In reply to Murd:
> (In reply to fire_munki)
> The lace is softer and more sensitive, less aggressive and no down turn. The vs is stiffer and down turned, love them on edges and the steep stuff. Both great shoes. Sure someone will have another opinion
Aye, I find them the other way round - VS is softer and more sensitive/smeary whilst the (lined) lace up is stiffer and more edgy.
Maybe its something to do with the sape of the toe box and out feet.
I use the vs on boulders and smeary grit, lace up on trad and lime.
If I was the OP I'd try them both, they are very different shoes rather than just being the same shoe with different fastening. Someone once told me the Miura VS is actually the velcro version of the katana lace, whilst the katana is actually the velcro version of the Miura lace but I don't know if that is true.