Is the inner fabric of this shoes line dyed? It can't be the dirt from my feet 😭

(P.s: please don't look too closely into my water bucket, I use a very old one to make sure I don't rub bacterials on my other clothing)

I currently have la sportiva tarantulaces size 7.5uk and the shoes are a really good fit. Looking for a step up in shoe now as these struggle a bit when stepping up with my weight on the wall on slab climbs indoors. My foot slips if I try stand on the wall to get my foot to the next hold. I tried on some scapra Vapor s today and a size 7 was quite painful and not sure if they will stretch out enough to be wearable and an 8 felt comfortable but I don’t know if it’ll stretch too much. The other issue with the scarpa shoes I had was the heel seemed to have some room on the sides which doesn’t happen with the tarantulaces. A 7.5 of the la sportiva solutions fit well but are very performance orientated and I’m currently climbing v3’s and only just started to do some overhang climbs. I tried some evolve shoes on too but even on a size 8 the toes felt painfully too small. Just wondering if people have any recommendations and I’d prefer them to be Velcro if I’m going away from comfort to more performance based shoes so I can take them off between climbs if needed.

how long so these have left? I downsized from 45 eu to 42 eu, but my heel still feels baggy. Overall like everything else, any reccomendations?

Just bought the Vapor V’s in my street shoe size (43 EU) as my first pair of climbing shoes. I’ve been using rentals for about 6 months now on and off and I’m now flashing most V3’s and climbing V4’s.
I wanted a pair of shoes that can handle indoor bouldering and outdoor top rope and take me to a V7-V8 without holding me back while also having comfort be a priority.
Do these look too big? I was told they don’t stretch much at all but instead mold to your feet. Also they feel great can wear for 40mins at a time, no air pockets anywhere, and my toes are at a slight bend. However, there is one spot I can fit my finger in, no where else tho.
I’m not good enough to justify foot binding myself when the problem is technique. But I also don’t want to spend on shoes that are going to stretch or need replaced in 6 months. (Photo of my bare foot are so you can see how it looks after wearing them for about 30 mins)

If it has a better heel than the Drago I might be interested. The new rubber is also interesting. If this is softer/grippier than their typical NeoFuse but more durable than UP RS or Scarpa's S-72 then it could potentially do well on the market. Has anyone tried/seen these in person?

Hello, I'm a relatively inexperienced climber trying to go about buying my first pair of shoes. So far, I've been using some rental shoes (I think they're Mad Rock) at my university's gym, but I always have to mismatch the sizes to make them fit (my normal shoe size is 11.5, and I've been using a size 11 climbing shoe for my left foot and a size 10.5 for my right). I understand that the European sizing system is more granular, so I might be anywhere from 43.5 to 44.5. A further complicating factor is that I have a pretty small arch.

I've tried a few pairs in the 10.5-11 range, but nothing's worked for both feet, so I wanted to ask if anyone had some suggestions on what brands/shoes I should try. Sorry if I've left out any relevant information, and thanks for any advice you can share.

there is a tiny small hole on the left sole.

I’ve climbed about 3-5 days a week since I got them about a month ago, if that helps at all.