Buy 5.10 | Cotswold Outdoor

Reviewed By imogen, 18 Mar 2012

Best all round shoe

Whether its grit, limestone, granite, slate, sandstone, dolerite; bouldering, sport climbing, trad climbing, DWS, soloing; at the wall or on the crag, overhang or slab, competition or adventure, single pitch or multi-pitch, edging or smearing, heel hooking or toe hooking, 9b or 3+, wet rock or dry, these shoes are unsurpassed.

I got these shoes a few months ago and have used them constantly ever since. The most obvious thing I've noticed is the sturdiness of the Stealth rubber, as they've still got almost sharp edges. I'm eleven and have done the whole Youth Climbing Series (YCS) competition in these, and enjoyed how much easier it was to slip them on and off between routes, for ultimate feet relaxation! The overal fit of the shoe gives excellent toe presicion, and with very sticky rubber you can swap feet on small, slopey and polished footholds. The snug deep heel also makes heel-hooking a real winner. I’ve noticed the velcro straps are a bit long and can get in the way, but this doesn't take away from the excellent performance they provide.
Overall, these are excellent (read top section!)

Reviewed By Matthew, 19 Dec 2011

Awesome

If you ever slip off holds and blame your shoe, now you can't. When you buy this shoe it feels like your cheating in some way the rubber sticks to holds so much more than any other shoe, buy it

Reviewed By , 23 Jun 2011

Excellent! An all around workhorse of a shoe!

I've bought these shoes for indoors lead climbing and outdoors sports climbing and they did what they say on the box. First off, they were a good fit for my foot which is one of the most important factors perhaps, especially as mine are a bit on the wide side. The Stealth Onyxx Rubber feels a lot firmer than the Stealth C-4 rubber and make these shoes fantastic for edging with plenty of support as well as smearing. I have read other reviews and was aware of the support softening after some use so I did what is recommended with any good climbing shoe and took them off while belaying or not climbing and they have held their shape superbly up to now. I sized them down one full size from my street shoe, and while they didn't really stretch they did change shape just a little to mould around my feet which is ideal. The heel cup is great, the Velcro straps give enough adjustment and make putting them on and taking them off quick and painless, again the best way to keep them in good shape while not climbing. However, after using them for a few months, I noticed that while the rubber on the sole is holding up very well, some of the rubber on the toe rand is pulling away from the upper. Yeah, I sized them a little tight and they had to str

Reviewed By Peter, 27 May 2011

THE BEST

Nothing else needs to be said.

5.10 (2 Products)

Great, precise rock shoe

Best all round shoe

Awesome

Excellent! An all around workhorse of a shoe!

THE BEST

5.10 (2 Products)

Great performance all rounder

Great, precise rock shoe

The best all-round shoe available.

Best all round shoe

Awesome

Excellent! An all around workhorse of a shoe!

THE BEST