How to Choose Rock Climbing Shoes

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The Butora Acro (narrow fit) climbing shoes are comfortable downturned performance climbing shoes wrapped in NEO Fuse sticky rubber that is best-suited for steep sport climbing and bouldering.
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View all Butora Men's Climbing ShoesBest Use | Rock Climbing |
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Climbing Shoe Type | Aggressive |
Last | Slip-lasted |
Upper | Suede/leather |
Lining | Microfiber |
Outsole | Butora NEO Fuse rubber |
Footwear Closure | Strap |
Can Be Resoled | Yes |
Gender | Unisex |
Weight (Pair) | 1 lb. 1.6 oz. |
5.5 | 6 | 6.5 | 7 | 7.5 | 8 | 8.5 | 9 | 9.5 | 10 | 10.5 | |
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U.S. Men's | 5.5 | 6 | 6.5 | 7 | 7.5 | 8 | 8.5 | 9 | 9.5 | 10 | 10.5 |
U.S. Women's | 6.5 | 7 | 7.5 | 8 | 8.5 | 9 | 9.5 | 10 | 10.5 | 11 | 11.5 |
EU | 37.5 | 38 | 39 | 39.5 | 40 | 41 | 41.5 | 42 | 42.5 | 43 | 44 |
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The Acro is an awesome shoe for small edges and aggressive overhang. This shoe not only performs well on small edges but also has a bomber heel and dependable toe for hard heel hooks and technical toe hooks. They stay sticky and maintain their aggressive last throughout the entire life of the shoe. They've been my go to send shoe for all my projects both outside and in the gym.
The fact someone who doesn't even Climb gave this shoe a 1 star is a crime. If they wanted a super soft shoe go get Dragos or Furias or something like that. This is one of the best all around shoes in my opinion. I have Furias, Solutions, Instincts, Theorys, Miuras, Finals and these are the best shoe out of all of them. First of all, they fit like a glove (depending on your foot shape ofc). 2nd: The entire top of the shoe is rubber making toe hooking so much less stressful. These are my go to for any toe hook bat hang problem. 3rd the shoe breaks in and is soft but still super supportive. I find my furias/Theorys are TOO soft on problems with tiny crystals. My toe ends up hurting after a couple attempts and I can't run the problems as many times as I would like. These are not stiff to where you can't feel. They are sensitive but supportive. 4th: Speaking of support - I don't know how Butora does it but the shoe doesn't lose its shape over the life of the shoe. Often shoes get flimsy and floppy and somehow these retain their downturned shape for their full life. You will run out of rubber and have holes in them before they collapse. 5th: I am yet to find a better heel. My theorys have a really good heel but these are just as good. It's narrow and can fit firmly into slots and heel hook spots my Solutions literally cannot because the heel on that shoe is too bulbous. 6th: I mentioned the rubber upper earlier but the actual rubber Butora uses, in my opinion is the best rubber. It is SO so sticky which is amazing for volumes. But it doesn't wear quickly. Idk how they do it. On dual tex holds I can put my solutions or theories on and swap to my Acros and INSTANTLY feel an increase in gripping performance on something that's not supposed to be gripped. Acro rubber is top top top. 7th: They just feel amazing on feet. I can wear them all day. I run mine a bit tight (down a half size) and still they are very comfortable once broken in. 8th: Very few people wear them. This is subjective but personally I don't like wearing what everyone else is wearing. No knock on Instincts or Solutions or Theorys. People wear them because they're great. But I love coming to the gym and usually being the only one in Acros. 9th: Easy to take on and off. 10th: No dead space. Shoes like the 5.10 whatchamucallits bend in the middle when on your toe. There is ZERO dead space. It's like a glove on your foot. 11: Great price. This is a top shoe period. There is nothing it does poorly. It does everything amazing. It's the best all around shoe I personally have tried independent of the price.. In conclusion this is my send shoe my session shoe my Deep water Solo shoe. My project shoe. KILTER SHOE. Everything. It does everything amazing. From small holds to volumes it is the perfect balance of performance, comfort, price, everything. If I could be given any shoe off the market right now, I'd want Acros.
These were a top rated shoe years ago so I decided to give them a try. I bought my first pair of Acros in 2019. They were stiff at first, but loosened up beautifully. Now, I am several pairs in and its my favorite shoe I've ever climbed in (which is saying something since I've had close to 40 different pairs from a multitude of companies.) On the flip side, because of the aggressive style of shoe, I would NOT recommend them for long multi pitch unless you have spots you can take them off a bit.
I purchased these shoes for my daughter, she climbs about 6-7 hours a week with a local climbing team. She was very disappointed that these shoes were way too stiff. She said she felt unsafe wearing them because she could not be sure of her footing.