Torque

Great aggressive shoe, the rubber is very sticky and I like the one strap a lot. I also like that I can secure it in multiple ways to make my foot feel more secure.

Bought these for my son’s birthday, as his bouldering had advanced to point where his Black Diamonds were holding him back. Fit is perfect and he could immediately tell the difference. He no longer has to bandage his Achilles heel for comfort. Looking to get a pair for myself next!!

So iLL really has something great going with these shoes. I've been climbing for 10 years now and have gone through a decent amount of shoes in that time, but I think these might be my favorite so far. Before the Torque I was rotating between Evolv Shamans and Sportiva Futuras. I wear size 10 Shaman and 41.5 Futura. Size 10 Torque fits PERFECTLY for me. I normally wear 10.5 street shoes. The pointed toe box fits my greek tapered foot shape like they were custom made. The heel literally suction cups to my foot, which makes this by far my favorite heel hooking shoe that I've owned. The stiffness of the last combined with the Vibram XS grip means I can edge and smear almost equally as well. Overall I'm incredibly happy with what So iLL managed to create with the Torque, it truly is a top of the line shoe.

I bought the Torques because I have been climbing for a few months now and was looking for a higher end performance shoe. I bought the La sportiva solutions and they are spectacular shoes but within a month the strap had started to wear through and was about to break so I returned them. The Torques attracted me because they are much better looking than other shoes on the market and looked sturdier. I am very impressed by these shoes they are not as stiff as the solutions as the mid sole and heel are much more pliable but the toe box is extremely stiff and lets you generate power with a more sensitive feel. The shoes are more comfortable and fit me better then other shoes I have owned I wear a size 13 street shoe and ordered a 12 and it fits amazing and I can feel the shoe starting to break in. This shoe does not perform quite as well as a solution mostly because the heel is made of more durable rubber and heel hooks don’t quite grip the same but I find the shoe performs essentially the same as the solutions in other areas. I highly recommend these shoes for someone who’s looking to get into a more performance based shoe but don’t want to have to replace them every few months. These are also a great choice if you have wider feet like I do most asymmetrical shoes cause my toes to sit on top of eachother but these fit snug without bunching up my toes.

I had high expectations for the Torque when ordering them, but they still blew me away. In case this helps others with sizing, I have a Low to Medium volume foot, and a Greek foot shape (2nd toe longest). I wore 8.5's with my old 5.10 Anasazi's that were an amazing fit, and sized 8.5 for these (street shoe size 8.5). I prefer a slightly-relaxed fit, but if I ever needed the shoe to perform any better, there's totally room to go half a size down, maybe even a full size. The toe hooking rubber on this shoe is super soft and made the break-in process super easy as my toes weren't pushing into a stiff upper. However, the rubber on the sole is a perfect stiffness and amazing at edging. The Velcro strapping on this shoe is pure genius and I wish more climbing shoes had this feature. The shoes are a little more dark green than teal in person, and beautiful in so many ways. These will be my new favorite shoes for a very, very long time!