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Review 5 out of 5 stars

Review by: shiggetyshiva, 2006-01-02


FIT: I wear a size 13 US street shoe, average width, and took a size 44 (US 10.5) in these. Snug but not painful, these lace-ups are downturned just the right amount for hooking and pulling. The shape of the toebox conforms to the shape of your toes (asymetrically) instead of wedging all the toes together in a V-shape as do many "performance" shoes.

STICKINESS: The Vibram XSV rubber that LaSportiva uses is sticky, but definitely not the same as Stealth. I will eventually resole these with Stealth once the Vibram wears out. The sticky rubber toe box that's common to these and their brethren the Venom slippers is pretty functional on overhanging stuff.

PERFORMANCE: Even now that they're broken in, the Barracudas are stiff enough without feeling too clunky, on one hand, or painful on the other. Surgical precision when edging and good enough friction on all but the diciest of smears, the Barracudas are my new favorite performance shoes!

Review 5 out of 5 stars

Review by: carlitos-h, 2005-08-29


I'm really happy with this shoes. I've been using Lasportiva Katana the last year and i really like it, i must said that for guys like me, with thin and long feets, they are perfects. Now the Barracuda gives you a better fiting 'cause the laceuo closure, that's a good point. I feel this ones more asymetric, but not bad ones for slabs so that's goos. And the upper vibram for overhanging is more than great, it doesn't make them harder, but get more sticky and don't hurt your self when you need to pinch with your feets in a roof.... Excellent shoes!!!!

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