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Does any body know if Evolv use different quality rubber on their various shoes/boots?

My Royales keep slipping (doubling my lifetime lead falls in the process (on one route))
Surely the more expensive ones can't use the same rubber.

My ancient Boreal Fires never slip - but are too warn out at the toes to push the grades.

In reply to Jelly Mould Surfer:

My pontas 2s are so sticky they could climb teflon, but I've never tried any other evolv shoe. Pretty sure they use the same rubber through the range now though

In reply to Jelly Mould Surfer:

All of their shoes now appear to you the same rubber. 4.2mm TRAX rubber
http://www.evolvsports.com/about/trax-rubber/

I cant comment on the rubber as the only pair I have is an old comfy pair of Defy, Which came with EcoTrax. They have been resoled since.

Im guessing that you have given them a good spit clean, or even better taken a wire brush to them to remove the oxidized rubber.

The only people that could answer for sure about the rubber compounds would be Evolv.

In reply to Jelly Mould Surfer: that said, a guy at work has a pair that got wet and have been soapy and spongey rubbish since