La Sportiva - Women's Otaki - Climbing shoes
At a glance
- Suitable for:
- Level of experience:
- advanced, expert
- Recommended use:
- bouldering, sport climbing
- Material type:
- microfiber, leather
- Material note:
- contains non-textile parts of animal origin
- Closure:
- hook-and-loop closure
- Sole:
- Vibram XS Grip 2
- Sole thickness:
- 4 mm
- Hardness of sole:
- soft
- Last:
- highly asymmetrical
- Heel tension:
- strong
- Terrain:
- vertical, overhang
- Weight:
- 450 g
- Reference size:
- medium-sized pair
- Fit:
- normal foot / medium volume
- Extras:
- resoleable
- Misc:
- P3 system; Pull off loop; Toe patch; S-heel
- Item No.:
- 301-0334
I have being using this shoe since middle of April, but now they already have a hole. The fit was quite good and the break in was really fast (I don't fit the shoes too tight anyway). I have used them for indoor bouldering (around 4 times a week) and outdoor for bouldering and top rope, mainly sandstone. They were quite good, but in comparison with my previous Miura lace women, I was happier with the Miura and the fit was 100% perfect for my feet (narrow heel, high arch, and problems filling the heel cups).
In general they were a nice all rounder comfortable kind of shoe, that you could wear for quite a long time and they did the job.
The only thing that I didn't like is that the rubber in the sole in the lateral inside it detached, and a friend had a same problem with his male version. But I didn't feel that it affected my performance, even though I am being climbing only 1 1/2 years so I am not climbing high grades.
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- Advantages
- Versatile
- Good grip
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- Disadvantages
- Not sturdy
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- Recommended use
- All around
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