User Review: La Sportiva Tradmaster

La Sportiva Tradmaster
Above: The current Tradmaster, which may differ slightly from the version reviewed.

Rating: rated 1 of 5 stars
Price Paid: $110 US

Weak shoe - one 90 ft Vedauwoo pitch put ~ 1.5 mm razor blade like slices in the rubber and the little edging I did on the route was starting to take chunks of rubber off the toe. Maybe it was a bad batch of rubber but I'd avoid the friXion rubber in the future for the tried and true XSV that Sportiva still uses on their other shoes.

Aside: the toe of the Tradmaster isn't as pointy as the "equivalent" Focus model of a few years prior, and is probably too blunt for most intermediate to advanced climbers.

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Buy Online We found the Tradmaster at 3 online stores:

StoreProduct DescriptionPrice

Moosejaw
Mens Tradmaster Climbing Shoe (Spring 2009)$88.00Buy Now

Altrec Outdoors
Trad Master Climbing Shoe$109.95Buy Now

Ramsey Outdoor
TradMaster$89.99Buy Now

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