For a hiking style shoe with a roomy toebox, check out the Merrell Proterra: https://www.merrell.com/US/en-US/Product.mvc.aspx/30885M/74566/Mens/Proterra-Sport

I will vouch for the Vivobarefoot Ras.  I wear the Ras (I have two pair — brown and black) everywhere except court.  Curiously, the brown pair seems to have less of a “clown shoe” look than the black pair. 

Brad

I have two pairs of Lemings and like them very much. But I haven’t tried any other minimalist shoes so I’m not sure how they compare.

 Wayne, I’ve had Leming Footwear (formerly Stem Footwear) shoes for a several months and I must say they are the most comfortable shoes I’ve ever had — and they look good as well!  The sole seems quite durable.  I don’t think you’ll be disappointed.

I have heard that the leather around the ankle is stiff – does it break in with time?

At least they’re not red, I’m afraid of Ronald McDonald!

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The sole has a fairly thin feel, kind of like it looks, but it has held up good so far. The shoe only has the sole and the removable insole, which you could easily replace or keep out altogether. There is fairly significant ground feel in the ball of the foot. I’ve never worn five fingers, but I’m guessing there is slightly less ground feel than those. There is less ground feel in the heel as the insole is a little bit thicker and harder there. Without the insole there is significant ground feel across the whole foot. 

Stems ? Baby blue or the MT10LR ?
Stems (Leming) come black, brown, Gray or green afaik.

I have the brown, they are awesome, though after intensive 8 month of sock less use they start to smell …

I have been wearing the black Ra for four months almost every day to work (12 hr shifts and lots of walking).  Prior to that I wore VB Aqua for almost two years to work with very little wear. The Ra is as comfortable as Pete describes the Aquas, yet work well in a dressier environment as well as they go with jeans. The Ra does have a stiffer leather heel cup that needs some breaking in (wear socks!). They now offer a dark brown leather/black sole version which I just ordered from Two Rivers Treads (http://www.trtreads.org), They were not listed on their website yet, but I called and they had them. I was really happy to see the dark soled brown leather option.