Customer Reviews Arc'teryx Arakys Approach Shoe

I was so excited to receive these shoes from all the reviews they seemed like just what I was looking for! They fit in length perfect (size 10) but they are still narrow for my wide feet. I wanted something I could go without socks if I wanted and I walked maybe 500 ft and couldn't take another step for the horrible blisters I got. I can't even wear them right now until my feet heal. I am still looking forward to cautiously trying them once healed, however they rubbed across my toes where they bend and about ankle height on the backs of my Achilles area LOVE the colour and the idea of the shoes

I've had the shoes for a few month and I have used them mostly around town. They are light, they feel nice but unfortunately they don't seem to be very durable. The mesh in the front already stared to break where it creases at the toes.

I love these shoes, they are easy to wear, look good and the fit is terrific for my wider feet. However, the easy clip buckle is easy until I start walking, then the laces slip and I am constantly stopping to tighten them up again. Could be there is a way to hold the lace tighter?

i've owned a gray pair of arakys for ~4 months now, taking them on climbs in smith rock, moab and joshua tree. on approaches, they've performed fine. although on nastier sandstone scrambles, i found that the red dirt embeds itself really easily into my gray shoes and discolors them, requiring substantial effort to clean. the big con is that on an easy 5.6 climb in joshua tree, both of the metal belt buckles on my shoes got bent out of shape. they ended up undoing themselves mid climb and while i could reclose them, i now worry about their integrity. while i could have been wearing real rock shoes for this climb, the hope was that arc'teryx would have provided a higher quality approach shoe i could have trusted on longer, easy multi-pitch climbs.

I have many Arcteryx products and I love them all. And I bought these shoes because I liked them externally, but after about half a year I was disappointed, the fabric insert on the cape began to collapse. And he wore these shoes exclusively in the city - no trips. Since then, they have been at home