Approach shoes are always a tricky thing to buy. Now, technically I don’t own the La Sportiva Mix long enough to really say that, but when I bought these shoes and my feet slipped into them for the first time, I knew that I’d have to have them. Some of them I own for a really long time and they’ve never disappointed me. I have some pieces of gear that I find myself going back to time and time again. Read on for my initial review and for more detail: I can tell you that I am still happy as hell! They are still going strong, showing only minimal wear and I am confident that I will still own these next year! I have used and abused the Mix but they just don’t want to give up. They’ve been out with me on every single climbing day and I used them as my normal day-to-day shoes during winters. I own these for about one and a half years now and I have used them a lot. This is my experience of using the La Sportiva Mix long-term. If you have any more questions on any of the models I own, feel free to ask them in the comments! The pressure point is weirdly off and they don’t seem to offer any benefits for a lot of discomfort. I bought them a size too small and they are very painful. I’d use them on everything but they are just too expensive for that. I sent my 7a in Siurana in them and they are my new favourite shoes for climbing outdoors. They are pretty stiff, have a great heel and awesome toe-rubber. This shoe is higher quality than La Sportiva shoes (it’s also more expensive). Scarpa is showing up everywhere right now and they deserve the attention. They are my go to outdoor shoe for vertical face climbing. Outdoors, they are good for steep overhangs but a bit too soft for face climbing on small edges. They are great for indoor bouldering as you can smear on everything. They are very downturned but still really comfortable. I bought those fairly recently and they are great! It’s a slipper type shoe with one velcro strap. I just think there are a lot better shoes on the market. They are too insensitive and too imprecise. I know, everyone loves these, but I don’t. I resoled them and I’ll see if they last longer now. It’s a known issue that these get a hole just above the big toe very quickly. There is only one problem with these shoes, and it’s a big one: They wear out way too fast. They can be used on everything although you might feel they lack power on steep overhangs. It seems less downturned and it’s even more comfortable. The Velcro is slightly different from the laces version. The only thing that bothers me with them is that they don’t perform well on pockets for me, but they are a great allround shoe. I like them for limestone face climbing when new and use them indoors when the edge has worn off. They can be quite comfortable and they are neither really stiff nor really soft. The Katana Lace was one of my first performance shoes. I own two pairs of these and that says everything about how much I like them. Sorta like speed dating for climbing shoes (be careful, most of them are rather smelly :D). I thought I’d post a quick review of all my climbing shoes. This blog post isn’t really about my shoe addiction however. Just recently I had five pairs of them resoled, so I’m hoping I’ll buy less climbing shoes in 2016 (current count: 0… oh yeah). It’s always the same, I tell myself not to buy any more shoes and then I discover another great offer that I just can’t pass up on. And it’s not like this are all the climbing shoes I’ve ever owned, it’s only the ones I’m currently wearing. Yet, here I am, standing in front of a box filled with eight (8!!!) pairs of climbing shoes. I never thought I’d get a shoe addiction.
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