text: Didn't trust the reviews, and wanted to check it out myself. But they did turn out to be fake vibrams - mostly because the toes are all merged together and yet not entirely. It just gives the appears of 5 fingers, but you cannot slide your toes in separately, and nor together smoothly either. THey are just messed up. Plus the colors and design are really ugly too. Stay away from these and take another vibram pick.