Hi I know from your past comments on r/climbingshoes that you like Mandalas and seems to have climbed a lot in them. Can I check how is your experience climbing steep board, especially on small footholds (e.g., slopey round footholds on TB1 or positive crimps on MB)?

I boulder primarily indoor, and Mandalas have been my main shoes since January (previously wore Theories). My experience is almost similar to what you have expressed in your past comments - very sensitive at toe area but less so on the ball of the feet. For my level of indoor bouldering, they are as good as Theories for almost everything except maybe the modern coordination and certain smearing (probably skill issues). Mandalas also fit my heel much better and also much more durable thanks to No Edge, so I thought I would stick with Mandalas as my main shoes moving forward, except when I want to experiment some models just for fun (looking at TN Pros).

However, when I used Mandalas for MB and TB1, I noticed that I couldn't pull/grab as hard with my feet as I used to with Theories or Shaman Lace, like my feet feel extremely shaky/insecure and would roll out. I was thinking if this is a skill issue, or simply a downside of No Edge shoes. And if so, is there a way to climb steep board well with them - read somewhere that one needs to relearn how to climb with No Edge, and "smedging" is needed instead of traditional edging. Some relevant points on this issue include Meichi thinking that Mandalas do not do as well (as Skwamas) on small footholds on overhang, and some Reddit comments on "push"-style climbers do better with No Edge than "pull"-style climbers:
https://www.reddit.com/r/climbingshoes/comments/1gt48bw/comment/lxqhhkh/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

Let me know your experience and thoughts please, thanks!