Falco Lace
Description
Comfort-oriented performance climbers are the target group for the Falco Lacing made with a microfibre upper. This lace-up climbing shoe has a wide comfortable last.
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| Weight | 480 g Size 8 single : 240 g / 8.5 oz |
| Closure Type | Lace |
| Gender | Unisex |
| Volume | Average |
| Sizing Information |
US sizes 5-12,13,14UK sizes 4-13 |
| Best Use (Highest Performance) | All-around |
| Asymmetry | Low |
| Tongue Details | not provided by the brand |
| Last Details | Shape: Arched (technical) 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 Medium Stiff |
| Sole Material | not provided by the brand
LC-SuperGrip
Rand: not provided by the brand |
| Footbed Lining | Bio-Active Antimicrobial lining |
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Lowa’s first attempt at making climbing shoes didn’t turn out too bad. The Falco has become my go-to shoes for all-day climbing outings. They fit right between aggressive downturns and flat profile climbing shoes. A subtle downturn and a medium-stiff sole gives them enough rigidity for edging on tiny little nothings but the sole is still allows for some flex for smearing. Unlike my aggressive downturns, they are very comfortable and I’ve been leaving them on between pitches. Normally, I regret not airing my sweaty feet but an anti-bacterial lining helps temperature regulation and has kept them from stinking over the last couple of months. The Falco is as comfortable as flat, stiff shoes but outperforms them in every type of climbing.
I sized the Falco the same as my street shoe and they fit great right out of the box. Surprisingly, after several months of use, they still fit great. The lined upper doesn’t stretch. The shoe is slightly downturned, but after a few weeks of use the downturn flattened out a bit. Lowa describes the midsole as medium stiff, but after using them for almost a year, I’d say the Falcos are soft. I liked the way these shoes broke in. The workmanship is top-notch and they seem to get better with use. All these attributes make the Falco one of the best mid-level shoes I’ve worn.
A darkhorse of our shoe testing, this lace-up got tons of high-country use from Wyoming’s Wind Rivers to Colorado’s Front Range. Two testers also rocked these for 5.10 crack climbs in Indian Creek, In Search of Suds (5.10+) on Washer Woman Tower, Utah, and the Kor-Ingalls Route (5.9+) on Castleton Tower, near Moab, Utah, and both were impressed by the level of performance they got out of this slightly downturned stiffie. “The last pitch on Washer Woman is a balancing, edging, smearing scarefest, but I felt confident with my Falcos on,” one of them said. Lowa is using a proprietary rubber called LC SuperGrip that fared just as well on limestone, sandstone, and granite as other compounds. The interior boasts an anti-bacterial lining to mitigate stench. Consensus? Minimal odor after five months of use. Both testers were able to crank the laces all the way down for jamming at the Optimator Wall in the Creek, but loosen the shoes enough to wear with thin socks when temps dipped into the 30s
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