Barefoot Benefits

Barefoot vs. Traditional shoes?

Here is how typical barefoot shoes stack up against other shoe types

Why are barefoot shoe features healthy?

Barefoot footwear or barefoot shoes offers a healthier, more natural option compared to typical shoes through the following features:

  1. Wide Toe Box: allowing your toes to splay and avoid being cramped, thus giving you increased stability
  2. Zero Drop: placing your toes and heels on a flat level and avoiding an angled unnatural stance
  3. Flexible Sole: providing a highly mobile sole and shoe materials that enhance flexibility and build up stabilising muscles


Our feet are complex, with 26 bones, 33 joints, and more than 20 muscles in each. These work together to support movement and absorb shocks, but standard shoes limit the natural movement of the foot, particularly the arch, which can result in injuries or impaired function over time.

Issues with Traditional shoes

  1. Damages to your foot structure: Traditional shoes often change how our feet interact with the ground, leading to weaker muscles and decreased foot sensitivity over time. This can cause foot health issues such as bunions (hallux valgus), hammer toes and increase the risk of injury, particularly as we age.
  2. Sub-optimal materials: Historically, early footwear was simple, made from materials like animal skins that allowed for more natural foot movement. However, modern shoes often include thick heels and rigid soles that dull sensory input, affecting the way we move and causing a loss of foot strength, flexibility and breathability.

What we're doing at LONO to take care of your feet

At LONO, we believe in the power of minimalist footwear to enhance foot health and overall well-being.

  1. Our shoes are designed to allow your feet to move as nature intended: helping you rediscover the strength and flexibility you've lost over time.
  2. Optimal materials: crafted from flexible, breathable and biodegradable materials, our shoes will be there every step you make into a healthier and more natural future. Check out the Nature Benefits and Product pages for more info.

For new barefooters

3 tips to get started

If you are new to the barefoot game, there are some things to prepare yourself for. Here are 3 tips to get started on your barefoot journey.

What do the experts think of our product?

Anya's Review

Anyasreviews

The Lono Flow is a true barefoot shoe that I really like! The stretchy uppers are soft and comfortable, and the outsole is really thin and flexible – everything I look for in a shoe!

Foltsy on Lono Barefoot

Foltsy

AndrewFolts

Overall the Lono Flow is a rare example of an affordable barefoot shoe that not only competes with more premium brands at twice the price but actually improves on them with some clever features.

That Fit Friend

Thatfitfriend

The FLOW works well for cross-training, and if you want a budget-friendly option and routinely do athletic, circuit, and mobility-focused sessions, then you’ll like this shoe.

Barefoot Strength Project on Lono Barefoot

Barefoot Strength Project

TheBarefootStrengthProject

The absolute thing I love is that lono has been listening to barefoot consumers and fixing existing problems, I think that’s hugely commendable!

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See the Flow S Carbon

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See the Flow S Tusk

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See the Flow S Black

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The best shoes ever

Fabulous!

I’ve been exploring barefoot shoes for about a year, and have a half dozen various brands. These are by far my favorites. They are incredibly comfortable with just the right amount of give. Biodegradable elements are so hard to find in footwear, but absolutely crucial for sustainability, I hope they will offer this style in my go-to “neutral” of navy blue so I can buy another pair (or two!).

It felt great to wear this workout shoe

Great fit and flexibility.

Comfortable and light

Love these shoes. Stylish, eyes catching, comfortable and light

Amazing shoe,

This shoe is fantastic—perfect for workouts, and I absolutely love the design.

However, there’s one small issue: the marketing doesn’t quite do it justice. It looks very similar to the Lono Flow, and the name, which just adds an "S," makes it seem too much like the original Lono Flow rather than a completely different product. If I could rename it, I would have called it Lono Strength

Love these shoes!

I absolutely love these shoes! I do a large variety of training including weight lifting, running, plyometrics, and long walks and these shoes feel great for all of those! The quality of them is great and I love the aesthetic as well

First Barefoot Shoes

These barefoot shoes are great! Fits like a glove, seems durable, and good quality!

Love my shoes

It’s like being barefoot with soles. I purchased the shoes because of the recommendation from my son Michael Palser. I love them. ❤️

Perfect

I love these shoes. They’re extra light, super soft and easy to slip on. They’re versatile and super cute so you can wear them to weightlift or as part of your outfit of the day. Love them!

Very good experience

The funny thing is that the delivery was very fast but I kept forgetting to pick it up. The shoes are very good, ensuring a barefoot experience and very suitable for exercise

Great service.

I haven’t received these shoes yet because they were stolen from my doorstep! However, Lonowear have been amazing and sent another pair for me for free, I just had to pay the postage. Amazingly helpful and nice of them.

My first barefoot shoes and it feels so great!!

comfort

I'm very satisfied with my cork insoles. they seem to keep my feet cool

good

i like it

Had a good feeling about these

Sold the moment I wore them! Really helped my stability when lifting barbell.

Good experience

Let me feel many movements

These shoes are so fab!

Loved them and have already ordered a second pair. Too bad I didn't know about this 5% incentive then!

Love them!

Comfortable, light weight, good quality, cute style

I bought this really as a trail since I do love barefoot shoes. Was pleasantly surprised that this pair was both pleasing to look at and very comfortable to wear.

Really comfortable

Dusty pink shoes

Loved it! Great for the outdoors and strength training, tho for the latter definitely ensure a snug fit (possibly tightening the shoelaces)

FLOW S TUSK

Have worn it for a couple of weeks now. Really comfortable, more than my other pairs of barefoot shoes from other brands. I wear them with socks when I am out for a long day, and without for short walks to train up my feet.

I do recommend them for folks wearing barefoot shoes for the first-time!

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