Five Ten

I ordered a pair for myself, my daughter, and my daughter-in-law sizes 6.5, 7, & 7.5 respectively. we each had to get a full size & a half up - 8, 8.5, & 9. Now they are snug, but not painfully tight. We like lace-ups better than velcro because they make the shoe easier to snug up.

these are great shoes but as i've been learned, and after asking around, five ten has been weird with their sizing recently. i own two other pairs of five tens, and both of them are in the 9.5 - 10 range. after ordering the hornets in a size ten, they are incredibly small. my toes are literally curled up mashed. definitely at least a size smaller than pair of gambits which are size 10s as well. weird...

I have been climbing for quite a while but I have never really cared to wear an aggressive shoe. I use TC Pros for most everything but the sole is so thick which makes it hard to feel the rock sometimes but then again sensitivity is not necessarily key when climbing an offwidth. I got the Hornets for my sport shoes and they perform really well. The sole is super thin which allows you to feel the most minuscule edges on the rock. My only beef with the shoes are the sizing, the lacing, and the soft sole. I wear a size 10 in nearly every shoe but in these I wear an 11.5 and they are just a little too tight. If you aren't careful while you are putting them on it is possible for the tongue to fold over on the sides which is not very comfortable. While the sole is very sensitive it comes at a cost in that these shoes have no stiffness in the sole at all. Ultimately, these are great shoes if you are ready to get (read: cram) your feet into them.