La Sportiva  Ondra Comp Climbing Shoes

I’ve been using this shoe five days a week for the past five months, and it has delivered exactly as promised. It truly lives up to its reputation as one of the most well-rounded high-performance indoor climbing shoes out there. What makes it stand out is how it blends the best features of its competitors: it has the Drago’s softness, the Drone’s heel, and the classic Tenaya edge. Performance-wise, it excels across the board. That said, there are a couple of durability concerns. When I first tried putting them on, a tear appeared in the upper near the pull tab. I was using my usual size—same as with all my other shoes—and while the fit is comfortable, I was surprised that it ripped so easily. After about a month of regular use, I also started noticing loose threads coming out of the stitching. These have continued to unravel over time. Fortunately, these issues haven’t affected the shoe’s fit or performance. Overall, they’re fantastic shoes that deliver on their promise, but the upper could definitely benefit from a bit more reinforcement to improve long-term durability.

These shoes are for advanced Boulderers and Competitors. Designed specifically to compete with Scarpa Dragos; they improve on the Drago by including a horseshoe shaped innersole around the edge of the forefoot, improving edging and promoting "smedging" where you place your foot above a tiny feature then let it slide down and grip the feature. The Drago has no such innersole, no innersole actually; and for anyone but champion Boulderers, can under-perform the Ondra Comp on small features. If you are an Advanced Boulderer, Competitor or have really strong feet, these are great. But if you are honestly not that good, consider the Mandala. I have used and owned both and - for ME - prefer the Mandala.

Best climbing shoe I have ever owned, they wore down quickly however, this was probably due to climbing every day.

Soft Bouldering shoes are just that = soft. If you need purchase on a small feature, that softness can cause you to slip off. The Ondra's "Smedge Edge" gives you just enough forefoot edge rigidity to stay on a feature and Yes - if you have the chops to try a full frontal smear on the smallest feature, you'll be shocked, then "inspired" that this shoe grips the feature and holds you right there; delivering on its promise to "Smedge". Resist the urge to go up a half size; these shoes break in nicely and you will have the optimum toe curls. Also, the shape of the forefoot does indeed shift power to your big and second toes. Be prepared to add that full frontal move to your Bouldering repertoire, because it WORKS, just like Adam said it would!

I've worn basically every high performance pair of LaSportiva, the Ondra Comps in my whole opinion seem to be the ultimate indoor shoe; they take everything good about the no edge shoes and put an edge on them. They're basically a better theory (toe edge much improved) with better latching than any of the solutions (comps included), the heels MUCH better as well. And most importantly unlike much of the rest of the high performance lineup, they bend in the middle of the shoe, meaning they can perform on volumes WAY better.

Absolutely love them. All the best parts of the Theory in an incredible ability to smear and toe in on steep. Also does all the best thing from the Solution comp even better, amazing on edges and small smear-edges plus incredible at toehooks. Hands down the best high-performance shoe I have worn for both outdoor granite and sandstone, plus the best competition shoe I have worn.

Some of the most comfortable edging I’ve experienced, rubber is sticky, while being firm and flexible at the same time. I absolutely loved them for both bouldering and top roping, mainly used them for top roping because of their pliability. They do stain your feet half black and half yellow if you’re unfamiliar with la sportiva.