I love my Bormio vibram 5 fingers. They have rocketed to the top as my most used pair of Vibram Five Fingers. A little background I work as a Real Estate Photographer in five finger uk. I need a shoe that is comfortable, classy, and durable. The Bormio fit the bill perfectly.

I was concerned about how waterproof the shoes might be. After doing some research I found a forum post on the forum created by MCVet. He had successfully applied waterproofing solution to several different pairs of VFF with varying results. I decided to give this a try on the Bormio boots.

Find out what I did to waterproof my Bormio Five Fingers and the results I had after the jump!

I purchased some Liquid AquaSeal online. When it arrived I applied it generously to the leather on the Bormio. I made sure to get lots of the liquid in between the toes. It took a few days for the shoes to get dry enough to wear.

Note: You may want to keep that in mind and set aside some time for the shoes to dry appropriately before you have to wear them again. If they are still wet they will have a oily wet silicone feeling to them. Once they were dry I gave them a buff with a shoe brush.

The AquaSeal will darken the shade of the mbt uk. It will look several shades darker then the original shade the first week. Over time though the boot will lighten back up to a shade closer to the original shade, for reference I did not apply AquaSeal to the leather zipper pull tab. It stays the original color in all the photos so you can compare the change in shade.

Keep in mind these are not 100% waterproofs. You can't go running through a river and expect your feet to be dry on the other side or stand in ankle deep water for 10 minutes. When you compare the Bormio boot to other VFF styles though they do an incredible job at keeping your feet dryer in wet conditions then the most of the other VFF styles.

I can't recommend the mbt shoes enough. If you have been intrigued by their design and thought about picking up a pair I would not hesitate any longer. They are a fantastically comfortable shoe that looks good in almost any setting. I even wear mine to the Opera and Ballet now instead of the KSO Trek I used to wear.

A special note about the fit, at first the mbt sale felt a little tight in my normal size. The leather will become much more pliable and stretch as you wear them. After a week or two of wearing around they loosened up and my feet no longer feel tight in them at all. In contrast I also have one size larger that fit well at first but now feel a bit loose after the leather has had time to stretch. I would keep that in mind when you are trying them on.