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With enhanced support and sticky rubber to keep you surefooted in the mountains, the lightweight La Sportiva TX2 EVO men's approach shoes stow easily on your harness—and they're now resoleable.
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View all La Sportiva Men's Hiking ShoesBest Use | Rock Climbing Hiking |
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Gender | Men's |
Upper | Upper: recycled knit; toe and heel: polyurethane TechLite |
Midsole | Traverse lite injection MEMlex with co-molded TPU shank |
Outsole | Vibram Idrogrip |
Lining | Nonslip mesh |
Can Be Resoled | Yes |
Footwear Height | Ankle |
Footwear Closure | Lace-up |
Weight (Pair) | 1 lb. 4.8 oz. |
Vegan | Yes |
Sustainability | From a Climate Neutral Certified brand |
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U.S. Men's | 2.5+ | 4 | 4.5+ | 5 | 5.5 | 6 | 6.5 | 6.5+ | 7 | 7.5 | 8 | 8.5 | 8.5+ | 9 | 9.5 | 10 | 10.5 | 10.5+ | 11 | 11.5 | 12 | 12.5 | 12.5+ | 13 | 13.5 | 14 | 14.5 | 15 | 15.5 | 16 |
U.S. Women's | 3.5 | 5 | 5.5+ | 6 | 6.5 | 7 | 7.5 | 7.5+ | 8 | 8.5 | 9 | 9.5 | 9.5+ | 10 | 10.5 | 11 | 11.5 | 11.5+ | 12 | 12.5 | 13 | 13.5 | 13.5+ | 14 | 14.5 | 15 | 15.5 | 16 | 16.5 | |
EU | 34 | 35.5 | 36.5 | 37 | 37.5 | 38 | 38.5 | 39 | 39.5 | 40 | 40.5 | 41 | 41.5 | 42 | 42.5 | 43 | 43.5 | 44 | 44.5 | 45 | 45.5 | 46 | 46.5 | 47 | 47.5 | 48 | 48.5 | 49 | 49.5 | 50 |
Mondo | 24 | 24.5 | 25 | 25.5 | 26 | 26.5 | 27 | 27.5 | 28 | 28.5 | 29 | 29.5 | 30 | 30.5 | 31 |
For boots: Add one half size to your street shoe size. You should be able to slip one finger behind your heel when you are standing up with the boot unlaced and your toes touching the front. If the boot is too short, your toes will get smashed walking downhill. Too long and your heel will slide up and down and give you blisters.
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I agree with the other reviewer in that these felt very tight around my foot even tho the toe area felt ok. There is a thick padding along the tongue that results in a very secure and tight fit. It’s almost like wearing a very comfortable climbing shoe, which made scrambling feel very secure. I didn’t tie the laces half the time because the shoe is like a tight, rigid sock. If you have narrowish feet apparently like I do, you will really love these, although I did think they felt a bit uncomfortable when I first tried them on. They definitely loosened up after a long day and I really like them now. Durable, light, incredible grip on the rock, and really like the look of them. You will not like if you have wide or higher volume (is that a thing?) feet.
These shoes are insanely tight around your foot. I have narrow feet so La Sportiva shoes typically fit me very well but not these. I even sized up a half size and still returning them. Feels like my feet are being squeezed like I wrapped duct tape around my foot as tight as I could. Horrible. I can’t even imagine a person with an average to wide foot trying to fit into a pair of these.
These are truly outstanding in every way. They feel extremely durable but are somehow light. They've retained everyone great about the original Tx2s but are more comfortable (especially around the ankle), more breathable, more secure fitting, and more flexible. The perfect shoe. I am going to extra pairs and wear them as approach shoes, daily wear, and DISC GOLF! It's also nice that they are resoleable.
Be warned. The fit on this shoe is terrible. It's way too narrow. I wear normal width shoes (size 11 Nike Pegasus fit perfectly) and I couldn't even get this shoe on my foot. I know approach shoes are supposed to be snug, but not like this. I would say this shoe needs to be at least 2cm wider with better foot geometry.
This is a redesing of the TX2 and frankly I liked the old design better- big difference is the old one had a separte tongue where this one has an integrated sock- it is harder to put on and off, less comfortable and fits tighter...I returned it.
I would buy these multiple times over. I need these to be made in four or five colorways.
Tight and narrow on my feet. Ordered a half size larger but was too narrow for comfort