this is by far the greatest shoe. everyone serious about bouldering should go out tomorrow and buy them. definitely worth the money.

Very good bouldering shoes.

They did not fit my symmetric toes.
Before buying check out if your big toe is longer than the second toe.
If it is not the case, think once again if you want to buy venom.

I bought these shoes when I was just a mere noob to the climbing world. I had a great deal with the place I worked and bought the Barracuda (loved em') and the Venom at the same time to replace my recently blown out Katanas. The Katana was my first real shoe, aside from some too-big kicked down 5.10's. I must say that I loved having the barracuda, but at my young climbing age I could fully understand the potential of the venom. This is an incredibly sensitive shoe, it really shines in all aspects of overhung climbing due to this, but is not a good choice for a beginning shoe. If you find them for a deal, buy them, however you should take my advice and stash them away so you don't blow them out before realizing what an amazing shoe they really are.
If you are looking for a performance slipper, that is both sensitive and accurate you will love these kicks. The shoe is built very narrow, I have a narrow foot with a high arch, and I've found people with a wider foot can't wear them comfortably... ever. The narrow toe really chews up small overhung pockets and the toe rubber is amazingly sensitive (but not as durable as I'd like, a worthy exchange as long as you're not hooking razor-crimps). I love this shoe now that I'm climbing more high-grade boulder problems and sport lines (these are amazing inside too), but don't be like me (noob, getting pwned by V3) and re-sole them twice before seeing their true potential.

These were my first pair of climbing shoes. I had only climbed a dozen or so times before I bought them, and had spent most of that time sharing my friend's Evolvs, since he wore the same size as me. The aggressiveness of these seemed a little excessive for a beginner climber, but I found them at 50% off, so I couldn't resist.

I wear a size 11 (45) street shoe but I bought these at 8 1/2 (41.5.) Out of the box, I could barely stand up in them because they hurt too much (though that may just be because I wasn't accustomed to the pain.) However, after a couple hours wearing them at my computer desk and then two break-in sessions, they became tolerable and suddenly I was able to get up most of the 5.9's I tried (I'd never even gotten all the way up one before.) A month later I was leading 9, and low 10's soon after. By this time they were actually comfortable so long as I didn't wear them beyond 20 minutes or so, and possibly a little too loose around the heel, though I never had any problems with them popping off during heel hooks or anything, and I guess they still edged amazingly well, so maybe I'm just being nit-picky about the sizing.

My only complaint is that, after 3 1/2 months of 3-4 times a week use, I've got a hole the size of a quarter in the right toe, and another starting in the left. I'd be willing to believe this is my fault with my bad beginners' footwork, but it still seems that rock shoes should last a little longer than that. I might go for something with a bit thicker rubber next time.

i bought this shoe because i needed a good shoe for heelhooking because my last pair of testarosas i sized a lil big an couldnt really heel hook very well, i new theses shoes were good but not had no idea they were htis good, u can heel hook anything toe hook anything an toe in on everything, tha sizing is pretty weird compared to all tha other sportivas, i wear a 40 1/2 in testarosas an a 38 in venoms which i could stil lprolly go smaller than that because my street shoe size is a 10 an in tha venoms thier a 6 1/2 so ......, but yea they mighty be expensive an hurt a lil bit but its al worth it