Climbing Shoes Review

When it comes to specialist items there is a little more research involved than normal, and for this climbing shoes review we sought advice on the brands to include.

We found that climbing shoes are a very specialised item indeed – designed for one purpose and with comfort and protection in mind, yet not too heavy and needing to be flexible – and that there are a number of excellent brands on the market, four of which we decided to feature.

Looking for climbing shoes is like lining up a selection of similar items and picking one, yet while many of these look very similar – a shape, after all, that is dictated by the needs of the item – they can be very different indeed as we soon found out!

We began by looking at the Evolv brand, a maker which is dedicated to high quality sports footwear and one that has a firm hand in the climbing shoes market; with a range of male, females and unisex shoes across a wide selection of price ranges and with plenty size and colour choice, we found this to be a great place to start, and each Evolv shoe we featured comes highly recommended.

Moving on to Scarpa, another highly specialised maker with much expertise in the outdoor pursuits field, we found a further collection of excellent shoes for both men and women, and unisex designs, and with some neat and unique touches that make this a well regarded brand in the field.

Climbing footwear is a speciality of the Mad Rock brand, perhaps the most specialised of all the makers, and we found their selection – including some excellent kids shoes – very satisfying indeed, and if you want the best in prices we recommend you take a look at this range and look for special offers, while our final brand is the world renowned La Sportiva, a sporting gear manufacturer with a reputation that is second to none and with a range of superb climbing shoes that covers the male, female, unisex and children’s quarters very well indeed. Superb quality and fantastic attention to detail is – quite clearly – the doctrine that this fabulous maker works to.

All in all we found that as climbing shoes are specialist items the quality was very high indeed, and that while the prices varied it was by a few dollars here and there rather than vast amounts; we believe that this climbing shoes review, although brief, gives you a good overview of the best brands in the business.