CYPHER CODEX ROCK CLIMBING SHOE REVIEW

We see a lot of climbing shoes here at Climbing Report and I have to say that honestly this shoe is a bit of a surprise. Cypher has put together two climbing shoe properties that we very rarely, if ever, see used together. The Cypher CoDex is a down-turned shoe with a very stiff sole, and it made me very excited when I first pulled them out of the box. I am not a small person. I am 6’3″ and 190 lbs. Sensitive climbing shoes don’t usually work very well for me unless the route is severely overhanging to the point that my feet aren’t really supporting any weight, but used to grip a hold enough to give me balance so that I can continue to move upward. Thin soled, sensitive, shoes just don’t do enough to support my frame and tend to deform and slip off nubs that smaller climbers can stand on without any problems. This doesn’t mean that other shoes aren’t any good, it’s just that they don’t work as well for me as they do for some of our other testers. The stiff forefoot sole, combined with Vibram Xs Grip means that you can stand on tiny edges without the sole buckling and slipping off.