Splay 101 - Whiteout

I love the shoe itself. Great for skating and the gym and it gets lots of good looks and works with many outfits.

The problem I have is I normally wear 10.5 and I went with their suggestion and sized down, but after a couple weeks I can feel slight rubbing on the very front/inside top of the big toe.

All these years of normal shoes definitely caused my big toes to curve outward a little bit, which is why I bought these in the first place to avoid bunions. So it's possible after wearing these shoes for long enough my toes are straightening out and I need to size up to 11's instead... There is more of a natural gap between my big and middle toes now for sure. Regardless, the 10 feels like a 10 to me, not a 10.5. Wish I could return to size up but it's too late.

Basically, the Splay Whiteout is a well-engineered, zero-drop, natural foot-shaped, quite wide-toe-boxed, and highly flexible shoe. Splay improved on their original "white-canvas-looking" prototype by making the bottom out-soles of Whiteout totally flat, and most critically: flat right to the outer edge, creating a far more stable out-sole foundation (this is in sharp contrast to the original model that was rounded toward the out-sole edge, and made that earlier model less stable when turning and/or changing direction). The "roof" of the toe-box is higher than the original -- which is an improvement, but could still be raised a bit further to accommodate more (buyer supplied) insole options. And, of course, Splay needs to adopt "half-size" options, as many people (like myself) require a half-size (for me, a 12.5) for a proper fit instead of "the next size up" (for me, a 13), which can cause slipping while walking. Otherwise, it is a very good health-focused "barefoot" shoe that comfortably accommodates Dr. Ray McClanahan's "Correct Toes", which I always wear with any pair of shoes.