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Useful shoe reviews
February 15, 2021, 11:31:06 am
Hello kind people,

Are there any useful shoe reviews online?

Someone just asked me about climbing shoes, and I have climbed in Miuras for fifteen years—either in size 40, 40.5 or 41 depending on what I need them for—so I have absolutely no idea. I have of course climbed in other shoes when I have needed to panic buy shoes when Miuras been out of stock or when I have needed shoes for specific styles (mostly cracks).

Oh well, out of curiosity, I tried to google climbing shoe reviews and found no useful hits on the first three pages. The reviews I found online were useless fawning over models that were probably handed to the reviewers free of charge. No pro-cons about the design choices going into a model. No comparison to similar shoes of other brands. Very little information about last, stiffness and sizing. Basically a ton of useless waffle leading up to a "grade" with an average of 9 out of 10.

I remember reading something vaguely useful in a paper magazine a year or two ago so it shouldn't be impossible to produce.

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#1 Re: Useful shoe reviews
February 15, 2021, 11:48:23 am

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#2 Re: Useful shoe reviews
February 15, 2021, 11:51:55 am
I find UKC climbing shoe reviews are generally decent https://www.ukclimbing.com/gear/footwear/rock_shoes/

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#3 Re: Useful shoe reviews
February 15, 2021, 11:58:38 am
I think a shoe popularity list would be insightful... I suspect there are a few models in each brands range that make up 80% of their sales... popular doesnt always mean best - but its a start...

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#4 Re: Useful shoe reviews
February 15, 2021, 12:05:56 pm
I think a shoe popularity list would be insightful... I suspect there are a few models in each brands range that make up 80% of their sales... popular doesnt always mean best - but its a start...

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#5 Re: Useful shoe reviews
February 15, 2021, 12:12:02 pm
I think a shoe popularity list would be insightful... I suspect there are a few models in each brands range that make up 80% of their sales... popular doesnt always mean best - but its a start...

#InstinctVS4Life

Quite... me too - though waiting to try a couple of unparallel in anger post lockdown....

 

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