Rubber around toes peeled off on first use
Love the colours of the Session 2, but can't recommend them at all unfortunately. I am a route setter working in a climbing gym, and the very first day I wore them on the wall, the rubber on the sides of the feet peeled off where my foot bends when it's against the wall. Now I have these big gaps there that just collect dirt and look awful. Pretty bad for $160 shoes. Previously, I wore the original Black Diamond Session shoes (the black ones) for a year straight, and the rubber never peeled off at all. I wore them until the toes wore through from abrasion against the walls - which took a whole year. I will be going back to the original Session, and I recommend anyone else who's thinking of buying these ones to not bother. Whatever changes they made between these and the originals have not been for the better. Maybe it's that new "algae-infused foam" that makes the rubber not stick. Too bad.