From what I've used (rentals, so big difference there), these are THE BEST shoes out there for bouldering. I wear size 10US mens street shoes and wear a 9 in the Dragons. After breaking the shoes in, the fit is absolutely perfect. The rubber is insanely sticky. The downturned toe is amazing for edging (Not as fun to walk in, though) and the strip of rubber on the heel makes for effortless hooks. The only thing I would like to be different about these is velcro instead of laces, as I like to take my shoes off FAST after giving a climb my all. If you're investing in some nice shoes, get these. They're awesome.

so i bought these in sz 6.5 and 7.5 because i was not sure about the sizing from what i read. i wear 37.5 in sportiva solution's and they fit snug. i got the 6.5's in these first and they were unbearable! the length felt good but they were far to narrow. So i ordered 7.5's and sent the 6.5's back figuring they would be better. the length was about the same and they were just a bit wider, but my heel didnt get the snuggness i needed. These were frustrating shoes to try to work with. I know they are awesome for a lot of people, they just werent right for me. I also tried jet 7's and came to the conclusion that five ten is unpridictable with sizing and trying them on in a gym IS A MUST before buying. I live in the UP in MI so it was hard to try them on before hand, but i would highly recommend either trying before you buy or buying several sizes and sending the one's back that dont work.

Awesome climbing shoes. First time I used them I was amazed on how well they performed compared to my cheap beat-ups. These things will smear and hold like a champ and make the toughest hooks feel unreal. The only thing I have to complain about is the size guessing I had to go through with backcountry.com to get the right fit. It was hard to guess which size fit the best. I ended up getting these 2 sizes above my street shoe after 4 returns. The only thing that would make this shoe even better would be to make a velcro version - laces gets tiring to put on/off and these shoes hurt after wearing them for a while. Great shoe, I'll be sticking with these for a while, no pun intended.

I ordered two pairs of these shoes, 10.5 and 11, I am size 10.5 street shoe, 9.5 Anasazi VCS, 41, Testarossa. The 10.5 fit me best, wore it two days in the gym and my heel an there was just a little too much space in it for me. The toe was incredible, I just tend to find that Sportiva fits my heel better. Anyhow, incredible service from backcountry, free return shipping and free shipping on the new pair, good stuff.

I don't think I need to say that these are great shoes very sensitive and also very sticky. The most important thing to know is very tight more so than other five tens I am 11.5 street shoe and I ended up with 11.5 dragons after two returns and they are still very tight. Great shoe highly reconmend.

the bombest shoe ever, in my experience
i didn't think i was a fan of laces, but they sure do keep a foot snug, especially helpful for tough heel hooks and the like...
anyway, a little painful at first, but after a little wear they... still hurt... but it was worth it to crush like that
the sizing was a little weird, i mean i wear a size 9 street shoe (and that's a little big, too) but the size 11 dragon was the smallest i could fit into...so i'd recommend trying one on before actually buying one
all in all, very sticky, very durable (had mine for more than a year, i think), and very great for bouldering, especially. keep on crushin'!

I love these shoes I would not even think about using another pair of shoes. not only do they use Stealth rubber but they fit like glove on my foot. Again I love these shoes

I have a pair of Jet 7's in a size 7 and had to get a 9 in the Dragons. I could fit into an 8 but the pain was rediculous and it turned my toes so much that they would be useless. The 8.5 was doable but crunched the hell out of my toes due to the narrow width. I went with the 9 (street shoe is a 9 as well). I wear a 7.5 in the Anasazi velcro, and a 7 in the Moc.

i almost returned them untill i read another review on here that said wear em around a bit... they were extremely painful the first time i pulled them on. I've only been wearign them for afew days but they definatly kill it on overhang the heel which seemed alittle large mis-shaped seems to be molding around my foot and looks like it will fit perfectly with alittle more use. as far as use is concerned they fit like a sock perfect around the toes and laces really do a good job to help the shoe hug your foot. its the best shoe ive owned however my only complaint would be that due to the thickness of the rubber in the toe you dont get the feel ive had in other shoes but the pressure and grip is there it just gives a numb sensation...

buy these shoes you wont regret it

order at least a size to a size and a half larger than you're normal 5-10. Great shoes.

This shoe is amazing. Perfect camber for steep routes or boulder problems, and unlike some of my other steep climbing shoes, the lace up allows me to size this shoe more comfortably than a moccasin or velcro shoe. I have a wider foot which made break in a little uncomfortable, but after some extended use, this has become one of my most comfortable shoes, and is my highest performing. I will continue to buy this shoe as long as it is in existence. I also own the Jet 7 and the V10 by FiveTen, the La Sportiva Solution, The Evolv Pontas, the Scarpa Booster, and the Mad Rock Super Loco. This shoe kicks the crap out of all of them with the Jet 7 coming in a close 2nd. I haven't used the FiveTen Project yet but this shoe is still amazing! Between the Dragon and the FiveTen Anasazi I will never need another shoe.

great shoe...runs really tight when i can squezze my foot into these boulder shoes i climb better than anything.. i use the la sportiva solutions too. they are okay. but run really big!! when i am heel hooking with the solutions my heel in the shoe comes off. but all around shoe go with the DRAGONS better rubber jus deal with the pain in the dragons an there will be a send train on the rocks.