🙋🏻Would you please Review the Nike ‘Jam?’ It is the 1st Nike shoe, Specifically Designed for Breaking (for its Olympic Debut this year), and it is only 1 of 2 Nike shoes that I know of, made specifically for Dancing (the other being the Nike ‘Sesh’). I'd love to see your take on its feel/functionality in regards to Dancing (and maybe see your style in Dancing in them) 🎵🕺🏻💃🏻👟🤔🤓🖖🏼
@@dscrappylocogolani9555 Some of us don't like stepping into disgusting/hazardous shit and many places don't allow barefoot. Maybe you live in the mountains but the vast majority of the population is required to wear shoes.
I like a bit of cushioning in barefoot shoes as I mostly walk on pavements and hard floors which isn’t exactly natural. I think on grass etc the more barefoot the better but definitely not on hard concrete floors!
We talk about this A TON on our channel. Theres a barefoot spectrum and depending on what surface you’ll be on is how you should choose how minimal your shoe is
Grass isn't natural either. Plenty of places in the world have rocky terrain. The whole "pavement isn't natural" thing is b/s. You body will adapt to any level of ground hardness. There isn't a "no pavement" clause in our DNA that will break your body when you go over a certain level of ground hardness..
Weston (and crew), I have enjoyed watching you grow. Thank you for all the useful information through the years. Jim Greens, JKs, amongst others wouldn’t be in my stable without you…(although I was early to Lems as an ex-CO trail runner/hiker/climber dude who wanted ‘slippers’ that were zero drop…ha!
FWIW I picked up the Altra Escalante 4 for a trip where I was going to be doing lots of walking. It's zero drop with a wide toe box, something that's new to me. So comfy that when I returned I kept them as my gym shoes.
Altras will cause you to pronate like crazy because of their stack height and soft soles. Be mindful of that. A forgiving barefoot shoe is a much better option.
i had the primal 2s as my main, and in most cases, only shoe for 7 years. i walk a lot, hike a lot, travel a lot, and used them as a running shoe regularly as well. So durability wise, I think because of how flexible they are maybe ,they lasted a really long time and took a beating before starting to fall apart (and i still have them but don't really wear them any more. They were also my first barefoot shoe and honestly I still haven't found a casual shoe that is as comfortable for me as the primal 2 was (but maybe thats because it was my first pair and almost the only thing I wore for many years so I just became so adjusted to them). I am also a bit annoyed that most options for barefoot shoes are essentially made out of plastic right now, but at the same time leather doesn't really have the flexibility required (and i actually don't think would be as durable if flexed and stretched) to make a nice barefoot shoe that allows a wide range of motion. And no matter what anyone says... leather just isn't breathable compared to alternatives. So for a shoe as versatile as the primal 2 its better that is made without leather imo. I also never really noticed the way the arch conforms to the foot more than other shoes but actually I think its nice because it doesn't give any support and it feels a bit more responsive when you are using your feet in more flexible ways. I never noticed any instability. when i first bought them lems has a very small product selection and all of the shoes were quite minimal.. they have slowly become less and less barefoot sadly
Thanks for reviewing the Primal 3’s. I have a pair of 2’s that unfortunately seem to hurt my feet more than help them. I’ve put it down to the arch and the narrow and rounded heel on the 2’s. My sweet spot in the Lems is the Primal Zen. Love this shoe! The perfect minimalist shoe for my feet. I appreciate Lems listening to the feedback from their customers and making changes, however, I’ll probably stick with the Zen’s.
My favorite casual barefoot shoes. I loved the primal 2 but the round heel made it a bit unstable. I love my primal zen, but I wished the upper was as nice and appealing as the primal 2. They combined the two and released the primal 3!!! Perfect
I left a comment a long time ago, maybe a year or 2 ago about reviewing some of the popular squat shoes on the market. You liked it so I thought maybe it would come. I’ve been on the search for the best pair for a long time now and your channel really helps me made decisions on footwear. Powerlifters, strong men, Olympic lifters, etc. wear these and there are many models and brands to compare. Would be awesome. Love the vids, keep it up?
Good stuff! I really like my barefoot jim greens and will consider something like these for my next gym shoe. Any chance you could do a review on Truman boots? not barefoot but seems like a neat brand to cover
For gym shoes, check out the Inov8 Bare XF, they just updated them with a wider toe box and updated insole that has a little squish to it, but is zero drop, and the soles are nice sticky rubber. I have a pair and they are the best gym shoes I have had to date.
That was my biggest issue with the Primal 2, on the grass they were A-MAZING but on anything hard it was pure murder. The new thicker Boulders are my favorite, Lems is just killing it. Need those Jim Greens now though
I've tried a couple of different barefoot shoes and I've never been able to like them. African ranger was the best out of them all and it just caused me to hurt more than. For me boots with really strong arch support have helped my feet and back not hurt. I know everyone is different but barefoot shoes aren't for me. I still like learning about them and all other kinds of footwear. But boots with a heel will always be my go to for every day use.
Lems is trying to test my patience with their stack height. They were already less barefoot then I wanted and they made their most barefoot shoe less barefoot. DO THAT FOR ANOTHER SHOE IN YOUR LINEUP, or MAYBE make a shoe more barefoot than the primals. As it is that's a goofy change.
Firstly I'll mention that I'm a meat eater myself and buy leather shoes. However it's very likely that leather is worse for the environment than the small amount of oil used for those plastic shoes. Plus some plastics can be produced from plants. The beef industry uses an enormous amount of resources to feed, water and raise cows compared to what you end up with as food and their byproducts like leather. Especially if they're raised on good agricultural land which could produce far more plant based food for less resources. Cows also produce a lot of methane which is pretty bad for global warming and the ozone layer. Then there's the making of the leather itself which is not particularly environmentally friendly. Whereas plastics tend to be easier to make and overall use less energy and also easier to dye and use less water. Obviously there's still an impact with getting oil out of ground, transporting and refining it etc. Where the leather may be better is in how long it takes to break down after you're finished with it but it still is going to be hanging around for a long time.And the shoe still has the synthetic rubber sole and oil based midsole, insole etc even if it did have a leather upper.
I think he is talking mostly about the durability rather than the upfront costs. Even if the first pair of leather shoes is worse you can use them for significantly longer. Also cows are primarily grown for the beef not the leather. So I don’t know if it would be fair calculate the full cost of raising the cow since the leather is a byproduct that is going to be produced either way.
Lems are nice but because of where I am based, their official distributor have to deal with imports thus making them close to the price of top range options. This puts them in quite a picky situation in which for 25-33% more, I can get a Vivo. Some Vivo distributor offload their left over occasionally which brought their price close to Lems, meaning I can get real leather Vivo at 125% price of Lems. The worst part? Few of the Lems are resoleable. At the top range, almost all of the Vivos are resoleable. One of the cloth Vivo even use stitches. I could have it resole in the future if I choose to, though it's probably not worth the effort sewing a bunch of cloths onto an expensive Vibram. Lems, forget it.
You should try some of the closed toe shoes from the barefoot brand Unshoes. All leather and the rubber they use on the bottom has some wonderful grip.
We have a review of them on our channel. About the same amount of cushion and now with the update the soles are pretty similar in detentions and flatness. The difference is the grip pattern. The Zens are a bit grippier
Ordered some boot breaker insoles on the 27th of June and have only received an order confirmation email. No shipping email and no indication as to when they might be shipped. What's the deal?
I wear these everyday, and have been for about 4 months. After being brand-agnostic, wearing whatever sneakers I could visually tolerate from dicks sporting goods for the first 20 years of my life I can confidently say I don't see myself ever wearing normal sneakers again. I wore my old sneakers for the first time the other week and I straight up cannot believe the abuse I've been subjecting my pinky toes to all this time. I'm still adjusting to the extra work/strength you need to walk "barefoot" but it makes me better than other people so it's a price worth paying :)
On the injection blown rubber - I had an issue where my Lems Drifters out soles literally blew-up while in my car for about 3 hours one afternoon in May. Lems basically ignored my request to send me a new pair. The soles of my Drifters were permanently warped from being exposed to mildly warm car in early May. That's unacceptable for any shoe brand. The IBR wear rate has been okay for my purposes on Drifters and Primal 2 (and I like the Primal 2), and Lems is my favorite barefoot brand (great for my high volume mid-foot), but but the injection blown rubber needs to go.
Have you checked out the safety boots by Wide Load? Not barefoot but extra wide toe box, they’re the only safety boots I’ve tried that don’t crush my wide feet!
Please review the TSLA barefoot shoes. They're a third of the price of these other shoes and I'm on my second pair (I got over 500 miles of barefoot trail jogging from the first pair. Caveat: I only weigh 65kg).
I dont understand the want for arch support. Wearing no shoes gives no arch support and your feet dont hurt. Also, why even have gym shoes? I do my gym workouts barefoot (even heavy squats) on concrete and my feet have never felt better. Less is more.
Would love to see y'all take a look at commuter cyclist shoes like the velosamba, the chrome x panaracer shoes, or the Quoc spd boot. Total opposite end of the footwear spectrum.
I wear barefoot and wide toe box only monus my wadong boots and mtoorcycle boots. Will never go back. I like the design of Lems i think they look good, dont really care what they use anymore either way its going to be bad to someone. Leather lasts longer but id hate having sweat gym foot in a leather shoe personally.
You were reviewing some shoes from Sheffield England a while back I can't find the video of it again you cut them in half can you tell me what they would have been ??
I think weston must just have flat feet because I've worn the primal 2s for a year now and I literally had no idea what he was talking about with that arch buckling. Really just not something that ever happened to me.
brother you made a grate colabe with the jim green can you so the same but for a gym shoe like lems but lether so they last longer and some winter boots with sheep linning on the inside for winter like the really cool high top shoes you made last year but in wide / barefoot toebox zero drop they is not alot of options outthere for us
I’m pretty sure there’s deadlift shoes that but all the bs of barefoot shoes and give you gym performance. But if you’re not doing leg workouts running shoes work
What does an actual human arch do? It's a spring. it works just like that shoe is designed. You don't actually want something pushing up on your arch that doesn't move with it like that. That shoe you showed is designed the same as human foot. Nothing wrong with it. "Arch support" is bs. All you're doing is blocking your foot from working the way it's naturally designed to.
If the 2s make you feel unstable, then you don't know how to stand or walk. Because, like they said, your heel is rounded. Regular shoes ruined your ability to walk. Get gud.
There are many people who do exactly that. Check r/barefootrunning Obviously there are practical and convenience considerations to actually going unshod.
And I also don't understand how your brain doesn't have the capacity to understand why we need shoes. Some of us don't like stepping into disgusting/hazardous shit and many places don't allow barefoot. Maybe you live in the mountains but the vast majority of the population is required to wear shoes.
I'm vegan, but to be honest I prefer real leather in shoes. Well, canvas can be fine for some climates too, but I do not buy pleather shoes (anymore). They don't last very long and they are not breathable. And yeah, they don't mold to the feet either as leather does.
@RoseAnvil I love the barefoot videos but how bout safety boots with met-guard like I’ve been asking for for years now leaving comments because not everyone gets the luxury of just steel toe boots 🥾 come on don’t ignore this whole section of boots 🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️
I cant stand shoes that cost over 100 bucks and come with that foamy rubber outsole BS, I will wear through that in two weeks unless I just wear them around the house, and then I might as well just buy 20 dollar slippers or some hideous crocs.
So I’ve been wearing these to my delivery driver job for about 2 months straight now. Probably have about 500 miles on them. The sole has definitely worn down (there’s some smoothing of the grip pattern going on) but I haven’t worn through them. They are still 100% functional. Take that for what it’s worth. But we are also not huge fans of the injection blown rubber 🤷🏻♂️
How is the description confusing? "The difference js that we developed a mew *outsole* on the Primal 3 for more vround contact underneath the foot. It has a wider heel and midfoot to distribute your weight more evenly." Why were you even comparing the insoles?
I wish vegans would understand their boycotting meat is only making matters worse with the big food corporations monopolizing meat and shutting down the farmers and ranchers who make the land function at its best.
Have you guys looked at Tatra boots, made in Southern Ontario? : ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-l15OKng_y3I.html I would be curious to see your review of their product; a full autopsy or at least a watch of their factory video and construction techniques.
I've tried all the barefoot shoes on the market and none of them are nearly as good as $35 shoe from China they sell on amazon. most of them suck. Lems are alright. but the $35 chinese shoes on amazon are better. they fit better, feel better, last longer, more comfortable, and they look good.
As a vegan, I’d rather wear canvas or hemp or some organic material that isn’t the skin of an animal or add to plastic waste. Vegans aren’t responsible for companies making poor choices
I don't like it when they are made in China. Makes me question if they are made with help of child labor, and are the work conditions humane? Better if they were made in EU or US. Cost what it might cost.
honestly, leather vs vegan "leather" is a difficult one for me. I dislike the idea that an animal dies or suffers because I want to eat or wear clothing when alternatives are available. But the alternatives for leather (or wool) are often much less durable or much worse for the environment.
What's bad about plastic based fabrics? They're made from oil and so what? Plastic fabrics are a fraction of the oil industry and shoes are an even smaller part. We use and dump plastic utensils by the billions and one cruise ship journey emits more carbon than one average person ever will in their entire life. Plastic based fabrics will exist as long as we have oil to pull from the earth so there is no point in abstaining from the superior material on moral grounds.
The animals are gonna die anyway. As long as they're raised humanely there's no issue. wool doesn't kill any animal, it's just hair. Vegan products are mostly terrible for the environment.
The animal doesn't suffer. It's a very quick death. Also the animal would suffer from all the plastic waste anyways. Since you can't recycle them, and most humans just toss them in the trash which then adds more micro plastics to the world.
