To the Five Ten long term shoe test, as we climb a lot reviewing holds for Climbingholdreview.com our sister site we figured as we're always wearing climbing shoes that we should do some testing as we went along in our merry little climbing World. So we teamed up with 5.10, fitted the team with shoes and we'll review until the shoes are pretty much dead and we can't climb in them any more.
We're aiming to give you the consumer / climber / monkey have a better idea of what you're buying when you part with your hard earned cash! If you're a reader of Climbingholdreview then you know who we are, if not you can get a brief summary here
This page reads back to front, with the latest posts at the top and the older posts at the bottom. Currently we're testing: Prisms / Guides / Projects and Anasazi LV, and the Jet 7's
UPDATE 3rd August: Projects and Freerunner V2 updates
Monday, August 3, 2009
3rd August > Projects & Freerunner V2
Noodles > Projects: Sorry we've been a little lax of late, between bolting cliffs and reviewing holds we just haven't gotten around to writing what we've been doing with out shoes.
The Projects are still doing quite well, they've been outside a little more and have been abused at the gym and also on the CHR wall. Where the footwork is kind of big I find these shoes to perform amazingly, but once I go near to an edge then I start to have trouble! Why? Let me tell you why!
I'm used to slightly more support under my toes and on the edges of my shoes, these (for me) don't give that support... sure they smear really well so I've no complaints there, and the heel hooking is quite surprising!
Right now the one thing that has to be said is that if I can wear these shoes for long periods of time without screaming then they've got a pretty good fit :) But I do find my feet getting tired when I do wear these shoes for more than a few hours and that's because my feet get tired.
Freerunner V2: So after what? 3 or 4 months of wearing these shoes day in and day out what have I done to them? Apart from being a little dirty (they do get mucky when I ride to work) and some stitching that's coming out on the side of the shoe they're still going strong!!
Ok the sole of the shoes has started to wear down on the heel of both shoes, but considering how thin the soles were to start with and then take how much I've worn them they're still doing very very well. The levels of grip are still amazing, the grey color means they don't look too shabby when dirty and people are still asking where they can get a pair!
The Projects are still doing quite well, they've been outside a little more and have been abused at the gym and also on the CHR wall. Where the footwork is kind of big I find these shoes to perform amazingly, but once I go near to an edge then I start to have trouble! Why? Let me tell you why!
I'm used to slightly more support under my toes and on the edges of my shoes, these (for me) don't give that support... sure they smear really well so I've no complaints there, and the heel hooking is quite surprising!
Right now the one thing that has to be said is that if I can wear these shoes for long periods of time without screaming then they've got a pretty good fit :) But I do find my feet getting tired when I do wear these shoes for more than a few hours and that's because my feet get tired.
Freerunner V2: So after what? 3 or 4 months of wearing these shoes day in and day out what have I done to them? Apart from being a little dirty (they do get mucky when I ride to work) and some stitching that's coming out on the side of the shoe they're still going strong!!
Ok the sole of the shoes has started to wear down on the heel of both shoes, but considering how thin the soles were to start with and then take how much I've worn them they're still doing very very well. The levels of grip are still amazing, the grey color means they don't look too shabby when dirty and people are still asking where they can get a pair!
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