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The Vivobarefoot Bannister Shoes
By Artur Ciesielski | Review
This is not a full review. I did some searching online for what impressions others had with this Vivobarefoot shoe in real use. I found only 1 and I’m not sure how much they really used the shoe, so this will be my attempt at providing my real world impressions.
These are just my initial impressions. I’ll post an update once I done my hundreds of miles in the upcoming trip to Europe. I’ll try to wear these and not walk around barefoot like I did last time in Salzburg and Venice.
This is my second pair of Vivobarefoot shoes and my 4th (correction – 5th) pair of barefoot shoes overall and my first pair of not sports specific barefoot shoes.
In fact, besides my sandals which also have a zero drop both pairs and the only pairs of shoes, for the upcoming trip, are Vivobarefoot shoes: one sporty and one more dressy.
They are attractive. I think they will go well with shorts and with my casual pants and suite. The lower lighter leather band gives the shoe a look of heft, maybe making it look more like a regular shoe with a thicker base than it really is. I’m really happy with how they look.
In some photos and a comment here and there I read that they come with leather shoe laces. I was expecting to replace those, but they came with normal, probably waxed nylon shoe laces.
These Vivobarefoot shoes are handmade in Portugal. You can tell they are hand-made. The leather is supple and of high quality. I love the smell, it reminds me of a handmade leather bag I picked up in Poland some 20+ years ago and still have.
I wear a size 9.5 usually, or used to. Since I’ve been wearing barefoot shoes for the last few years the shape of my foot has changed and I now wear a size 9. Even my older traditionally made shoes are a bit more loose in the toe and tighter in the width.
These are a size 9 and a rather comfortable 9, not tight. It seems that all barefoot style shoes are a better fit when you step a hale of full size down. Part of that is likely the more roomy toe box with does not force and elongate your foot into a narrow end, where all they can do is suffer.
So that’s it for now. I’ll update my impressions once I get to put them to a test with heavy use.
Check out the follow-up post on how these shoes look and feel after 6 weeks of sold use.
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