These are probably the closest shoe to a velcro Miura (even closer than the Velcro miura which is more down-turned than the miura). They climb really well in all situations and fit very comfortably. Really hard to find where I live though.

I have a difficult foot to fit, wide fore-foot and narrow, sharp heel. I was in the market for a pair of slippers and tried on multiple pairs, putting them through the motions in the gym attached to the store, including the cracks. I don't climb indoors at all, I am primarily a trad crack and face climber in Colorado, Arizona and California. Granite and sandstone.

The shoes had a great fit, and I bought them tight. They also had a fantastic price tag compared to some of the other slippers I tried on. They were comfy even though I had to crank to get my foot into them initially.

I put them through the motions on a long 10 pitch crack and delicate slab smearing climb, the cracks being right facing dihedral, primarily finger tip laybacks on steep sections. In the cool of the morning they were sticking great, but by the time the sun was beaming the incredibly sticky rubber was too soft. This had two effects, the shoes lost their stiffness and they rolled out. They were still effective on the slabby sections though.

The shoes have stretched out noticeably, beyond what I thought they would. I think this is primarily because of a section on the side arch and outside of the shoe where the rubber is cut away and there is just leather. This has created a problem with the long length of the velcro straps, they hang over the outside of the shoe and are effective at sticking to fuzzy slings and draws. I'm wishing I had gotten them even tighter. Now they are my "comfy" shoes. I imagine they will still be great on overhanging boulders and sport routes where toes and heels come more into play, that's what they seem to be made for.

They seem like a great specialty shoe for steep, inverted climbing, and the incredibly sticky rubber would not have a softening issue inside an air conditioned gym. If you're looking for a gym, cool weather sport or bouldering shoe, these are great, especially for the price point. If you like to get down and dirty in the cracks and on the run-outs, sweating in t he hot sun, these are not the shoes.

I have owned two of these, as they where my 2nd pair of shoes, after wearing out my first pair of clunky old Boreal's (some board lasted model). I was always recomended to buy Miura's by all my mates, and I went into the store and as a beginner not used to the toes all being forced in towards the big toe I didn't feel that comfortable in the Miura's, nor the Anasazi Velcro, or the Montrail slippers I tried on. The shop attendent suggested I try these on as they have a more rounded toe box and they felt great. So I bought them... maybe they were a little too great, as they stretch a lot, and the next pair I bought a size down in.

The fit. Corona's have a slim heal so wont be baggy on most people, a fairly generous toe box (for an assemetrical shoe), as long as your not too wide through the mid foot. Where the opening finishes they can be tight if your wide there. They do have a fairly low volume toe box, so they wont be able to be fitted super down turned.

The performance. They are a good all round shoe. They have a little insert near the edge of the toes, that is designed to stiffen the shoe. I liked this feature intially but grow to find it off putting on very small edges and shallow pockets, where I wanted more sensitivity. It does provide a little more stiffness for when your in hand cracks, and on long routed though.

I now have been converted to LaSportiva, but I would still recomend them to people after a good all round technical shoe that, if it fitted them well, would enjoy relatively comfortable performance.

These shoes have served me well in all areas of climbing and are currently my setting and gym shoes. They have had their up and downs for me as far as some bad leather/ design that in certain spots the leather between the rubber may blow out, just sent the first pair back and got new. Also I couldn't get a real high performance fit b/c I physically couldn't get my foot into the next half size down so they are comfortable, but that has built up my toe strength and they only don't perform well on tiny edges. The rubber pad on top works really well for toe hooks and the sling around the heel holds your foot in well and only hurts after wearing them for and hour or two straight (while setting). A great shoe overall and had good friction with stock rubber and got them resoled (has worked great) with some vibram rubber. Not my go-to pair for real hard stuff, but perform excellently for me on most any climb 5.11 or v5 and down.