Vivobarefoot Women's Boxing Boot

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Let barefoot technology comfort your step no matter what the occasion with the VIVOBAREFOOT Boxing Boot. This urban boot features a sleek leather upper complimented with an eight eye laceup for a classic look to the boot. A 4.5mm Sole gives you that barefoot experience you've been missing in those winter months. A thin insole keeps this boot lightweight but still comfortable and durable. Barefoot shoes aren't just for running now with the VIVOBAREFOOT Boxing Boot.

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By Scoulter
I bought this boot with great excitement. I'm a big supporter of this brand, and I have loved other shoes I've bought from VivoBarefoot (five pairs, including the Lucy and the Kali styles). I was so glad they came out with a cute, casual boot I could wear to work.The good stuff: The boot design is attractive and streamlined, the leather is buttery soft, the side zip is awesome (don't have to unlace your shoes every time you take them off), the feeling is truly "barefoot", and the fit is great for my wide foot. So far so good.Less than 48 hours after I started wearing this boot, the plastic eyelets (the little rings attached to the leather through which the laces pass) started detaching from the leather and breaking/falling off. They were pretty light on quality to begin with (thin, brittle plastic) and the glue used was not doing the job. After a week, seven of them had come completely loose, and others could be easily pried off with one's fingernail.Long story short, I emailed VivoBarefoot to find out what glue I should use to repair them myself. No reply. I followed up a week later and was told that my email had been forwarded to another department and to "be patient". Three weeks later, still no response, so I called Sabra Ellingson, US Operations Director, and left a message hoping to find out what can be done. A couple of days and no response, so I took them to my shoe repair guy where he quoted me a painful $100 ("special discount for you") to have all the faulty plastic eyelets replaced with metal ones. I suck it up and do it. By this time, at least half of the eyelets were off or coming loose. The next day I heard from VivoBarefoot who told me to send them back to get the eyelets replaced. By that time, they're already partly done at the shoe repair store. I asked VivoBarefoot for a full or partial refund of the repair cost. After lots of back and forth they offer me either (A) more eyelets (which I no longer need!) or (B) a 15% refund for "cosmetic damage". Eyelets are not cosmetic. They protect the soft leather from abrasion or tearing from the tension of the laces. A scratch or discoloration is "cosmetic". Half the eyelets falling off is not "cosmetic": it's a functional fault with the shoe.So why didn't I just return them? Because nice-looking leather boots, in a barefoot style, that fit my messed-up foot, are impossible to find. Impossible. So yeah, I'm going to pay a ridiculous amount to make it work and get them repaired. I just don't think I should have to.One of the gentleman I spoke to at VivoBarefoot, Fernando Ortiz, indicated that many other people had reported this fault with the shoe. There's no reason you shouldn't expect to, either. Buyer beware with this boot, and with the service that comes with it.So... adorable boot, lovely leather, shoddy construction, slow and unresponsive (but very polite) customer service. It's just a matter of time before more serious contenders hop into the barefoot shoe market, and I hope VivoBarefoot improves their quality control and customer service or they're going to be scrambling to keep up.UPDATE, 1/31/2012: Since I had the eyelets replaced with permanent metal ones, the boot seems fine and I've received several compliments about them. After I politely declined VivoBarefoot's offer of a 15% refund, I never heard anything from them again. I soooo want to buy this pair in black, but I'm not willing to go through the rigmarole again.If you're looking for a new brand of barefoot-style casual shoes, check out Stem Footwear. Their range is very limited right now (mostly simple sneaker style), but the shoes are the most incredibly comfortable out-of-the-box shoe I've ever worn in my life, with no exaggeration, and they seem to be wearing well (4+ months of wear). stem footwear dot com. They run very small so size up (I'm usually a 7 - 7.5 and I ordered the 9 - 9.5). I'm looking forward to them expanding their line to boots and wear-to-work styles.

By Scoulter
I converted to barefoot-ism a few years ago when I picked up my first pair of FiveFingers, but every winter I resigned myself to either having cold, soggy feet or wearing hard-soled boots that gave me leg cramps a few hours into the day. Enter VivoBarefoot Boxing Boots.These boots have a flexible sole with great ground feel, a wide toe-box that fits people whose toes haven't been molded into points by conventional shoes, and waterproofing that has held up completely even when standing still in water above the top of the sole. I love the combination of laces and a zipper that lets you get just the fit you want without having to worry about readjusting every time you take them off. These boots don't have much insulation to speak of, but the adjustable laces mean you can comfortably pair them with socks thick enough to take on freezing cold. I've been wearing them with a heavy-weight pair of Injinji toe socks and my feet have stayed warm and cozy in temperatures around 20F. Thanks to these boots, winter isn't so hard anymore.I have just a couple complaints. First, I find that the zipper tends to unzip itself to about an inch from the top due to the ankle movements of walking normally. It happens slowly and it's not much trouble to pull them back up, but I wish these boots had a stickier zipper or maybe a snap at the top to keep this from happening. Second, and this is just personal preference, I'm not crazy about ankle-length boots in general. I would love if VivoBarefoot made a calf- or knee- high version of these that would be easier to tuck pants into and that I wouldn't have to tighten so much around my ankles.I've been wearing these boots nearly every day for over a month now and have had no issues with durability. I live in a city and walk at least a couple miles a day in all kinds of weather conditions. It may be that the problem with the eyelets mentioned by the reviewer before me has been fixed or that it only affects some lots. Obviously, a month isn't long enough to really test durability, but the construction seems solid to me and I have no reason to believe these won't last me for many seasons to come.I'm usually the type of person to buy everything used or on sale, so I cringed a bit at paying $175 for a pair of boots. I still think it's a bit excessive, but after wearing them around and seeing what you can do with a pair of truly comfortable boots, I'd say they're worth their weight in gold.

By UP
I was a bit worried about buying as I have wide feet and bad experiences with other brands that are too narrow.These have a good wide toebox and are very comfortable.I've been wearing them all day every day for some months now and they have held up well. No sign of the manufacturing problems others have seen.The right side tongue isn't quite right and tends to sit skew but that's pretty minor.On the whole a good comfortable boot for walking or cycling.

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