Awesome looking shoe, awesome toe rubber, and love the color scheme. That being said, this shoe has much to be desired. Not to say that it isn't a decent shoe, it is, but when I decided to take these for a ride, I expected much more.

I had the FiveTen Jet7s before these and loved them, but the one thing that it lacked was decent toe rubber - on big toe hooks the Jet7s provided very little layering, so it sometimes hurt when you do hard toe hooks. I saw these and was impressed by the design, especially the ribbed toe, and decided to give these a try.

Rubber - The rubber feels like plastic. Despite Mad Rock giving you a sample grit paper to test out how sticky their Science Friction is, it wasn't all that sticky.

Heel - Because the same rubber is applied to the heel, I had a hard time sticking small heel hooks. Even juggy heel hooks feel very insecure. It could be because these shoes have a wider than usual heel compared to my Jet7s, and I have a narrow heel, but I didn't trust my heel hooks to hold at all and in fact slip off quite often. The tread design is a nice concept, but without a soft enough rubber, the treads won't flex and grab right.

Toe - The one thing that shined on these shoes. The ribbed design and rubber covering your little piggies is awesome in every right. No exaggeration here, it felt like I could overhanging toe small jibs with these, and it definitely provided enough thickness to not scream in pain when you're toeing hard.

I'll be going back to my Jet7s in the meantime.

For a while I've been using the Five Ten Dragons. Love them, never fails to grab the tiniest crevices or most awkward toe/heel hooks. They hurt like hell tho', and the laces are a hassle to take on and off. I decided to transition to velcro strap shoes and found these babies. These things are pretty much Dragons, same awesome rubber, same awesome stickiness, but much better. 1. The low position of the velcro strap allows your ankle to flex without being restricted like with laces, making hard toe betas easier. 2. The shoe is very easy to throw on and off due to the single velcro strap design and large tongue and 3. the padded tongue is very comfortable. Summarized: it's like dipping your feet in liquid rubber that you can peel away at whim. Try these, you won't be disappointed.

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.