7 Mistakes I Made Buying Climbing Shoes

Check out some options for shoes in this video!

[calebjross]

My biggest mistake was downsizing too much. I heard that climbing shoes should be uncomfortable, but i failed to realize that discomfort means i will not want to climb. Better to be too big than to not climb at all.

[gro]

I got my own shoes after one week of climbing, which was the beat choice. It was just over 100 bucks, which was perfectly fine.

[ugo_king_]

i personally picked up some scarpa chimera as my first pair at my climb shop by trying them on i wear size 6 and they were 6 i manged to reach from v3 to v7 in only 4 months as of right now i have been climbing for 5 months and starting to send more and more v7 boulder. my gym is not super harsh but not even to was with the grades. i feel like grabing a good pair of shoes that fits you better then clunchky shoes as you can train mutiple precise foot working. Scarpa chimera are the goat for me.

[Dbdbn]

My first pair were from Decathlon and i recommend them - they are like rentals, with hard rubber and after a year they have no holes on the toe, i like them bc they are comfy and i dont need agressive shoes on most of the routes. My second pair are solutions and to get them cheap i get to the nearest climbing shop, tried a lot for brands and sizes, then found online used for a few climbing session, second-hand pair. I love them and if u dont have a lot of money thats a good way to get good shoes

[qyl-]

My street shoes size is US8/EU41, and during two years of climbing my climbing shoes size starting from 9.5 (at very beginning, I feel wearing 9.5 is "normal" as my street shoes), down to 8.5, then 7.5, and finally 6.5. Now I feel US6.5/EU39 is the most suitable size for me.

[dannys]

based of this 2:50 clip, yeah you should downsize more, shoe and feet should feel and be like one. the creases on your shoe signals that there is way too much room inside and they dont act like second skin. i also have skwamas and i am on my second pair. (perfect for wider feet 10/10 recomend)
i went 1.5 size smaller and its honesly ideal. form 46 street to 44, 5 and i only need to take them off like once or twice a seshion. i think that a good sign you hit the correct size. so its not so comfortable you can walk in them home :D and also no so tight you need to take them off after each boulder

[GamingPIPI]

My mistake was buying too cheap shoes (€60). They had worse grip than the rental shoes. I climbed at intermediate level because I’m pretty strong so I can do things that I’m not supposed to do lol. I think I will buy a medium priced shoe next time, no cheaper than €100 and slightly aggressive curve. The boulders I climb do require foot hooks and stuff. I need to focus more on technique because although my muscles can do it all easily, my tendons are very unhappy. So I need to slow down, focus on technique and be more gentle for my tendons. It’s difficult, because I’m not noticing when I’m overburdening my tendons, because my muscles feel fine. But then all of a sudden I get aches in my tendons… 😢

[maski]

For the rental shoes I stayed with rental for about 2 months(about 10-12 sessions) which was a long time but I wanted to get a good idea what size I want to get and how they should feel on my feet and honestly I don't regret that decision at all since the espadrilles I got fit like a glove

[ВеронікаКостенко-шъ]

Thabnks for the video, I've definitely made some of these mistakes:) And to prevent one, I have a question: could you please recommend a shoe for a female feet, which is on a slim side. I'm looking for purchasing my second shoes, I am not a beginner anymore, that is sure, but at the same time not ready for the super agressive ones.
To give some starting point - I've been climbing in Kronos Evolv for a long time, however now I wish they had a tighter fit. And I tried on Scarpa Dragos LV - again, I wished to have a narrower fit. Looking at La Sportiva Solutions. What are your thoughts on them, and what else should I look at?

[ambroiserabier]

The minecraft piano music doesn't fit, make it hard to focus the video which is interesting.

[tochossj]

i can't use rentals in my gym bc i live in a country were bouldering is not that popular, so i don't ever had the chance to use shoes, now i'm saving por a pair, the problem is that i only have two options, the miura (that are far from my budget and are made more to comp than any else) but, they're on my size (12us). and my other option is the tarantulas, that are in my budget and condition (i have 4 months into bouldering) but, they're are on a down size (like 10.5) and i don't know if they'll be too downsize for me, in one month i'm gonna go to the capital city to buy one pair.
any suggestions?plz

[iDouBLETAPo]

For my first pair of climbing shoes, i got the scarpa veloce a half size below my shoe size. Slightly aggressive, slightly asymetrical, and about $200. Ive had them/ been climbing for almost a year climbing 2-3 times a week and they are still in great condition. More of an intermediate shoe, but when i started climbing i watch tons of tip and trick videos so i started climbing with toe hooks and heel hooks in mind. If i could go back would i buy taranculaces or the cheap evolve pair? No. I feel like starting with an intermediate pair with a good knowledge set going in was the best idea. I quickly rose through the beginning grades and now im climbing v4-v6 regularly. I feel like if I started with a beginner shoe, I would have just ended up wasting money. The one thing I would change is getting my gym membership for the 10% discount before i bought my shoes. Lol

[inconnector]

Those Skwamas are absolutely too big for him, they look like sneakers on his feet when he's climbing.
Kinda ridiculous they talk about agressive/downturn but then he wears climbing shoes that are so big that downturn doesn't even exist.