La Sportiva Testarossa Climbing Shoe

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Design and Details

  • High performance shoe for steep sport routes and bouldering
  • P3 technology maintains powerful down-turned shape over time
  • Upper: Leather / lorica
  • Lining: Pacific in the toe and heel, dry-best in the tongue
  • Midsole: P3 with 3d hytrel anatomical insert
  • Sole: 3.5mm Vibram xs grip2
  • Rubber improves upon the superior grip characteristics of vibram xs grip, and delivers outstanding precision of support and shape stability
  • Brand : La Sportiva
  • Web ID: 23QPDWTSTRSSS19XXFBO
  • SKU: 25742789
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4.9

96%

Recommended

26 Reviews

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Nice Shoes

First time testarossa wearer - breaks in quickly and a nice performance shoe. Hope to crush lots of hard rigs in these. Probably wouldn't use these for face/slab climbing but good for steep stuff!

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Good Aggressive Lace-up

Purchased with the intent of bouldering in them. I bought the same size as solutions, and they fit noticeably tighter. This worked out OK, but it limits my use to performance climbing. I have pretty low volume feet, and even though these are supposed to be high volume shoes, they fit pretty well. The combination of the leather and lace-up mean you can crank them down tight to get a fantastic fit - absolutely awesome. The heel is weird material, at first it looked slippery, but it actually does quite well with heel hooks. I don't love the huge toe box meant to house curled-up toes. I do prefer the Scarpa instinct low-profile toe box for sure. But the more soft/stretchy exterior doesn't let you crank down the fit in the same way as the Testarossa.

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Just Works Better Than Anything Else

I have 3 pairs and am about to buy the 4th. There's lots of good shoes out there, but this is my go to.

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The New Version Is Awful

I liked old Testarossa shoes a lot. They were quite sensitive and extremely comfortable for the aggressive equipment. The question who and why decided ""to modify" them is painful point of the last year of mine. The updated model has less informative toe, unnecessary excessive hardness of sole due to odd bulge and weird loooong laces that can be easily stepped on during your climbing. Finally it seems weird in contrast with previous version. Some my friends with Testarossa additction have migrated to sc**pa camp now and I'm seriously pondering what can be replacement. It would be great if old version were preserved (like miura) but seemingly it contradicts with marketer's dream about yearly bonus. But, to be honest, he/she needs to be fired.

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Great Shoe!

I love these shoes! They don’t stretch that much and you can tighten them up more with the laces for the little they do. Precise and comfortable.

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