"Great shoes, fit pretty close to size. Great for all sorts of climbing, from the gym to the crag."
05/06/12
I've used this pair of shoes for the past two seasons at the gym. I've taken them out bouldering a few times, but they're better suited for routes. In short, I love these shoes! great buy, I would recommend these shoes to my friends!
A solid fit, thankfully. I needed a pair of shoes that would stick with my feet through each move in the sequence, and this shoe offers just that. Laces allow for them to always feel snug as well. Near perfect shoe
"Bottom line theses shoes rock stop reading this and order a pair now!"
03/17/12
The fit is like what to be expected from La Sportiva snug as a well defined foot glove. Personally I wear a size ten street shoe and sized down to a 41 in these the fit is perfect. The p3 system rocks, really allows you to put the power down to the small little chips.The toe box is very nice plenty of room slightly asymmetrically allowing you to put plenty of power to the toes. The heel cups are really nice work very well. Smearing is really good in these shoes due to the vibram xs edge soles. bottom line this shoe is a great all around shoes for almost all types of climbing, do yourself and your feet a favor and order a pair you wont regret it.
I prefer to climb on cracks and this shoe is perfect for this climbing!!!! I love the way it fits to my foot ... i have been climbing with them for about 5 months and at the beginning it was quite difficult to fit them but now it fits perfect and i really love this shoes!!!! :D
I bought this shoe about a year ago, and had a really difficult time fitting it to my foot. I was looking for a solid women's shoe and opted out of the women's velcro katana for these. The toe box ended up being more downturned than I thought. This made the shoe not quite as comfortable as I had perceived. I wore 38 and would have definitely gone up a half size if I had it to do over. I typically wear a 8 and 1/2 street shoe, so I would make sure you size these prior to purchasing. If you're looking for an all day shoe, I would go with a less aggressive shoe.
"Great shoe, will improve your climbing on thin edges and over hanging routes."
07/15/11
First shoe I have had besides mythos. Great for ovehanging routes, great for thin edging, not so good for smearing. I am a new climber and found thises shows took a while to figure out, but now that i have they help a lot.
The LaSportiva Katana has performed admirably in our local climbing gym and I am looking forward to summer craggin in them. This is the first pair of rock shoes that fit right out of the box with no exchanges. Great edging and smearing abilities and good overhang performance due to a loaded sole. Can't wait for summer!Mike Frankus
"The shoe that will take your climbing to the next level!! Worth every penny!"
12/12/10
La Sportiva Katanas are an awesome pair of climbing shoes and would recommend them to anyone! With the unique tongue of the shoe, they fit like no other. Great for edging (but not for too long) and are an awesome smearing machine! This shoe has helped me send my projects that I had trouble on with my previous shoes. Thus, taking my climbing to the next level!
La Sportiva should have come out with this long ago? Katana good and comfortable, with a great heel for heel hooks. This shoe is trustable at big walls.