Just got these shoes so will do a follow up to this review. The fit is a litttle strange and I will have to get used to the slight hump behind my big toes. When you put your foot in the shoe it seems kinda tight but then your toes settle into the toe box and it feels snug. The heel cup is perfect for my foot and did not slip. I used these to climb granite sport routes and boulders. While the rubber is super sticky sweet, the heel hooking takes some getting used to because the shoe has an extra strip of rubber that bulges out. I will probably sand it down with my belt sander. The price for the shoes was great. Tell everyone $74.00 at Seirra Trading Post, use the CLIMB discount code hurry sizes are limited. I wear a 43 street (9.5 US) and got these in a 41 (8 US) and the fit was TIGHT yet I believe they have stretched a liitle. Love these shoes for the routes that had small edges and little tiny foot holds. They stick well into pockets and tiny finger cracks. The boulder problems with toe hooks went smooth and effortless for the shoes (not me). Overall fantastic shoe and would say get some. At the price I paid I wish I had bought two pair, one to have when the first pair go to the rubber room.

Pretty solid shoe. Definately a boulder shoe, agressive, sharp and stiff. I have average to wide feet and these shoes fit well, my only complaint in terms of fit is, as with most shoes, the heel tends to slosh way before the toes. It's gonna kill your feet at first, but you gotta size down from your street shoe, I would recommend a full size- they don't stretch too much but they do mold to your feet quite a bit. Spent some long days in these babies and it can get rough, I would definately say these aren't my first choice on all day hauls. When it comes to cragging and the boulder fields on the other hand, these are top notch. The rubber is super tough and sticks to limestone and granite like nothing else, but not the best on plastic, I wouldn't splurge on these if they're never gonna real rock. Overall, if you need (and can afford) a shoe that can send harder than you, these wont let you down.

Pretty solid shoe. i used to climb with this one guy who would only wear these and he loved them. i ganked them a few times when we outside but they felt kind of weird to me. maybe they were a bit too tight but the way he described them to me made it seem like he felt the same way. The toe is stiff and that takes away from feeling the rock but its still a really solid shoe. i like the boosters better but these are really one of the best shoes i have used. all around-pretty good.

Great shoe! I bought mine, and have mostly used them for very steep outdoor climbing on a range of textures: volcanic tufts, lava tubes, limestone and granite. The toe takes some serious getting used to, but makes for fantastic edging once you are accustomed. In terms of smearing, it's not the greatest shoe out there. I'm not sure why it's marketed like that. The way the toe is solid at the tip makes it not as "feelable" as some other shoes. Nonetheless, the rubber is great and the shoe does perform.

One other minor quip is the heel rand. It's very, very strange. The shoe will heel hook a tiny hold without too much trouble, but it doesn't do as well on large sloping objects because of the way the pressure is distributed. Either way, you just have to be very considerate about what and how you heel hook. In some cases I've had better results from hooking crimps or edges than a bulgy arete.

Pros:
- Great edging, once you get used to the thickness of the rubber on the toe.
- Quite comfortable, for being so aggressive.
- Extremely accurate on toe and heel
- Low stretch comparatively

Cons:
- Heel rand is weird, try it out in a store and decide if you like it first.
- One of the velcro clasps nearly broke within the first month or so.. but this could happen with any shoe.
- Sucks for plastic. The rubber is hard, and it works significantly better on actual rock.

Summary:
Solid shoe, takes some getting used to. So far, as a "project" shoe for steep climbs, totally worth the money. Don't buy it for gym cranking.

The Feroce is probably the best all around shoe that i've ever used. Whether on something super steep or technical on something totally vertical...the shoe seems to hold up to just about any style/terrain of climbing. It heal hooks really well, it edges amazingly well giving total confidence on the smallest of holds, and with how the toe box is created (the bulge from plastic insert sitting under the front of your foot) it gives you a infinite down-turn thus allowing the last of the shoe to stick with you for forever more.

The price is on the higher end of the spectrum, but as they say..."you get what you pay for"