**Fit**
Before ordering these shoes from Amazon, I decided to try them on at a nearby EMS store. To my surprise, I needed a full size higher than my usual street shoe size. For the record, I wear a size 9 (US) street shoe, normally. On rare occasion, I'll go up to a 9.5.

With the Evolv Cruzer, my foot didn't even fit inside my normal street shoe size (9) , and while it fit inside the 9.5, the split tongue (weird design, if you've never seen it... more on that below) was open too far down the instep, and the laces were so short that I could *barely* tie the shoes... so I actually had to go up a full size, to a 10! That's a first for me; apparently, I have high arches / insteps. That said, if your feet are flat-ish, you may not need to go up in size so much.

And yes, as other reviewers have stated, they are slightly narrow... but not excessively so. If you have narrow to medium-width feet, you should be fine. If you REQUIRE a wider shoe, just look elsewhere.

**Design**
The shoes look fairly good with jeans, and would look even better with shorts. It's an interesting style either way, though; the sole is a greenish color (along with black), and there are some unexpected accents that you may not be able to see in the photos, such as lightning bolts on the heel pull tabs, and a tiny embroidered Evolv logo on the inner heel.

The shoe sits very low on the foot, so they may not look good with socks of any kind. I wear low-cut socks, and a surprising amount of sock is visible around the back of the foot... moreso than in my size 9 Asics Onitsuka Tigers.

Also, the entire shoe is lined (VERY surprisingly) with an almost suede-like fabric. (As Evolv is a vegan company, it can't be actual suede. Edit 8/1/14: Evolv is not a vegan company, although they do produce vegan products. The lining is NOT suede, as previously asserted, but is instead microfiber.) To be honest, I was surprised that the lining was (as far as I can tell) throughout the ENTIRE shoe.  I also wasn't expecting such a prominent, cushioned (but removable) foam insole.

Finally, this shoe has a split tongue, meaning that the tongue is not one piece that comes up from the middle; it is two pieces that come from either side (by the lace eyelets) and meet / overlap in the middle. This can be problematic for people with higher arches and insteps, because your foot will stretch the two tongue pieces apart, so that they form an open "V."  Going up in size solved this issue for me.

**Quality and Comfort**
(My update, below, addresses this section, but before the update, here are my original impressions, unedited.)
Okay, here's where things kind of run off the rails for me a little bit. My right shoe fit more or less as expected, but something was off with the left shoe right from the get-go. The heel cup was a couple millimeters shorter, and the lining near the toe felt like there was a little extra stitching or something, which would rub up against my smaller toes.  I had hoped that the feeling would subside upon break-in, but after two days, it isn't getting any better.  That said, the nice people at Evolv were good enough to take the shoes in for a replacement, and I hope to send them out tomorrow. When I get my replacement shoes, I'll follow up again, and revise the review accordingly.

UPDATE:
I've upgraded my review from three to four stars, as Evolv stands by their product and was EXCELLENT from a customer service standpoint. (Jeff at Evolv was very helpful, extremely responsive, and just a nice guy in general.) They simply exchanged my faulty shoes with a pair that fit as intended. That is to say, they're still narrow shoes with a unique (odd?) split-tongue design, but they now feel like the pair t I tried on in the store, which is a good thing, as I do like these shoes. Without the annoyance in the toe area, these shoes provide all-day comfort.

That said, as much as I like them, I can't give them five stars, since the shoe forces some compromises, in my opinion. Specifically, their narrowness makes it a little annoying to put them on, and socks make them look a bit dorky, so I'll likely have to go sockless in the summer. (Hopefully, I can figure out a way to keep them from smelling when I start to do so.) Still though, it's a unique shoe, and I have no doubt that they'd be good for their intended purpose (handling approaches to climbing routes). Beyond that, for a unique, everyday casual shoe or light-use athletic shoe, they're not bad. I'll get my use out of them, I'm sure, but I'd only buy a second pair if they were on sale.