I am a street size 8.5 Women’s (Nike, Under Armour running shoes), wear an 8 in Converse, and opted for a size 9 in the Butora Endeavors.
I initially was thrown off by the sizing, because the rental shoes at my gym fit me snugly from anywhere between a size 6.5 to size 8 (in their women’s rental climbing shoes). I trusted the reviews and sized up a half size from my usual street shoe.
The fit at first was TIGHT. It was tough, and I felt like maybe I had gotten the wrong shoe, but just barely - my toe pressed right up against the front of the shoe and caused some discomfort, but not pain. After a few days of 1-2 hour bouldering sessions (I’m talking V0 and V1s, super beginner climbs) they started to feel more like the rental shoes, but with rubber that hadn’t been stripped away by endless renters being hard on them. My ability to stay on the wall became 100x better - any failure at that point was certainly mine, and not the shoe.
I’ve been climbing in these exclusively now for about 2 months. I wore socks with them at the beginning to help try and stretch them out a little quicker. Let me tell you - the hemp lining does NOT allow for a huge stretch like I hear most leather shoes do over time. I went sans-sock after about two weeks, and I’m glad I did. The leather has shifted just enough to hug my feet like a glove, but the stretching was minimal. I anticipate the size they are now will be the size they stay until I have to retire them. My shoes are still in beautiful shape - the sharp edge they had out of the box is still prominent, the toe rubber is still sticky, and the heel is virtually unscathed.
Compared to my friend’s Black Diamond starter shoes, mine DO NOT SMELL at all - and I have notoriously smelly feet. His shoes are getting to the point that he keeps Odor Eaters in them. Big plus for me.
As a final note, I don’t have especially narrow feet, nor especially wide feet - I was unsure of which way to go and no one local had Butoras to try on- I opted for the narrow and am glad I did. I think by “narrow” they sorta mean “narrow for a man’s foot.”
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