Right,spoke to the podiatrist today,he reckons they are hype and a fad,he went way over the top of my head chatting about foot flexion,stresses etc,etc,etc but it boiled down to barefoot shoes arent all that according to him, he has been examining and advising people on feet since completing his degree so it’s worth listening to him.They had Lowa trainers in there,never seen them before.