The Ultimate Barefoot Shoe Guide

In this barefoot shoe review we cover the 6 benefits of wearing barefoot shoes, as well as present the 6 styles of barefoot shoes available on the market. For a comprehensive list of the barefoot shoes we use and recommend, follow the link below.

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[ALAKAZOOVOLANT]

After wearing barefoot shoes solely for 10 years, I recently broke my foot in a stupid accident. As a result, I've had to wear stiffer shoes for a period of time and let me tell you, it's been hell. It literally feels like I am walking with stilts on and my balance it totally off. I realized how much I use my toes now while walking around and even going down stairs feels like a perious exercice. If I reverse my experience and look at most people who have worn regular shoes their entire life, it's no wonder a lot of people fall when they get older, they've been robbed of the sensory feedback our feet offer. I try to raise awareness around me about the benefits of barefoot shoes but there is still a lot of scepticism around the idea. Thank you for spreading the word.

[ChristysChannelYall]

I switched to barefoot shoes cold turkey. I was wearing Brook’s and my toes were constantly hurting and then after a while, my ankles. I was super annoyed because they were expensive. So I did some research. I like to go barefoot a lot and live in a warm climate so always wearing cheap flat flip flops. So, I decided to try the barefoot shoes. My feet LOVE them! Been wearing for about a year now and I can’t wear anything else anymore. If I do my toes get mad at me 😂

[DanielSantaCruz]

Just completed my second marathon in barefoot shoes (the Xeros), thanks in part to your channel! Been a great and fun multi-year journey. I can't imagine willingly ever going back to regular shoes.

[katrinadumonceaux]

Yes! Please do a barefoot sandal review!! Thank you for all the amazing content. My husband and I are LMBT and operate a pain management clinic. We reverse engineer the pain and where it is actually coming from in the body, then fix it. We believe the foot is the foundation of our bodies and have been barefoot enthusiast for years. Your channel is the number one place we send our clients to for information on starting their barefoot journey.

[pavelsk]

Dear friend, this is the most detailed, visual and concise guide to realizing what shoes are really good for people that I have ever seen. This manual should be translated into as many languages as possible. Giant thank you.

[RamboJuve]

I would love a video on recommended barefoot sandals please! I have been waiting for one from your channel and think it would be fantastic!

[cocainecarl]

We need to keep this man alive at all cost

[ezb]

I’ve been working my way through your videos, and I love the content. For the past 6 years, I have been wearing exclusively barefoot-style shoes made to measure for me by The Drifter Leather. I had to revise my measurements after a year because my feet got bigger in all directions from muscle development! And the severe foot pain that I had in my 50s has never returned (I’m in my mid-60s now). So I’m a believer.

My biggest complaint about barefoot shoe manufacturers is that so few of them make shoes that are wide enough for my very wide feet: to fit the width, I would have to buy them 4-5 sizes too long, which clearly won’t work! That’s why I get all my shoes made to measure. But I wish some of the manufacturers would wake up and make shoes in several widths.

[darkphoenix]

"a very rich sensory experience" == "hurts like XXXX" 🙂

I hiked 11km in my barefoot shoes on the weekend, and ultimately had to switch back to my regular pair when the pain of a rocky and rock-covered slope became too much to bear! Still, it was my first attempt at a full hike in them, and apart from the occasional stretch of discomfort it was an interesting experience that I shall definitely be working on improving! 🙂

[ibrahimalmoosa]

An excellent, excellent video.
Brilliantly made, clear, concise and informative.
Even a totally uniformed person will be brought up to speed on the concept of barefoot shoes!
Well done! 👍🏻

[gobihoukou]

Barefoot shoe transition program... nice. Mine was get a shoe socks and start walking on rocky forest trail 😅. After three or four months, blisters stopped appearing, everything is good since then. Also, I had knee surgery beforehand, and barefoot shoes helped me with recovery - it really took some load from knees, when I changed my walking style.

[tzarnick]

Vivofoot shoes are unnecessarily expensive. Minimal materials, yet they are over 100 bucks...

[rogermccormick]

Awesome!!! Thank you. My 13-year old daughter already has bunions even though she hasn't worn restrictive shoes.
Will definitely look into a good pair of barefoot shoes right away!

[cheesychoke]

This is an excellent video with easy to understand analogies and well-explained concepts. We need more of society to wake up and stop normalizing intentional foot deformation.

[milligoree]

Love your videos! I am definitely on-board with the wide toe-box and zero drop, however I have serious reservations about the lack of padding if all you walk and run on is concrete. I know barefoot enthusiasts say you get used to it and that your foot was meant to do it, but even horses need horseshoes to do the things demanded of them by humans, especially on man-made surfaces. I think firm padding (like rubber, not foam) of something like 1~2cm is the best compromise. The Luna Sandals guy has said that the Raramuri use thicker rubber, and are not onboard with some of the super-thin sandals he offers, especially over their rocky terrain.

[mehmetgurdal]

I live in the rural areas of Turkey.
Although I use the normal thick shoes I can understand what do you mean by feeling the ground.
I have been paying attention for my footwear since 3 years now. Shoes with front-heavy soles were running my back and ankles and after experimenting I had saddled down with a shoe with round shaped sole, it does have arc support but its toe areas are also pronounced. Although they don't let me fee the ground I do strike my toes first (unless I'm running down a hill)
These look interesting. I'd love to try them, although they might not be a good fit for some of my walking areas; they are filled with sharp rocks and thick thorns.

[keffir]

wow, i've been walking barefoot at home for 12 years and always was curious about how someone can feel uncomfortable while wearing sneakers. Now it makes sense.

[ottoteck]

I’m 65. After knee surgery I wore flat slippers for 3 months . When I could put on regular shoes I was all messed up. Plus I have a bunion toe. I’ve had trouble finding shoes wide enough for my left foot . Finding shoes my foot will fit in was amazing. That’s all I wear now. Not looking back

[ANPC-pivu]

I'm a woman with small but wide feet and have always had trouble finding shoes that fit without buying a size up. I also remember running a lot as a little kid until I got diagnosed with flat footedness and put in special shoes which hurt. I think that is the point at which I went from being a kid who could run for ages to not running at all. I also developed exercise induced aesthma just a few years after that that was never diagnosed or treated until recently in my adulthood. It honestly all makes so much sense now and I'm really pissed off.

My favorite shoes now are a thin flat soled slip on shoe that has a stretchy knit top. At first walking flat hurt and felt awkward but now they are the only shoe I can wear without my toes feeling crowded. I also have some sandals that are only a bit contoured and cussioned, but otherwise flat and wide, and I wear those all the time now, too. I kind of miss the longer strides I had in my lifted wood heeled hiking boots, but now I find them so painful.

I had no clue about any of this to be quite honest.

[carrioncrow]

I have found that the water shoes that you can buy for around $20 on Amazon is a good starting point for most people. Wearing them around the house and for short errands is a good introduction.

I jumped right in by buying some Vivo’s and then moving to water shoes around the house, but I am 100% a convert. I need to start selling my Allen Edmonds shoe collection, as I’ll never go back to fashion shoes again. I have always had a wide foot and bought accordingly, but it was still not the right shaped toe box