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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Comfortable, Flexible, Good Price

I have EE wide feet, these are wide enough for me. The lacing system is effective. I'm able to get them just right. Good flexibility and ground feel, comfortable uppers, they feel quality. Tread is great on hikes and over rocks, a bit slippery on wet dirt downhill but duh. Wish all the colors were out when I bought these. Grey is fine but that blue looks great, only regret is I didn't know more colors were about to release. Don't know the longevity of these yet but the price was good and I will buy them again when these die. They have been great on hikes.

Best footbeds ever!

I have only been wearing these shoes for a couple of weeks, so I cannot comment on durability, but outside of that everything about them is outstanding. The climbing shoe styling, the rugged outer sole, the totally functional laces—all fantastic. But the best thing about these shoes is the comfort of the footbeds. Unbelievable! Total comfort. Basically zero break-in period. I can't remember the last time I was this impressed by a pair of shoes.

Absolutely love them

Absolutely love them. Light, flexible, yet robust and strong for long walks. Water resistant. Definitely the best barefoot shoes

Perfect shoes

Perfect shoes. Comfy, durable, high quality. Only the outsole is not so perfect, little stones get stuck inbetween the spikes.

Husband loved it

Husband loved it. Got it for a present. A little heavier than his other barefoot running shoes but it’s good for training andit’s also quite water proof

Wild ride.

Being a vivo fan for some years I was intrigued by these. I purchased the Wild Dirt and so far they have not disappointed. They aren’t as barefoot as Vivos but not by much less. They’re comfortable on any terrain. The suede is decent and can easier be proofed. Overall I’m very happy and have purchased a second pair.
I’m hoping Lonowear start making a boot to similar specs.

It is light in weight and allow me to walk

It is light in weight and allow me to walk comfortable with stability

Amazing fit

Amazing fit. I use it for workout and it rocks!

Very comfortable and seem quite durable

Very comfortable and seem quite durable.

Good and comfortable will buy another

Good and comfortable will buy another pair

Snug and liberating for the toes. Hug like wool and breath like I'm barefoot

Incredibly comfortable and honestly fit like a cozy winter sock with the breathability of athletic wear. Snug, form fitting, liberating for the toes and great grip on the ground. Only complaint is that I cycle almost everywhere and am worried how quickly my pedals might made due of the thin souls (likely not a big deal on the pavement but my MKS pedals are likely to shred these pretty quickly)

Best shoes I used for coaching.

Very comfortable even for long hours of coaching. I also used this for one of my workouts. Running, burpees, lunges, wall balls are not a problem. Been giving high praises for this shoe when people ask about them.

Got these for badminton and love them

Got these for badminton and love them, great grip on court and so far have been able to wash them with the rest of my kit bo problem!

Fits perfectly and very comfortable

Fits perfectly and very comfortable.

Will probably buy again - at a smaller size

Comfortable, very comfortable and seeming very good quality so far. The only downside is they are very long compared to my usual sizing. I easily fit into my wife's pair that are a full 2 UK sizes smaller than my usual. I ordered a half size smaller for me and should have gone even lower.

Lono Wild Review

I've had the Lono Wild for a couple of months, & use them for trail running & hiking. Nice & flexible yet not too thin, with just the right amount of terrain feedback. The tread platform feels neutral stable & offers nice traction & stickiness grip & also is wearing well. Spacious width & toe box establish a neutral roomy fit for my wider foot shape, & the lacing helps further dial in the fit. Planning on ordering another pair.

Absolutely Blown Away by LONOEWAR Barefoot Shoes!

Amazing ,,,I literally just tried on my new LONOEWAR barefoot shoes, and I am absolutely amazed. I've been curious about barefoot shoes for a while, but nothing prepared me for how incredible these feel.
From the moment I slipped them on, it was like my feet suddenly remembered how they're supposed to move. The zero-drop design and flexible sole allow for a completely natural footfall, letting my toes splay out and my arch engage as it should. It's truly like walking barefoot, but with fantastic protection from the ground.
The lightweight design is also a huge plus, I barely feel them on my feet, which makes a massive difference for comfort, especially during longer periods of wear. If you're looking to reconnect with the ground and experience true foot freedom, the LONOEWAR barefoot shoes are an absolute game changer,I can't recommend them enough!

Very pretty and good quality

Very pretty and good quality.

Really good

Really good. Just the size is small than actually are I'm 7 but always Barefoot.I'm 8

Perfect

Perfect

Good job!

Me and my wife love the feeling and colour. Very well designed and comfortable. I like the feeling of the thin sole but also firm for activities

very very niceIhope they will last

very very niceIhope they will last long

So comfortable

My Lono Flow shoes have just hit 1000 miles. I do not want to wear anything else. These have been my most comfortable barefoot shoes and I have had 8 pairs of Vivos.
Although the uppers are still perfect the soles have just started to wear through. I will keep wearing them until the soles are to far gone.
I have already bought another 2 pairs to keep in reserve :-)
Absolutely love them.

Amazing comfort! True to size.

Feels and looks good! I practice and teach Krav Maga and I have been looking around for shoes that are flat and flexible on the soles with good friction. Most CrossFit shoes are inflexible and do not provide enough friction. Wrestling shoes have all the things that I’m looking for, but they tend to be narrow around the toe box which is extremely uncomfortable and un breathable. Lono is the perfect fit! It’s flat with good friction, flexible enough to move quickly with footwork, and I love the wide toe box it provides. I can now teach or train for longer hours without feeling discomfort.

super comfy

Sore off the beginning but that’s a given because my feet were adjusting. But now they are so comfortable. I use them for work because I’m standing all day and I also use them for Olympic lifting