Very comfortable but not quite there as a rugged shoe. Unfortunately there are few alternatives in this area. I work in a winery so the minimalist style is much appreciated, but after 6 months they get waterlogged and take too long to dry out. And the ribbing/gate around the base of the foot is cracking where the pinky toe flexes. It is frustrating when you pay a buck fifty for 'hiking' shoes and they last 6 months. This shoe is like a 'close, but no cigar' and hopefully Vivobarefoot or some other brand (Merrell, Red Wing... maybe even Inov8) ask China to turn up the quality knob a couple notches.
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I bought these shoes as 'zero drop' shoes that I could put my orthotics in. They are very comfortable and Lacey's nice and tight. They also look good with pretty much every thing(black ones)
The prominent grip on the bottom wears quickly, but seems to be designed for them to wear down over time without changing function.
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The Vivobarefoot hiking shoes fits great. I haven't worn them around much, so I don't know how well they hold up. I have other Vivobarefoot shoes and they are my favorite minimalistic shoe.
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These shoes were created with the notion that barefoot running/shoes are best. With that, this means that a shoe should be neutral and must be allowed to work with the foot wearing it following the axiom: no two feet are the same (often no right foot and left foot are the same). The problem with this shoe is that is designed to fit only ONE foot. That's right, the shoe assumes all feet are the same. Wait, what? If you look carefully at the design of the sole of the shoe, you will see a slight break in the side rubber. This crease is there to give the shoe a flex spot, the problem is, my foot does not flex in that spot and yours probably doesn't either. This caused rather severe damage to my foot, created pain in the severe cubiod part of the foot, requiring a lot of expensive work to get it back to normal. I can't understand how the same people who feel all feet are different, built a shoe that will only fit one foot. As such, I'd stay away from all of their shoes, this fundamental error suggest too many cooks, too many great "ideas," too much "rush to market," and too little time and thought incorporating the thousands of years of shoe making and design into their shoes. For the price, I'd expect much, much more.
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