awesome but what about wintertime ? i live on a mountain in austria. is there any barefoot shoe for winter ?

I loved hikes for 3 months. Now my feet are hurting in them. Stoped me from buying another pair.

I struggled with plantar fasciitis until trying these shoes. I was spending hundreds of dollars monthly with no relief. After buying my first pair of Hike footwear I will not buy anything else. After a month with these shoes I have forgotten what plantar fasciitis feels like!!!

How the Motus Strength compare to the Primus lite III regarding the size, please?

I like this sort of shoe. It works best for me. Side point, about 20 to 30 percent of European populations have the second to as long as or longer than the first. It is a normal variation, sometimes called a Greek foot. In Asian and African populations, it is 10 to 20 percent. Some of us even have a very long middle toe, and it causes a lot of problems in a typical toe box. Still, the wide toe box fits better on a Greek foot than the standard shoe.

Shout out injinji toe socks! Honestly I cant that you enough for sharing. My feet have been jacked since birth. Mom always stuffing me into not only misaligning shoes but cheap misaligning shoes. Smh feet really looked like velocirator claws. That was until about 3 years ago when I purchased my Vibram fivefinger toe shoes, also at the same time dicovered injinji toe socks. These products changed my life. Im a advocate for logic and having 10 individual slots for my 10 individual toes for me was a no brainer. Of course I got stared at but im not one that really cares about the outside noise in the first place. All in all my feet are realigning to the way that they should have been all my life, thank God! Ever since the beginning of my journey ive been researching alot of barefoot shoes and Vivo is one that intrigues me alot. I have heard about the cautions of running in barefoot shoes and was going to just by a nike or addidas until you presented these Hydra ESCs to me. Now im sure of what my next running shoe is going to be, thanks you. God bless.

On your hated video, I argued with you about the five fingers cause I love them. I don’t care what they look like they for me they perform and they are big Mayfield pee. Feel the best I thought.

So I have been wearing barefoot shoes form Wildlings for a few weeks now. Mostly when I go to work (a few steps to the car, to rhe office and when I am in the office). Is that too much for a transition?

How did the glue hold up? In terms of separation from the leather?

8:09 would you recommend those primeus shoes from Vivo for casual every day wear instead of just the gym?

the seem awesome but they are extremely expensive, straigh up luxury brand expensive so hopefully I'll get rich one day so I can afford them, for now Belenka and growndies will do

lol, Ill give you one mistake you totally did not do. I am almost confident you did not put on your first pir of barefoot shoes which were like extra extra barefoot because you like to go all in and then go do parkour and high jumps in them for a whole day with friends =) and then spent the next 3 days with your ankles and knees inflamated to double it's size and a 40degree fever. Still get shivers down my back by just thinking about that😅

Vivo shoes are having toebox too narrow to be considered barefoot for me. They are also one of the narrowest compared to other barefoot options.

I wear vivo primus trail 2s and switch to crocs when my feet cant take it anymore. I quit for about a year but started doing it again about 2 weeks ago and really enjoy hiw it feels and hiw much stronger my feet feel and makes me want to move arounf more

Found some really great ones from Amazon called Cool Max, 30 bucks for 3 pair and they have lots of colors and styles. I’ll never go back to regular socks.

Thank you for video. All of those shoes looks good. But have your tried Hike Footwear barefoot shoes? I transitioned summer of -21 after chemo ruined my proprioception and I started falling about and breaking bones. I started out hard, got a stress fracture, healed, and stubbornly went at it again. One and a half year later on my hike barefoot shoes. I have my body back. At 56, no back problems, no neck problems, great balance, big, broad, strong feet. I couldn´t recommend barefoot shoes enough.

I’m 71. I bought my first pair of barefoot shoes a couple of months ago from HIke Footwear. I love them. I have flat feet and am getting root nerve blocks in my lower spine every 4 months. I still had a problem with daily pain in my left leg. These shoes have resolved that. I can go all day with no pain.

I wore a name-brand barefoot shoe for 3 months and developed Achilles tendonitis. Never again.

Ive been using barefoot shoes since 2018. I started with the vibram toe shoes during my strength training or gym workouts. I began to appreciate them when i got my first vivo shoes for outdoor use. It was a slow burn to get into the barefoot movement and i will never go back to regular shoes. I have to wear regular shoes during work for safety reasons but other than that i wear zero drop shoes all the time. I have no more foot pain, no issues and strong feet.

My arc has pain every day now from these fucking barefoot joke

Shoes always hurt my feet. When I was a toddler, my mom had to bribe me to put shoes on in the shoe store. I rip shoes off as soon as I can! Even socks are hard to keep on. I found that shoes were causing my foot issues and after about 6 weeks of using barefoot shoes, my foot and ankle pain stopped. I realize that I'm an exception because I walk around my property in bare feet, work from home barefoot, etc., and only wear shoes to drive, hike, and go shopping. But my arches are coming back and my bunion is going away. Unfortunately, now that the polar vortex is here, I have to wear insulated shoes with thick soles and guess what? My foot and ankle pain returned! I wish they made barefoot winter shoes that could keep me warm at five degrees Fahrenheit. Let me know if you find one!

I'm no stranger to barefoot shoes. I have been wearing them for several years, have tried most of the brands out there, and will never go back to regular shoes. I have to say, I have never been more blown away than I was when I tried on my first pair from Hike footwear. Instant love! They look great, they feel great, the offer great features like stretchy, no-tie laces and unbeatable grippy sole! They are comfortable with or without toe-spacers . . . in short, they are my new favorite shoes. They also have a removable insole (for those still transitioning) which can be replaced with your favorite insoles for a custom feel. Try them! Once you feel the increased balance, sensation and control, you will never want to go back to your old 'foot coffins'.

Corns is prove we shouldnt be wearing shoes

At middle school i ditch my shoes when sprinting and became the fastest white boy (second fastest in the school) who were wearing spikes! We are animals and animals dont wear shoes! I go bare foot at festivals and my back shoulder ache after 12 hours of dancing is none exsistance

Hi, would you recommend the Primus trail or lite version if I’m going to be using for a mix of road running, runs in the forest, forest walks, walking to work on concrete and also for the occasional hikes? Struggling to choose as each one seems better suited depending on the activity but I only want to buy 1 shoe

Well, good job to Google, your video showed up on my android feed. I'm an avid barefoot shoe user. Got my VFFs like 15 years ago? Gosh that was like another life. But never pulled the trigger on a high end real leather until today. Going to subscribe to your channel as well. Might have heard of your channel before, but you're right that I've never heard of this family business... Algorithm gods worked their magic

Love it Clem! 💖

Im 87 and have bad sweling in my feet. Ive bought tons of shoes I now cant wear I nee a very wide shoe

As someone with very wide feet, I don't care about the aesthetics. I just want shoes that don't stop an inch before my toes do

What if your middle toe is longer. Thats ny issue!

I like the green leather boots they offer. I see that they offer different sole thickness, but I don't think that is 100% true. It looks like they have a 4mm cherry sole, regardless, and if you want 6, 8 or 10mm it is actually an increase in the midsole. I think I might have to send an email and check things out. 8-10mm of sole would be great for wear on the city pavement. But I might still check out a pair of blue oxfords. Thanks for bringing these to my attention. I love my Jim Greens but wish they had a more anatomical toe box. These might be the next best thing!

Great review! I really like the look of these and it seems like there is a lot of care and craftsmanship going into them. Also, the customization options are interesting and that (to me) probably justifies the price.

The width is essential. I have a pair of SoftStar Primal Sawyers, and these seem similar to those. People don't notice the toe width/shape too often. -OR- they really know me and how uncompromising I am about healthier footwear - in which case they're just glad I bought something that looks more like a casual shoe and less like something a clown would wear.

These are simply too expensive for me.

I have NEVER heard of Xero before. But Steven was just so ... kind ... yea kind is the word! That I had to look them up

@TheBarefootStrengthProject - You mentioned your 105kg weight a couple of times and inferred this was the upper end of what they'd planned for. I'm 109kg. Think I'm going to have problems?

Onde comprar no Brasil? 🇧🇷

I’m having them pains while I’m wearing normal trainers, I’m going to get myself some barefoot trainers

These look almost the same as Soft Star Shoes that are made in the USA. Essentially a leather moccasin with a rubber sole

For that price I hope they are some what repairable.

I was just thinking yesterday that you should be posting soon! Nice review of LUKS. Happy 2025! 🤎👞

They look nice, but as a vegetarian, they are a no go because of the leather

It’s funny that at the same time we have Barefoot shoes, Tennis shoes are getting more and more cushion on the bottom. Think Hoka and On cloud. I’m so confused.

Great review. These are the best looking smart casual barefoot shoes I’ve seen

These look great, except the price tag

no vibram outsole? :(

Buy more so they become less expensive! That’s true. When I started wearing them in 2015, Merrell, Xero, and Vivo were the only players (and Bedrock who I got my sandals from cause I wanted to be able to chase after my toddler while wearing sandals) and Xero was only available on their website and Vivo had to be imported from theirs. Merrell was on Amazon though. So that’s what I went with. Eventually, I tried Vivo’s (I still really don’t like the size inconsistency and some of them have durability issues), and Xero’s still have a thicker sole than I prefer. Now however, if I want to convert someone to the barefoot cult, I gift them a $40 pair of off-branded shoes from Amazon. They don’t last nearly as long, but when they do fall apart the convert can and usually does upgrade.

Would you be able to demonstrate how white primus lites look before and after you put them in the washer? I had the white ones for a while and they got disgustingly beige/yellowed after a month or two.

Do these shoes actually have the toe spacers inside or theyre just wide at the front?

I really want to start being annoying on facebook about barefoot shoes, so Im trying to gather as much info as possible before I truly try to start convincing people to switch over. I never had to get used to wearing them, people around me had to get used to me wearing them though lol. I wish I knew about them when I was a kid.