Adapt Trainer

First let me say that I do enjoy these shoes, I wear them casually and I take them to the gym on all but my leg days. They are comfortable at the gym and for daily use. But issues arise when you walk longer distances in them. I usually do two 30-minute walks every day to get my 10k steps but the first time I got the Adapt trainers I wanted to test them so I decided to do a full hour at pretty high pace. Ive worn barefoot shoes for years and spend a good amount of time barefoot so I actually have pretty thick skin on my feet. But by the time I returned from that walk the balls of my feet were on fire, they bumpy blue sole of the adapt trainer was rough enough that it rubbed thru my sock and rubbed the bottom of my foot raw. The next day I got a blister and I was basically unable to walk or workout for a week while that healed up.

This was highly disappointing, but not as disappointing as when I contacted Flux about it. They told me these shoes are for training and not walking, despite the description explicitly stating they indeed ARE for walking. They told me to walk I need shoes that are for running 🙄. I ended up cutting up some insoles for these, and now I can walk in them with no problems. For shoes that are this expensive, you'd think they would come with some sort of insole or at least have the blue bumpy portion of the inside of the shoe lined with some sort of material to not cause massive blisters.

Love these shoes! Like a constant foot massage all day, my toes have enough room and they look great. According to the size guide I’m 24.4cm so I’m between an 8 and 8.5. It said go up 2 sizes in a lot of reviews. So I went up to a 9 and they fit amazingly well!

I would just say, go look at the size guide and also measure your foot! Then go up 2 sizes (ex. go from 8 to 9) don’t assume your shoe size from another company will be the same for this company.

I own the adapt runner in my usual size and they fit perfectly - one of the best sneaker's I've ever had. I ordered the adapt trainer because they were on sale in my desired color. Very disappointed to find out they didn't fit, and have to go through the hassle of an exchange. Also, I now have to settle for a different color because same color in the size up (M14) is not available. "This shoe runs - small, size up" should be readily available to the consumer in the product heading and not hidden in the size guide. One shouldn't need to go looking to have to know this when ordering - bad for repeat business when there is so much variability in size for different products. Otherwise, great shoe, and looking forward to the exchange.