Which climbing shoes are best?

What's the best way to break in synthetic climbing shoes?

• I finally bought myself a pair of rock climbing shoes online on the REI website. They're a little tight and dig into my heel. Is there a way to break them in that perhaps might ...show more

• Answer:

  Congrats on the shoes :) my first pair were Red Chilli. Climbing shoes are meant to be tight. If you hang around climbs or the gyms often enough you'll see most climbers only have them on when they're actually climbing and they take them off when they're not climbing. They will always hurt to walk in and if they don't, they are too big. PS. Most climbers I know go DOWN in sizes when they get new shoes :)