La Sportiva Tarantula Climbing Shoes Yellow Orange Black - 37.5

Low cost and really great platform to learn and build on for bouldering and top rope. It fared well outdoors but I think is meant as a beginner gym shoe. The rubber isn’t phenomenal but that’s expected. The shoes are cheap and the sole peels later into their life. But true to your street size and enjoy learning on these. They’re good at smearing, edging, okay and heel hooking, okay at toe hooking, offer good friction with correct form

I bought these shoes for my son and they cracked after three months of climbing once a week. The lady at MEC told that it is normal and refused to change. I understand that cracking on the toes is normal for rock climbing shoes, but three months of once a week climbing is too short of a lifetime. The manufacturer should do a better job at using proper materials and retailer (MEC) should also be more flexible - they are in contact with manufacturers and have the possibility to push this to them.

My first pair of climbing shoes. Rubber in the toe area is worn through after 2 months of light indoor bouldering. My experienced mates tell me it's not my amateur technique.We've compared shoes and found that these have very thin, soft rubber on the point of the big toe area. On other models this seems much more reinforced.I'm getting the rubber replaced, but this repair puts the shoes effectively into premium price region.My blue model also leeches color very heavily, but that's no a problem for me.So far I've not had issues with the leather or straps.The fit is great and it would be an ideal beginners' pair if it weren't for the hidden problems.