Cheap and effective (not $25 only $14). People have told me they are heavy. I don't really notice or care. Best thing I've noticed about them is I've never seen anyone else with them so there's no confusion about your draws when you're in a big group.

Shouldn't be the only shoe you own. I think they are great at steep incut feet, but thats about as far as they go. Very unforgiving if you place your foot wrong, and you have no sensitivity in your toes to feel the best placement on the foot hold (not a good technical onsighting shoe). the ones with rubber one the toe are terrible for toe hooking because you cant use the muscles in your feet cause the shoe is too stiff. you have to rely solely on friction. though they do look sweeter that the one without rubber.

Less Importantly! The fabric they use works incredible well with sharpies so you can have any colour you want. i have a blue pair.

A good shoe for experienced climbers.

Soft Shoe. Its not great at anything but its not bad at anything. Having said that they are good at smearing and rounded sloping feet, and terrible at edging on vertical or just off vertical, But for the most part they are very balanced. They don't last long if your technique is bad. they become a disadvantage long before they become unwearable because they stretch a lot. i go through a pair ever 4-5 months, though I'm climbing 4-6 days a week. They are useful for beginner climbers all the way up to onsighting 5.14. I always have 2 pairs of shoes on me, my soft mocs and my stiff V10's.

Their biggest downfall is heel hooking. My heel has been known to slide out mid boulder problem, though they are easy to get back on mid-problem.

"Cons:
- The squeeze action on this one is pretty weak as it is just a foam ball." mgoodro

You're right. But thats not what it is made to do. the sole purpose is to balance the opening and closing strength of the fingers. The opening muscles are at a total disadvantage already. Adding more resistance for the closers would only put the openers farther behind.

Very useful product, does what it supposed to. unfortunately if you're one of those people who likes to see results, you'll be disappointed. The effects of what the grip saver is meant to do is a very hard thing notice. You will just have to use it it frequently and constantly with the mindset that it is helping with injury prevention.
4/5 "...and yes the finger loops are kind of tacky and irritating."

This my personal opinion I've put with my experience and knowledge in climbing. Take it as you wish. I'd also like to know what you think. Its not really for training strength. the only finger it could possibly help strengthen is my pinky 'cause i never use it. It's main function is injury prevention and recovery. To activate the muscles and tendons used in climbing more often so that a once a week Saturday or Wednesday night session doesn't come as such a shock for your tendons. That being said, this would only be the case if you were someone who didn't climb very often. If you're someone who climbs quite often, multiple days one even, GripMaster would be used more as a recovery tool. To flush forearms of unwanted lactic acid right after a session so that soreness and lack squeeze is lessoned (less effective than a proper cool-down. However, due to location an effective cool-down is not always possible, and thus we have GripMaster). It's best use is warm-up. If you're outside and unable to do a nice easy warm up traverse use GripMaster for 5 Min on each hand and the effects will be very similar. YOou still need to do a proper warm up! But GripMaster can help you along. 2/5 Because its marketed for what its worst at.