I really like these shoes so I would like to try and make a good long review about them. First of all, I got these pair of shoes with the intention of dancing with them. I do hip hop and bboying. With that in mind, let's move on!

I want a pair of light running shoes but most running shoes have thicker soles for cushioning and such. But then I ran across these trainers and they look like the ones I've been looking for. Light weight, not much sole padding, perfect. With shoe sizes, I could fit from 8-9 depending on the brand. But my true size is 26cm which is a size 8.5 per amazon size chart (and I did go to a shoe store to ask about my shoe size.. that's after buying these pair already though..uhm, you'll see why I bothered mentioning this..) and I've always known that my feet are wider than normal so I need at least an E or 2E.

I bought the Chinese red color, size 8 2E for these pair and I got them in a fashionable time based on the shipping method I chose (I chose the free shipping.. however long that was.. it took about a week to come to my door steps). I put them on and they feel perfect fit on my feet! They weren't tight because they are nice and wide.. and my toes were perfectly touching the point end of the shoes.. I thought I could settle with it since I still need to break into the shoes and thought they would loosen up a little bit more.. so I just kept the shoes.

Since they are a minimalist shoes I wanted to try them out for a jog and walk first to see how they feel, these are my first minimalist shoes soo. They felt fine at first.. but then after a while they get tighter. I realize that after more research (I'm a noobie about buying running shoes and all soo.. ) Feet gets swollen after activities that involves the use of legs, traveling, such.. so it was recommended that people were to buy at least a half to a full size bigger than their sizes so that their feet have room to swell. Well I didn't know that before and now I know sooo.. The shoes were already worn so I can't return them.. so I decided to just deal with it. I figure I could just use them strictly for dancing, then carry a different pair of shoes to change into after my classes or sessions.
They also feel a lot better if I don't wear socks with them since the extra lining of socks takes space. So what I share with this information is that the sizes I think run perfect.. So if I had gotten an 8.5 then I would be very very very happy about it. 8 works just as fine but then I am forced to wear them without socks, but then again other review says that the shoes are supposed to be wore without socks because the shoes have some lining inside already.. I'm not expert on that but I agree they feel better.

My heels do get sore afterwards but that's just because I'm not used to the minimalist design.. I like it a lot though. I think I'm going to start buying only minimalist shoes from now on!

One of the review complains about the tip of the toe sole coming apart after a week of using them. I had the same problem. Just after the first dance class I noticed that the left shoe sole tip of the shoe from the toe is pulling off a little bit already.. and now (after the second week of using the shoes, about 4 1 hour classes) the right shoe's sole is starting to peel off as well. A lot worse. But I figured because I'm using the shoes for dancing and not for it's intended purpose.. which is I think mainly for indoor gyms, weight lifting, light running and such, the reason why it's not holding up as much as it's supposed to. So I don't know how much I could complain about the durability about it.. but hopefully they can still hold up for more than a few months of use..

But yeah I love dancing in these shoes and I am seriously debating on getting another pair but this time, maybe a pair of size 8.5.