Came within 24 hrs, amazing, and the shoes are amazing, tight at first but hopefully will stretch, look good, easy to get on and off, wore them for the first time at TCA bristol and was very imprest
the primes are exactly what i was looking for in a new shoe something that give me a extra performance on bouldering and indoor climbing and something that would steadily bring me up a grade, these shoes are some the stickiest i have ever worn in they have great edging possibitys friction is immense and with the box toe gives u that extra bit of strength....
these are also a very tight fitting shoe as are most evolv so i would recommend moving up a size or a half size from ur regular shoes.... the cons are as said already the toe hole after 6 months and and the smell but thats it...
if ur looking for performance this is the shoe,but if u want a shoe u won't have to resole for a few a years or more go for something else....
I purchased these after my evolv pontas had a pierced hole in the toe area. These felt incredibly comfortable but i had to go a whole size bigger, i think this was due to the down cambered shoe which requires getting used too! However this shoe was very good at overhangs and the rubber is really soft which makes the shoe very sticky. As a intermediate boulder person this show is fantastic and is worth buying. I am now 4 months into wearing this shoe and all is well =]
The best shoe that I have ever had in terms of performance they fit my feet like a glove and the Evolv rubber is the stickiest around. Sounds good here comes the catch they are the the worst shoe I have ever had in terms of longevity I had two pairs of these in less than six months, with my first pair having quite a horrific death with the whole of the front section of rubber comming away from the shoe due to poor quality manufacturing on evolv's part which seems to be a trademark of evolv shoes. In terms of fit I had both my pairs a size down from my street shoe size and they were still comfortable. Overall I would say that they are worth a purchase if you are looking for a shoe to do bouldering comps in of to complete a difficult project in they are a bottom of the bag special occasion shoe because they can't take much punishment from regular climbing.