Men

 Women

 “Foot-shape”

Notes

Road Running

Best

Altra: All models

Altra: All models

 Best

Lems: Primal

Lems: Primal

 Best

Perhaps the best shape of any shoe, ever (besides toe-shoes)

Merrell: Vapor Glove, Bare Access 4

Merrell: Vapor Glove, Bare Access 4

 Good

 Toe box too narrow

Vivobarefoot: Road Series

Vivobarefoot: Road Series

 Better

Could have more room for the small toes

ZEMgear: All Models

Topo Athletic: All Models

Skora: All models

ZEMgear: All Models

Topo Athletic: All Models

Skora: All Models

 Better

Better

Good

Might wear out quickly

Maker of Five Fingers

Toe box too narrow

Trail Running

Altra: All models

 Altra: All models

 Best

Merrell: Trail Glove

 Merrell: Trail Glove

 Better

New Balance: Minimus Trail

Vivobarefoot: Off-road Series

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Lalo Mens

New Balance: Minimus Trail

Vivobarefoot: Off-road Series

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Lalo Womens

 Best

 Better
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Good

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Need less heel and more space for big toe.

Vibram Five Fingers: All Models

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Casual/Around the town

Altra Desert Boot
Feelmax: Minimalist Shoes
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Otz Shoes

Olukai: Nohea Moku, Nohea Lace Mesh
Xero Shoes: Ipari Hana

Adidas Cloudfoam Ultra Zen Cross Trainer

Adidas Zen Plus Recovery

Vibram Five Fingers: All Models

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Feelmax: Minimalist Shoes
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Otz Paso

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Overall Best
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Best

 Best

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Good

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Extreme minimalist
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Extreme minimalist

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Formal Dress

Senmotic Fine Black (and all other models)

Birkenstock Dress Shoes
Scarba, Corvallis, Harris (pictures), Duma (pictures)
VivoBarefoot: Lifestyle Series
on amazon.com

Alegria Shoes

Senmotic Benita (and all other models)

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Vivobarefoot: Lifestyle Series
on amazon.com

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Best

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Better

Better

Patagonia: “Honeycomb-sole” models only

Pau, Loulu, Banyan, Sitka

br

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GH Bass: (Models w/ wide toe box below ONLY) Bradshaw SlipOn, Delancy Boot

 Good

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Good

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Excessive heel height

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Excessive heel height

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Lems: Nine2Five

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Merrell Encore

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Merrell Encore

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 Best

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Better / Good
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Excessive heel height, women’s too narrow

Casual Dress

Lems: Boulder Boot
Chaco: Montrose (and Chukka), Thompson (and Chukka)

Birkenstock shoes

Lems: Boulder Boot

Chaco: Harper slide, Harper lace, Pineland Moc
.

Birkenstock shoes

 Best

Good

Altra: Instinct Everyday

Altra: Intuition Everyday

 Better

VivoBarefoot: Lifestyle Series

on amazon.com

Patagonia: Banyan

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Otz Paso

Vivobarefoot: Lifestyle Series

on amazon.com

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Cabela’s: Oxford, Buckle, Slip-On
.

 Better

Good

Good

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br

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Excessive heel height
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Sanuk: All Loafers Kyoto, Chiba, Vagabond, etc

.

 .

Alegria Shoes (better models have NO heel)

 Better

OP Loafers – Surfer-type Slip-ons (Imitation Sanuk cheaper and

better in some ways!):

Canvas, Casual, Mocassin, Lightweight

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Birkenstock shoes and sandals

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Calceo shoes

Birkenstock shoes and sandals

Best

.

.

Better

Better

New Balance: Minimus Leather

 Best

Born: Milton, Alpert, Quentin, Carsten, Sandor

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br

Ecco: Biom Series ONLY, Biom Lite

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GH Bass: (Models w/ wide toe box below ONLY) Darla SlipOn, Meridian Clog

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 Good

Good

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Good

Excessive heel height

Excessive heel height

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Toe box narrow

Cross Training

Reebok Crossfit Acceptable Models

also on Amazon

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Lalo Mens

Golf

Reebok Crossfit Acceptable Models
also on Amazon

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Lalo Womens

Better

br

br
Good

Only models on links

br

br

Need less heel and more space for big toe.

Adidas Puremotion
Vivobarefoot Hybrid (old model), Linx (new model)

Best
Better

Barefoot BERBS: General Info,
Black Bear, Polar, Kodiak

General Info
Black Bear, Panda, Teddy

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 Best

True Linkswear: Stealth

Kids Golf Shoe: Dawgs

 Better

Good

Military Spec

General Info about the Belleville Mini-Mil Series

Videos on the benefits of Minimalist Boots
Belleville 101 Tan, 102 Black, 103 Green
Transition Boot: 111 Desert Tan, 115 Coyote Tan

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Lalo Mens (OK, not milspec, but created by a former Seal)

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br

br

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Lalo Womens

 Better

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br

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Good

 br

br

br

br

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Need less heel and more space for big toe.

Work Boots

Keen: Steel toe options

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Warrington:
Steel toe Firefighter boot, (Better Pictures)

Georgia Boots: Only the following models
Hammer HD Composite Toe Mid
Hammer HD Composite Toe High

 Better

br

br

 Better

Milwaukee model has worked well for my patients

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Cycling

Bont

All models including Road, Mountain, Triathlon

Cleats

CustomCleats.com (Take any shoes from this list and they will make them into cleats in a couple of weeks!)

 Best

Kids Shoes

The best shoes for kids: NO Shoes!

Plae

Kid O Fit

Various shoes at Walmart (surprisingly!)

Casual Loafer, Athletic Shoes (another), Sandal

Nerf Water Shoes

Reebok Nano

Skidders

Momo

.

The best shoes for kids: NO Shoes!

Plae

Kid O Fit

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Reebok Nano

Skidders 

Momo

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By far the BEST

Best

Best

Casual loafers: Best

Others: Better

Best

Better

Best

Better/Best

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Baby and toddler shoes