MI6 Rubber

Just a plug for Five Ten MI6 rubber. Had a pair of Grandstones resoled by our very own Locker a while back just to see what all the fuss is about. Have to say i dont think I'll use any other type of rubber from now on. Edeges good, smears great, smedges awesome. The only downside may be on micro edges but I just dont do that type of climbing that often. After a few months of climbing a few times a week they show little sign of wear. Two thumbs up.

Few months of climbing on what?

Perhaps if you compared Mi6 to C4 we could get a better understanding of wear.

Still using my shoes with the MI6 and still really liking them. The rock I normally climb on is very course granite similar to Joshua Tree. I have not noticed any cupping or chunks missing or anything you might expect in a softer rubber.

As far as comparing to C4?? It's just better, smears and smedges better, I haven't had it in dime edges and if I did I would smedge and not edge with it. I don't climb very hard, typically a day of climbing is 5-8 routes in the 5.9-5.11 range anywhere from face to crack, sport and trad. The MI6 is a great crack climbing rubber, toe jams are way more secure feeling.

The only downside would be really thin edges on steep rock where smedging won't work.

C4 is a great rubber but I'm considering getting my other shoes resoled in MI6 too, the pros just out weigh the cons by a long shot.

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Gonna go ahead and be a naysayer. I had a pair resoled with mi6 and honestly couldn't trust my feet on anything. Maybe because it was during warm days around 70F that I was testing them out. Footholds I could stick my feet to with c4 would feel slimy on the mi6 shoes. Every foot placement, every time on every type of foothold, slid before I was applying enough pressure to get it to stick. No problems like this with c4 and I am a decently sized climber, not petite. Also as stated before there is no edging power whatsoever. I'll stick with c4, best rubber of all time.

Wow, that's too bad. I have had just the opposite experience with the exception edging but that's not surprising. I'm about 180 lbs and for friction climbing nothing comes close to MI6 rubber, never had problems with the shoes sliding off holds.