In reply to markus691:
> (In reply to kingofthering)
> I climb marginally harder, am enjoying my footwork more, believe they make it easier to improve my footwork and can afford them. What about this is "too much" for you?
Don´t know a thing about you and wasn´t talking to you.
but when i watch those typical (obvious) beginners wearing solution who are putting them on in the lockerroom and walking anround in them
(even on the toilet. yuck. thats how cholera is spread guys) i don´t see a way they could improve their footwork since they are obviously way too big.
And i see a lot more of "those" than people wearing such expensive shoes in a proper size and really using them.
The people who have a little experience are in general smart enough to wear something way longer lasting with more than 3,5mm rubber on it. Everyone who is climbing outdoors more than once a month notices that in the gym the shoes don´t really matter because even the worst indoor footholds are really good and friction is ass. After the second indoorroute your sole will be full of dirt and magnesia so the difference between that xs grip 2/Edge or stealth-xyzz rubber won´t be noticable at all.
I don´t know how often you climb indoors but a normal shoe with 4mm (or 4,2) lasts about 1 1/2 month for me. not because of sloppy footwork just because i climb 4 to 5 times a week.
that would be 4 pairs of solutions a year (given that you resole every pair at least once) that would be € 540 a year without the resoles (640 with resoles).
I think buying cheap shoes and get a annual ticket for your local gym would get you way further in your climbing.
It´s like those mountainbike-managers who earn 8k a month and think they need a carbon-fully for commuting.