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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The design is stylish yet simple, making them suitable for casual as well as semi-formal outfits. The sole has a good grip, and the cushioning makes every step feel light and stable.

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Instantly really comfy!

Really comfy! I just wore them yesterday for the first time around the city. Zero breaking in. I have wide toes and one foot had a dropped arch. Both feet were fine! Look forward to using them hiking.

My new everyday sneaker

This sneaker is incredible. It’s perfect for a busy mom like me who appreciates getting out the door quickly. the slip on feature is a game changer. It’s actually super comfy and feels very stable for chasing littles around. No ankle sprains here! 10/10

Very pleased

Very pleased. My first barefoot shoes and have been an easy transition so far. Very comfortable and have held up great after a month or so of hiking a couple times a week.

Feel great

Feel great and look great!

Best barefoot shoe hands

Best barefoot shoe hands down

love them 🤩

I had just gotten obsessed with step in shoes before I started transitioning to barefoot shoes. I looked all over for a step in barefoot shoe before I admitted defeat. Then, months later, this shoe dropped! I of course bought it immediately. Absolutely love it. Super comfortable and just can’t beat the convenience. My new everyday shoe!

Never going back!!

These barefoot shoes are incredible! Durable enough to handle rugged terrain but flexible enough to give you ground feel and maintain dexterity. I am prone to ankle sprains and these are already helping so much to avoid them. Highly recommend, these are great quality shoes.

This shoes are a happily surprise to me

This shoes are a happily surprise to me. I have very low opinion in general for any Chinese made product. I bought this by mistake without realizing it is made in China. Turn out it is very comfortable, Thin flat sore big toe room which are healthy to feet. It looks cool as well. I would say it is better the scarpa, oboz, keen, la sportiva.

Incredible hiking walking shoes

I love the style, the fit for my wide,flat feet is very comfortable. I’ve taken them hiking and they are the best hiking shoe I’ve owned.

first shoe wide enough for my foot

first shoe wide enough for my foot , super comfort ,looks good , feels good , and so far very durable

My new favorite shoe

My new favorite shoe. Bought them to have some light hiking shoes for soggy days in the Uk. The suede uppers do get a little moist if it’s really wet, but overall couldn’t be happier. They’ve become my go to for daily wear.

Love them

Love them. Super comfy, wide toe box, no restriction in movement, extra tread depth is great for off road walking, waterproof enough to prevent soggy feet. Another great shoe from Lono, my new favourites.

This colorway is nice

Already liked this shoe. But I really like this color. Especially over the grey & black ones I already had.

I’ve worn these out hiking and the grip was

I’ve worn these out hiking and the grip was great! Super comfy too :)

Get the shoes

Just to start, I ordered a 41, but they were way too long for me (my feet are 25.5cm in length). So I excanged the size to a 40, which are perfect for me as a UK 6.5, still loads of space for toe splay, and my toes don't touch the front of the shoe. This was a very easy and quick process, they have amazing customer service, couldn't be happier!

For the actual shoes, I have been wearing them consistantly for 6 weeks now, and they are a dream. Super light, super grippy, and just the most comfortable thing I have ever worn on my feet. I cant go back to normal shoes now. They feel amazing, I can feel the floor but not to the point that it hurts, and the flexibility and space they have makes me feel so much more balanced. I wear them as ny work shoes and every day shoes. For my retail job, no complaints from doing at least 10000 each time I wear them.

I haven't tested the waterproofing completely yet, but they are splashproof. I wouldnt go out in heavy rain in them, as water can get into the shoe through the laces and in heavy rain it feels like it would eventually permeate the suede. I have gone out in light rain and moderate rain for short periods, my feet have stayed dry, but the suede does absorb the water so it will have its limits I'm sure. But thats not what I need them for, I will not be going out in such conditions 😂

I love these shoes, and for the price, they are so, so worth it. Planning to do some climbing approaches and scrambling in them at some point, I feel very confident in the grip they have.

Get the shoes. I will be getting the gorgeous yellow colour as soo nas I can justify doing so 😍

I absolutely love

I absolutely love them

So far

So far, very happy!

Amazing service

Amazing service, really wonderful barefoot shoes. These are going to be a favourite for me. Thanks so much!

These are well thought out shoes

These are well thought out shoes. Very barefoot feel. Good malleable rubber sole. Just an extraordinary barefoot shoe. Shipping from China was 15 days; good tracking system. Excellent response from seller on a few questions

Happy purchase

Great style & quality

They are awesome!

I love these shoes. They are super comfortable and lightweight.

Comfortable to wear, well designed and constructed.

Well designed and constructed. Comfortable to wear, nicely sized toe box, the sole provides a firm grip.

Great shoes

Great shoes, love them, insane grip, only thing I am concerned about is they might be tall enough in the toe, definitely a great width for toe splay though

Very great and fit

Very great and fit.
Lono released my toes effectively