My feet fall somewhat outside of the standard mold: they’re fairly broad across the ball, and my toes are pretty curved, like hammertoes, but not quite. The rubber sole extends to each toe underside, but if your toes aren’t shaped fairly straight, that’s a lot of rubber-wanting-to-be-straight that each little toesie has to constantly fight if it isn’t.

I had to return mine after a few days due to that toe discomfort, and I tried a number of sizes.

I’m sorry, but this is like claiming that wearing gloves on your hands feels like being bare-handed. It simply doesn’t. While Vibram has done a great job creating a minimalistic alternative to barefooting, it is still that: “an alternative”, not an “equivalent”.

The shoes, like gloves on your hands, still isolate your feet from their environment and muffle the sense of touch; furthermore, your feet are covered in layers of rubber and fabric – therefore, I’m sorry, but it’s nothing like the true feeling of being barefoot.

Just my humble opinion