Great Cheap Shoe

By juanFEDORA Ranked #605 - Climbing Shoes November 30, 2009

Pro's: Cheap, Comfy, Velcro, Beg-Med Climber

Con's: Smell, Durability, Non-Tech

My first shoe since getting back into climbing. Bought it for budget and recommendation for a gym shoe to climb through the winter on. I have been climbing on them 2-3 times a week for 6 or 7 months and would have to say I've been very impressed. As I moved up on the climb chart I found them less and less responsive. So great for beginner and intermediate climbers. I would climb in the gym on the lower routes but considering a more technical shoe for lead climbing and with the higher/technical routes. They wore in quickly and the velcro is nice for adjustments or quick insertion or removal of the feet. As most climbers found, these shoes stink. I regularly roll with a can of foot deoderizer/bacteria killer to spray before and after. It keeps it to a minimum that can only be witnessed by sticking your nose in the shoe. The durabilty was great on the simpler routes but the shoes started to shoe alot of wear on the upper stuff 5.10c-5.11d. As for going outside with these...well thats were the shoes kinda fell short. Granted it was limestone karst in Thailand. But after two days of climbing the shoes looked almost dead. I'm going to climb them till the wheels fall off until i find the replacements or just order another pair of these to get me through the winter.

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