The typical human foot is an anatomical marvel of evolution with 26 bones, 33 joints, 20 muscles, and hundreds of sensory receptors, tendons and ligaments. Like the rest of the body, to keep our feet healthy, they need to be stimulated and exercised. I bought a pair in Holland, MI. It took me the longest ever to decide which one and what color. It never happens with shoes and ME. Yes the shoes do look scary. Especially the black kangaroo leather ones. So I decided to settle for the least obvious ones in light grey. I still get a lot of attention simply because it does look strange. It's different alright. Putting your toes in all at once was definitely a task. It just won't go in together-it was a fight. Years of high heels and other culprits made my toes dumb. Yeah dumb not numb ;) It wants to immediately curl into a ball and get ready to stuff itself into a tight space. At first I was afraid to step on even just the street outside the store. But once I got started I was very happy with it. Now I am walking all over the place with it. My toes are more in its natural state now. Relaxed. I'm giving it four stars simply because it wasn't able to stand the rigors of my backpacking trip. It was just simply made for a light trek or non granite types. Don't get me wrong. It offers a lot of protection just not enough cushion for what I carry in weight when I go on backpacking trips. I bought the new model called Trek. It offers more traction and more coverage. I was very excited to try it on a much simpler trail that is more suited to a day hike. It worked very well with my rocky hike on Inspiration Point. I also started wearing the five fingers socks with it and it is a much better experience. For an avid hiker my feet is very sensitive. SO any possible hot spots is fixed by wearing the socks. I am convinced that this is very comfortable and healthy for you feet. Not sexy at all. But hey you're either born sexy/hot or not. No sexy shoes will make you sexy! So buy one and stop stuffing your toes when you don't have to. My next pair will be the brown Kangaroo Leather. Price on a pair of VFF?$100+tax. read more

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Being in the fitness industry I had done my research and drilled everyone I knew who had them to see if they were right for me. I got 50/50 reviews, some people like them, some found them to be "a waste of money" (note the quotations, I really did hear that a couple of times from people using them as slippers at this point because they disliked them). I run, I teach Yoga and Pilates. For me it was a no-brainer, no matter what other people said, it just seemed that they make perfect sense for me to own them. I carefully measured my feet per the instructions and ordered a pair. They came a couple of weeks later and I was sad to see that they were way too big. No problem, the exchange policy is pretty clear and easy. Less than an hour after getting them they were on the way back, $9 later for return shipping, with delivery confirmation. After checking to see if they had gotten the shipment I waited 8 business days after the date of receipt and sent an email asking about my exchange. I got an email basically telling me that it took at least 10 business days after getting them to RE-SHIP. Ok, fine. 3 weeks after sending them I get my exchange and they too had about 1/2" extra space in my right heel. The shoes didn't fit either. Again, I re-measured and this size was technically a size too small per their instructions yet were still too big so I again sent them back and requested a size smaller. Another $9 later with delivery confirmation. They got the shipment on Feb 19, a Saturday. After 5 BUSINESS DAYS - around the 28th we send an email inquiring about the status. No answer. We send 3 more emails. No answer. Today we send another to just about everyone in the company asking for the status of my return. It wasn't a nasty email but we are frustrated it is TWELVE BUSINESS days after they received the shoes, all we want is a shipment number or to let us know when we can expect them. No answer other than a refund. We didn't ask for one, we just wanted to know where my shoes are and were given no explanation as to where they are or why they just gave us a refund. Horrible customer service at a time when people think twice before spending their money. They obviously don't want us as customers and have no interest in customer service per the appalling response. No problem. I have plenty of clients, plenty of people who respect what I have to say and what I can recommend for their training in running, cross-training, triathlons, Yoga, Pilates and honestly I have never had an issue with Asics, Nike and even actual bare feet for some of the classes, so I guess this product won't be one I recommend because I can't do it - I would never recommend a product from a company who treats customers this way. read more

Well, I was wrong. You can still heel-strike with these on, but you'll still be surprised at how ok it feels. You'll be surprised at how much stronger your feet feel. read more

I wanted to try their Five Finger shoes but they do not offer sizes for me or my husband. They say size 45 is for size 11.5 in mens and size 11 in women's is 43. But they explained that size 43 in womens if for sizes 10.5-11 and the men's 45 is 11-11.5. I am confused how a shoe can be TWO sizes but I am very dissapointed that they don't offer our sizes. And to clarify, they don't offer our sizes because a shoe cannot be TWO sizes at the same time. I don't trust that they would fit, if I need the larger size on the TWO size range it doesn't seem likely that they would fit. They need much improvement. Though their customer service response time is within 10 minutes! Very quick with replies. read more

Absolutely the ugliest, most uncomfortable "shoes" someone ever had the gall to market as footwear. I've never seen someone wear these without looking like an absolute ass, and as it turns out they are also really bad for you. A double whammy. I've tried on several pairs when they first started making the rounds for hikers and joggers. I have a few friends that used to swear by them, but now will not wear them "in public". I have another friend that got serious back aches from wearing them while jogging. I'm really glad the pairs I tried on never fit well enough for me to consider buying. A really good pair of sneaks at the same cost, will last you longer than a pair of Vibrams, they fit better and they don't make you look like a d-bag. read more

I too had a bad experience returning a defective pair of five-fingers to Vibrams. I ordered them on January 31 and received them just two days later. One of the shoes, however, was defective. The initial insult came when I was to pay for the return shipping. Once returned, I never heard anything from Vibram. I called and was told they were backed up due to the weather. One month later, and still no shoes, I called again. Still, no help or history of my return order. Almost two months later and to say the least, I was upset. I called and demanded my shoes. I was told they would be shipped directly to the company for inspection and then overnighted to me. They said I would receive a call the following week letting me know my shoes were on their way. I never received that call. I called again and simply demanded my money back. I was told the credit of $125 would be posted to my account the following day. FIve minutes later, someone called me from the company apologizing and sympathizing with my experience. She said, "We want to make things right. Can we send you the shoes." I honestly, at this point, didn't want them. But hey, if they were returning my money and still wanted me to have the shoes, I thought, "maybe this company isn't so bad after all." I just got my shoes but... no refund. I called and was told that it was a misunderstanding on my part and that I would not be getting my money back but, "enjoy your shoes!" I never want to wear those dumb shoes from that terrible company. The shoes are going to the back of my closet. I don't want to ever see them again. That company could use some help with costumer service. I will never recommend them to anyone and will never give them my business. read more

I've owned two pairs of FiveFingers, having bought the first pair as a recovery attempt from a "partially torn pateller tendon" in my right knee. I have run long distance trail races for over 5 years and had over-trained to a point, this being the outcome. After a year off and tons of PT/stretching/strengthening I started out in the Vibrams, very short distance at first and am not up to about 15-20 mile long runs. They have completely changed the way I run, from my feet to my knees, hips, and back. I have ZERO pain in my knees when I run and feel fantastic; completely giving credit to the Vibram way of life...next up - barefoot :-) read more

I love my vibram five finger shoes, even though it was a 3 week progress getting used to them. I like the fact I feel like im walking around bare foot. read more

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