STEALTH Mi6
Mi6 has superior cushioning properties and unparalleled friction on smooth surfaces (like glass, metal and polished rock). STEALTH Mi6 rubber is truly a secret weapon for athletes who need speed, agility and sure-footedness.
Team VXi
Description
5.10’s new Mi6™ rubber provides exceptional sensitivity and a glove-like fit, improving your smearing technique and giving you a prehensile ability to grab holds with your toes. The fish hook midsole delivers edging power to this incredibly soft, slipper-style shoe'. 'At only 10 ounces per pair, the unique Team VXi is the lightest climbing shoe available today.
Retail price
US$ 185.00
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| Weight | 326 g Single : 163 g / 5.7 oz (Size 9) |
| Closure Type | Slipper 1 Velcro closure |
| Gender | Unisex |
| Volume | |
| Sizing Information |
US sizes : 5-13UK sizes : 4-12  Five-Ten-Shoe-Size-Chart.jpg |
| Best Use (Highest Performance) |
Sport / Face Bouldering Over-hanging |
| Asymmetry | Aggressive |
| Tongue Details | not provided by the brand |
| Last Details | Shape: Downturned (performance) Construction: not provided by the brand not provided by the brand |
| Upper Material | not provided by the brand Microfiber |
| Midsole Material | not provided by the brand |
| Sole Material | not provided by the brand
Mi6™
Rand: not provided by the brand |
| Footbed Lining | not provided by the brand |
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When I first tried them, I was a bit skeptical. I really wondered if a shoe so soft could perform on Squamish granite. Well, they can, and really well at that, but they do take a little getting used to. The VXI isn’t a shoe you very specifically place on a foothold, but rather one you throw at the wall and let stick. Once you get into the groove of using them this way, they are amazing. In fact, for certain things, they are hands down the best shoe the market and a tool I’m excited to have in my arsenal.
These shoes are not your all-around shoe. I’ve found that they either work really well or really poorly, depending on the type of rock. I have a hard time trusting my feet on friction slab and tiny edges, and found these shoes to be incomparable in performance with their soft, gummy soles made of Stealth Mi6 rubber. They were also fantastic on the grimiest, slickest foot chips in the gym. I’ve never climbed with shoes this soft before, so it definitely took some getting used to. On longer, overhung routes, I’ve found that the muscles in the arch of my foot were sore from being able to grip better with my toes. I was really pleased with their performance on soft sandstone at the Red, but found them to be way too thin and soft for the sharp schist at Rumney. So far, these have been my go-to shoes for indoor and outdoor bouldering, with select use in slabby or really overhung sport climbs.
I love these unique shoes. Between the soft rubber, the lightweight nature and the tight, but forgiving fit, these are my go-to shoes for my sport and bouldering projects, especially when there’s plenty of required trickery.
This is the softest, lightest shoe I’ve ever worn, and when I picked it up and could crunch the whole shoe up into my hand, I was skeptical that I’d ever be able to climb in it. But the Team VXi not only surpassed my performance expectations, it’s also changed the way I climb and made me rethink just how much support you really need in a performance climbing shoe. Aside from a couple of quibbles in terms of fit, blown out pull-tabs, and an uncomfortable spot on the inner arch, this is my favorite new slipper for 2014.
The VXi’s gummy-bear-like qualities come from its radically soft and sticky MI6 rubber sole. The back story: The producers of Mission Impossible 6 asked Five Ten rubber alchemist Charles Cole if it was possible to make a rubber that could be used to climb glass—something that Tom Cruise does in the movie. Cole said he thought it was, locked himself in his laboratory, and Eureka! Several weeks later he emerged with MI6—so gummy that it does indeed stick to glass.
As the softest and most sensitive shoe our testers have ever put on their feet, the new Team VXi excelled at high-end bouldering and sport climbing in the gym and on a variety of rock types. Testers toed in on tiny edges in Rifle, Colorado, and the new Stealth MI6 rubber glued itself to everything, despite the slippery, polished limestone. “Try to make it slip off,” said one tester. “It just won’t.” It’s much softer than other rubber, allowing the user to wrap his toes around the smallest nubs. When aiming for mono-digit pockets, a second-skin feel called Elite Fit allowed for precision and confidence. The Team VXi also excelled in a surprising arena: slabby multi-pitch. “I could easily smear my foot on a micro-bump and know it was going to hold in places like Boulder Canyon and Yosemite,” another tester said.
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