Five Fingered Shoes

[Mary Kay]

Finally somebody believes me! Walking is better barefoot! Of course that's in a perfect world with no sandspurs, glass, rocks ect. I walk in those ballerina slippers, soft satin like sides with a rubber bottom..deerforms/Isotoner? That last a few months then I need more. I wouldn't need to "break in" these shoes. Plus the very idea of of breaking in shoes is just dumb..why don't they fit in the first place?

Five tips for breaking in your FiveFinger shoes – The Chart - CNN.com Blogs

 

[Pamdane]

I saw these and started crocheting my own. Then realized I'd need a bottom, and couldnt figure out what to use. When they go down in price I'll get some

 

[whiskey]

I saw a girl with those on at our dog match...I imagine they are like wearing those socks they used to have with the individual toes...I never could get used to them LOL...

 

[classwife]

I don't think they look comfy.....???

 

[whiskey]

Do they have toenail bumpers??

 

[Fudgey]

Interesting shoes.....

Do you have a pair?

 

[Mary Kay]

Nope..Not spending 80 to 100$ per pair..whe I can just walk in my 10.00 ballarina shoes or flip flops!

 

[CES]

Finally somebody believes me! Walking is better barefoot! Of course that's in a perfect world with no sandspurs, glass, rocks ect. I walk in those ballerina slippers, soft satin like sides with a rubber bottom..deerforms/Isotoner? That last a few months then I need more. I wouldn't need to "break in" these shoes. Plus the very idea of of breaking in shoes is just dumb..why don't they fit in the first place?

Five tips for breaking in your FiveFinger shoes – The Chart - CNN.com Blogs

I'd have to paint the toenails some bright color....

but i prefer flip flops too- then i can just have my own toenails in bright colors.

 

[Fudgey]

I like my ballerina shoes too!!

 

[moonrai1980]

I love my vibrams. I wore them when we went to Italy and they were worth every penny spent on them. No fatigue in the legs at the end of the day. No blisters. Toes are rubber at the end so if you stub your toe you are still good to go. No knee pain no back pain. Great for miles and miles of walking. I wore regular tennis shoes one day on our trip and I had back pain, knee pain and huge blisters and a very sore ankle from being hit on the back of the leg from a crazy vespa driver. Did I mention that the vibrams are worth every penny and no pain.

 

[classwife]

Hi there moonrai ! I am a funky shoe person...just dont know if I could do those !

 

[Fudgey]

Hi moonrai...welcome to the Women's Room

I don't think I could get used to the material between the toes. If they weren't so expensive I might give them a shot though.

 

[moonrai1980]

Yeah they were a little funky to get used to, feels weird to have things between your toes. But after the second day of wearing them you forget. And sometimes we have funky shaped toes like the pinky that curls or they all curl. But I now have straight toes again so that's got to be a good thing. And since they aren't the most popular shoe people come up and ask questions and if you are smoking an ecig while wearing them then the questions really fly. Makes for interesting conversations with strangers. And the number one question is how do you stand it between your toes. lol.

 

[Fudgey]

I bet you get some really interesting looks to.....ecig and those shoes

 

[Mary Kay]

My post about seeing these shoes today disapeared! Anyway at the mall I asked a guy at a shoe store and he directed me to a store that carries them. They were not bad at all! The problem is the price..too steep for my pocket book. Oh that reminds me..I passed Gucci and Coach...talk about prices!

 

[SuziesMom]

I tried on a pair of the Fila Skeletoes, and didn't mind them at all (and I can't even wear flipflops because of the whole between the toes thing). Skelatoes are about half the price of the Vibrams. They didn't have my size though...so I had to pass them up.

The Vibrams- I had a tough time getting into them, and passed because for $100 I really needed to LOVE them.

 

[Onawa]

I almost never wear shoes.

Let me explain. 8 months a year I wear snow boots outside and nothing or warm socks inside. The few glorious months of no snow I am barefoot every single chance I get. I only begrudgingly wear sandals where mandated by law. (The only month it hasn't snowed in historically is July.)

A long time ago, in my youth, I spent a year backpacking from the middle east, through a bit of North Africa, around the Med, then up through Europe to Holland. All with no shoes. My calluses WERE shoes! I walked though broken glass, melting tar, and gravel. I could put out my ciggys on my feet. I wore DIY foot-thongs when I had to fake wearing shoes.

Ah. Those were the days.

Onawa

PS. I still baby my calluses

 

[FunkyVapes]

They rock, but its hard to go back to regular shoes. Real hard.

That being said, they look awful with a tuxedo... Just saying...

Sent from my Galaxy

 

[moonrai1980]

They will eventually come down in price. And I keep watch at our local shop where they do discounts on sundays sometimes so I got mine for half price.

 

[purplefowler]

I really couldn't do the whole things between my toes but I'm abit funny about feet. I'm purely a walking boot person myself, trainers at tge very least. If I wear sandals then I get walking sandals. But given the chance I'd weld my favourite boots to my feet!