My thoughts too. Does everyone else in the world have toes that follow that exact slope from big toe to little toe? I would love to try some but I have three toes that are longer than my big toe. We should be able to order them with customized toes sizes.
As has been said in two consecutive posts upthread, you buy them to fit your longest toe. The separation of toes is the important part, not the exact length of each toe.
An officemate is a very serious runner, and insists they’re great (if you get them sized exactly right), but I could put myself in shoes for about five years on what he spends per month. If they cost the same and lasted as long as ordinary shoes, I’d give them a try, but as it is, I won’t even consider them.
If you did some other sorts of outdoors athletics like rock climbing for example, you might apprectiate their ability to protect the feet somewhat while offering near-barefoot dexterity.
Indeed, that is only because those runners have been conditioned to run in conventional running shoes which encourage unnatural running habits. People who transition to running in Vibrams properly by slowly re-learning natural running skills do not have problems.
They cured a bad case of plantar’s fasciitis in my right foot. Love 'em. Wear them every chance I get around the house and walking the dogs. Not exactly something I’d wear for a night out on the town, but has a very useful application in many places for many of people.
It’s been an ongoing issue for me, but my two smallest toes on both feet are hammer toes and the little toes are completely inflexible, so that’s 90% of my problem. Sometimes it’s easier to slide them on, now that I know how, but it takes some coaxing usually.
I do want to say, honestly, that I grew up running a lot, especially on the highway near my home. When I was in high school, many of us played soccer on Sunday afternoons since it was our day off of cross practice. It usually was split in half of who wore shoes and who didn’t, but we were in a controlled environment - a football practice field. We also ran on the track barefoot, but I didn’t do much road work barefoot. A friend of mine, named Seth, would gladly run barefoot at any time. That included heading through town, over gravel, broken glass, and anything else that might be out in the way. These seem like a way better idea than exposing feet to all these things. I haven’t bought a pair - yet. I think this summer will be the time to try it.
Brendon
I am more wondering about the shape of the top of the shoe which slopes down from big toe to little toe. I looked at the pictures of the shoe and I don’t think it would work for me because of the shape of the front of my foot. If I bought them so my middle toe fit, the shoe big toe would be about an inch longer than my big toe.
I think they look comfortable and would be good for toe problems I have, but none are available around here that I can try on. I hate ordering shoes by mail without trying on even the wrong size first.
Does anyone with weird feet wear these?
OK I found the answer, from the manufacturer website:
“If your second toe is more than 1/6 in. longer than your big toe it may be difficult to get a precise fit”
I’m sure this applies to the third toe too.
The theory behind minimalist running is entirely anecdotal and the balance of evidence so far suggests it does more harm than good. It seems to be that many barefoot running zealots are cut from the same canvas as antivaxxers.
I answered awesome and I’m female.
I don’t run but I did spend the whole weekend slipping off my sandals in the countryside. I reckon they’d be great on the uneven ground. I’d leave them out there so I couldn’t forget and accidentally wear them in public.
I’m a little worried about the Achilles mention, I still ache from that a year after the fact.
Don’t want. Not skeevy so much as I just don’t like anything between my toes. I think there might be a slight gender divide in that women are possibly more used to wearing shoes that go between the toes than men.
bought my first pair yesterday, am wearing them in an attempt to make them conform more closely to the shape of my feet–they were hekll to put on in the store, took me all of five minutes per foot.
They are difficult to get on at first, but keep at it and you will develop a technique that suits you and learn to do it fairly quickly after awhile.
I wouldn’t be surprised if your toes also become more flexible in their movement after wearing the shoes for a while. So it may get easier to put the toes in with repeated wear because your toes move better, not only because your technique gets better.
Female. I find them both awesome and skeevy.
I love love love my Five Fingers! I already own several pairs (KSO, KSO Trek, Speed and Bikila) and I’m pretty sure I’ll buy at least one pair of Classics for the summer.
My physiotherapist recommended them to me to strenghthen the muscles in my feet (after having surgery for Hallux Rigidus), but really I wear them for the great feeling. It’s amazing how different the ground feels through these shoes - in the first days of wearing them I started to look out for different paving just so I could walk over it and feel the different surface. 
Personally I found putting them on quite difficult only the first few times, now I just slip them on and my toes go right where they are supposed to go. Apparently though I have the “norm foot” for Five Fingers as each toe really fits perfectly. 
Huh, this is amusing. I expected to see - as the trend is among people I know - that more men would think they were awesome, and more women would think they were skeevy. Turns out to have been the opposite.
I don’t run in mine (for a lot of reasons), but the reason I bought them is because of a significant history of injuring myself when walking in regular shoes. Since I’ve never had such injuries (frequent rolled foot / sprained ankle / broken bones) while walking barefoot, I tried the Five Fingers.
And they work beautifully for that. The pair I got isn’t a perfect fit (the store’s selection was not great and I just wanted to try something) and I want to get a different size… but I feel SO much more coordinated in them.
What I want to know is why 41 people with no preference would feel compelled to vote in the poll?
May we assume that if they tried them they would like them? 
I want a pair so badly for kayaking and just general boat dock foolishness, but my feet are misshapen monstrosities and they’d never work unless they started custom making them. My feet are like two bricks with fingers on the end. They’re wide enough that I could have a sixth toe without crowding, my arches are higher than Jimi Hendrix and, no kidding, my pinky toe is damned near as long as my pinky finger, and I don’t have stubby fingers. I have a hard time wearing shoes to begin with, I sadly can’t even pretend to play with these things.