Field Tested: Five Ten Crawe

In the end, like most all-arounders, the Crawe is basically an intermediate shoe. Designed for bouldering and sport climbing, its most devoted wearers will be primarily gym climbers who want a shoe that can perform equally well on sub-vertical volumes, steep board climbs, and those end-of-day romps up the autobelays. For more specialized climbers, or climbers who care to invest in a quiver of shoes, the Crawe can play a solid role as a training shoe, but it is unlikely to be your go-to. As my fellow tester put it, “For modern gym climbing, they’ll be quite nice on all but the steepest things. And I think they’re going to serve me well on my mileage days in the gym. But I wouldn’t buy them if all I did was climb outside.”