Vivobarefoot Primus Swimrun, Mens Swimrun Trail Running Shoe, with Barefoot Sole

This was my first pair of true barefoot shoes and therefore first pair of vivos. I now own I think 5 pair of vivos and strictly wear barefoot shoes. I bought these in May of 2019 and wore them as a full time nurse, walking about 6 miles a day in them. Additionally, I used them for all of my backpacking and hiking trips (approx 100 miles of use) plus all trail runs and workouts and a trip to the boundary waters, which were probably the best shoe I could have had for that trip. The non-absorptive material was perfect for going in and out of the water without weighing myself down and the tread pattern was perfect for grip on rocks in and out of the water. I basically abused them are they are just now starting to give out. The sole material is ever so soft and so I did notice a good amount of wear over time from hard hospital floors. I usually wear around a 10.5 depending on company and I have found the 11s are pretty much perfect..maybe a tad long but nothing substantial. Overall I love these shoes and am actually buying a replacement pair. For $70 I think these are fantastic shoes for just about any outdoor activity. One thing to note, and this should be obvious given the nature of the shoes, is you feel most of what you step on when hiking such as rocks and roots. I have noticed the soles of some of their other outdoor shoes like the hiking boots are a tad more robust and may be more appropriate if you have sensitive feet.

So far these have been a comparable replacement to my Vivobarefoot Primus Trail FGs. I did have to add a Vivo insert b/c they run a tad large -- large like you'd expect if you removed the insert from the Trail FG. Not a big deal, but they don't provide one.These drain REALLY well, which I'd expect since they're "Swimrun" shoes. They handle well on the trail and feel like barefoot shoes as you'd expect. We'll see how many miles they can handle, but so far they are standing up better to trail abuse than the Primus Trail FGs. They'er essentially the same shoe with a little better draining and the debris sock.

Looks just like the pictures and that's a good thing. It doesn't come with the mesh insoles though compared to vivobarefoot's main site, but I wasn't planning to use those anyway. Maybe that's why it's a little cheaper here on Amazon. I am a size US 10.5 which equates to an EU 44. I bought mine in EU 43 (US sizes were unavailable) since I read that it runs a little large. It fits great except for this little extra space above my toe line which makes me wonder what the EU 42 would of been like. I can't give these shoes a 5 star just because it's too soon to tell. With running, swimming and hiking - there's a lot of testing to be done and barefoot shoes sometimes have the opposite effect of becoming more comfortable over time as they become less rigid. So far, so good though.

purchased for my SO because he loves and stands by this brand so much. he is a runner and is very active and his preference for shoes is as thin of a sole as possible to make exercising comfortable. he had a pair like these in red which he literally wore so much that he ran holes into the sides of them.

Fits like a glove. I wore these to Kauai, Hawaii, through hikes and rocky trails, to the beach, and all around, and these were perfect in every condition. Putting the sole in and out also changed the comfortability of the shoes in the different conditions. Since then, they have held up great. One complaint: after wearing shoes for long periods the very top of the shoe or the “sock part” starts rubbing into ankle.

I like those pair of shoes. Zero drop and wide toe box.

Read the bad review first.. All are true!

Love the style. However the fit was so tight I couldn't even slide them on. If you have wide feet or if the bridge on your foot is tall (mine) then these are probably not for you.

Amazing shoe!!! Use it everyday, I have a onewheel and this show helps me grip and move as if I was bare foot. Also love this show for trail runs. Yet to use it in a run swim but I bet they will hold up.

I just finished off a set of Merrel Vapour barefoot shoes that I bought on the cheap just to see if this style of shoe would work for me.IT DID, I love barefoot shoes and after I had worn out the Merrels I decided I needed to invest in something more robust and picked these and they were delivered on May 14th.They are good quality, look ok, feel as expected (elasticated toungue can be a bit annoying at times) but the soles of these shoes are already wearing out.I use them most days to walk the dogs and walk around town, but I do at best 60k steps a week. (sorry compulsive garmin watch user here) - but not all in these shoes (I wear dress shoes for work) so at best maybe 40k steps are done in these shoes each week with the odd peak on a very long dog walk of 15-20k steps in a single outing.The uppers are fine but the soles are showing many flat spots where the 'tread' is gone and I am waiting for the first hole to appear. I give them another 3-4 weeks tops.The cheaper merrels lasted almost 5 months so I had hoped these at 3x the price would be better value.....but no.From here on out I will look for the cheapest barefoot shoes I can get, they simply dont last and are not great value![Update Sep 2020] So, I am over a year later with these shoes and the sole has just worn through, the initial patterns wear through very quickly, but the actual sole takes much much much longer to wear out.These have been my daily dog walk shoes throughout lock down so they have done about 4km a day for the last 6 months.In short, if you want to try barefoot shoes, these are good value!

Ottime scarpe da swimrun: leggere durante il nuoto e l'acqua viene drenata in fretta nella fase di corsa. Consiglio un approccio prudente a chi non ha dimestichezza con le scarpe minimaliste.

I wore these shoes one time before the outsole started to detach from the toe. I contacted the seller and they told me to "put some glue on them". $300 for a pair of shoes that are falling apart. What a joke.

I love them, slightly big fitting. Compared to Nike I’d go a size down in these