What are the softest shoes avilable now?

My favorite shoes ever were the Mad-Rock Hookers which were like rubber socks.  I might have strong feet because I felt confident on anything in them, including little edges.  Is there anything similar these days?  Preferably with laces? Also – if anyone has an old pair of Hookers in the 9.5-10 or 40.5-41 range, in good condition, I would buy them.  A little bigger might work too.

Having a hard time of thinking of shoft shoes with laces. I’ll be interested to see what shoes others will mention. Maybe mythos? I think the Mavrinks from La Sportiva are some of the softest shoes I have climbed in. I loved them for gym climbing but I weigh about 195 so that might skew my perception of stiffness. I was climbing in the shamans before hand(very stiff) so I have noticed my feet got along stronger(on my 3rd pair of Mavrinks now). Maverinks are designed and do stretch a lot depending on how you size them just an FYI. The new solution comps are also very soft and are similar in stiffness to the Maverinks IMO. Two other new styles of Sportiva comp shoes are coming out I believe and they most likly will be on the soft side too but again none of these shoes I mentioned have laces.
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Ahh tenaya and they have laces!

Scarpa Chimera has laces.
Tenaya Mundaka is silly soft.

Unparallel Leopard.

The evolve Nighthawk are really soft, and are laced. I’m not a fan of evolve shoes, but these are really sensitive slab shoes. They start to smell quickly though.

Scarps furia air if that brand fits you. I’m using tenaya mundakas and like their flexibility and softish feel.

Just for reference, where does something like an Anasazi Lace (Pinks) fall on the softness scale?

I know it doesn't have laces but I second the Scarpa Furia Air in regards to softness. I call it a climbing sock.

Some of the other shoes already mentioned in this thread, like the Evolv Nighthawk and 5.10 Anasazi Pinks, are as soft as bricks compared to the Furia Air!

Jared Chrysostom wrote: Just for reference, where does something like an Anasazi Lace (Pinks) fall on the softness scale?

I'd call the Pinks medium stiffness. Softer end of the spectrum for trad shoes, but not even close to the super soft bouldering slippers. They also change a ton as they wear out. Good for edging when new, and sock-like near the end of their useful life. At that point they're great for rand smearing in cracks but crap for edging.

Just up your game all together and try on some Ferrari's, I mean Testarossas 

Socks. Socks are the softest shoes available.

I have toe issues, and the softest I can wear comfortably are Skwama's.  

But get a pair of Cobra slippers, you can hardly tell there is anything on your feet.

J A wrote: My favorite shoes ever were the Mad-Rock Hookers which were like rubber socks.  I might have strong feet because I felt confident on anything in them, including little edges.  Is there anything similar these days?  Preferably with laces? Also – if anyone has an old pair of Hookers in the 9.5-10 or 40.5-41 range, in good condition, I would buy them.  A little bigger might work too.

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I primarily climb in soft shoes indoor and out, these are softest currently available that I’ve climbed in extensively:
-Scarpa Furia Air
-Furia S
-5.10 Team (somewhat available)
-Madrock Haywire
-UnParallel Leopard (comparable to Team)

My current quiver is Evolv Agro which is surprisingly soft for how much rubber is on the shoe, and the Phantom, which quickly grabbed my respect despite it being much stiffer, but extremely precise in the toe.

By far Five Ten Team VXi is the softest shoe I've ever worn.

Look into the scarpa Chimera. Insanely soft supple vibram grip rubber. I think this is exactly what you’re looking for. 

Are the Mad Rock Hookers the lime green ones? I own those and feel like the modern crop of soft shoes (Scarpa Furia, Chimera, Drago, 5.10 Team Vxi) are much much softer than Hookers. In fact I wouldn't necessarily consider the Hookers a soft shoe by modern standards.

The new Scarpa Veloce is very soft. It’s got a much wider toebox than the Furia Air. 

Probably the Unparallel Leopard? Not lace up but it's got a V-shaped Velcro strap. I know the rubber of the sole is on par durometer wise with the old Stealth Mi6. The rest of the shoe I guess is closer to the 5.10 Team, but it's unlined. I'm planning on getting a pair at some point.

Khoi wrote: I know it doesn't have laces but I second the Scarpa Furia Air in regards to softness. I call it a climbing sock.

Some of the other shoes already mentioned in this thread, like the Evolv Nightmare and 5.10 Anasazi Pinks, are as soft as bricks compared to the Furia Air!

Agreed about the Furia Air. Make sure you size down from other Scarpas. The Scarpa Chimera is also quite soft, but the Furia Air are softer and very very light too...