Question about street shoe sizing and climbing shoe recommendations
I recently got back into climbing with my 6 year old daughter after a 15 year break and unfortunately, I've never had good fitting climbing shoes. My street shoe size is 12.5 US, which is a 46 in all of the climbing shoes I've been looking at. I have narrow feet and high arches.
I got a pair of Butora Gomi LV in 13 US/EU 47 two months ago and I have about 25-30 hours of climbing in them and they fit great everywhere except for my big toes. They felt tight but manageable when I originally tried them on.
After wearing them for 30 mins they are killing my big toes to the point that I can't put weight on the tip of my big toe, it's painful to walk, and smearing feels like torture. They also stain my toes yellow and my heels black which is super annoying, and I don't have full confidence in the grip of the rubber. I'm looking to buy a new pair of shoes with the sales this weekend but I dont want to make the same mistake as my current pair.
I just looked at a few pairs of my Adidas 12.5 US ultra boosts street shoes and they all list the EU size as 47.5?! Should I have got Gomis in a US 13.5/EU 47.5 since you are supposed to wear your street size in Butora? Which size should I be referencing, US 12.5 or EU 46 or EU 47.5?
Also, any shoe recommendations? I'm 46 years old, 6'4" 195 lbs, with a lean athletic build. I want to get back into bouldering but I'm planning to stick with sport routes for my first 6 months to a year to give my tendons and ligaments a chance to toughen up before risking injuries at my age. I currently only climb indoors, I can do almost all of the 5.10s at my gym, and some of the 5.11s, and I'm working on a few 5.12s.
Of the shoes I've been trying on most brands are way too loose but LaSpo seem to fit my narrow feet/high arches best. I'm considering katanas, muiras, TC pros fit great (but I would feel silly wearing them indoors) and mandalas, which I havent been able to try on in my size but I like the extra toe rubber and stiffer sole. Most of the more aggressive models like solutions, futura, and skwama(too wide) all put way too much pressure on my big toes. Thanks for reading this far. Any help/advice is greatly appreciated.