This is my second pair. I picked my first at a CROCS retail store, after trying several different pairs. I recall I paid over $ 30, gladly because of the instant fit and comfort. The older pair has been relegated to the gym bag, after 2 summers of intense & Hon. service.
This model has several attributes which make it the best flip-flop I have owned in over 50 years.
FIT: The size 9 fits my size 9 1/2 W feet perfectly. What is more is that my dad who is 8 1/2 M often wears them and finds them fitting well. The rear portion of the thong is placed way back, keeping the heel in place, reducing the "Flop".
STRUCTURE, SUPPORT & COMFORT: The Flips are made dual density crocs light. the foot-bed portion is softer than the darker portion that forms the frame, sole and straps. Unlike other crocs designs, it has a ANATOMICALLY CORRECT, yet unobtrusive ARCH SUPPORT and heel cup. . This makes it difficult for the locked heel to move forward or sideways, and supports the foot during standing and walking.
Anecdotes: 1. My visiting daughter borrowed them, and walked all around Madison WI for a whole day (She is a ladies size 8!). She surrendered them only when I promised to get her her own in M6/F8, available with Badger colors and logo.
2. My son has his own pair, which he wore extensively on a trip to Asia, preferring them to his shoes on most days.
3. On a hiking trip to the U.P. of Michigan I wore them one morning for a trip to a breakfast place, on the way back my friend noticed a sign for one of the hundreds of waterfalls, and insisted we stopped. I did not have my hiking boots in the car to change, and ended up hiking > 5 miles on uneven terrain, without much discomfort or foot fatigue. This is when my 50 something arthritic feet decided that these will be my flip-flops for life
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Water-friendly material quickly sheds water. |
Lightweight design provides maximum comfort. |
Made with the undeniably comfortable Croslite foam. |
All-day, go-anywhere comfort. |
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Beware of Costanza-like shrinkage
A few years ago, I bought an earlier version of these after trying them on and being amazed at how comfortable they were. As they wore on, they became my backyard flip flops I'd leave on the porch. It took a good 3-4 years of solid service, but they eventually started falling apart. Enter the new pair...Again, as soon as they were on my feet, it was pure delight. Even with some minor differences from the ones I'd had (the old pair had fabric foot straps), they were just as comfortable as I remembered--more so because they still had all their spring. For the next couple of months, I was quite happy.Then summer hit. I'm in the South Bay area and, for the most part, it's been a pretty mild summer, with only a couple weeks of really hot temperatures so far. As one does in the summer, I wore my flip flops around and, on a couple of occasions, left them off my feet for a bit where they sat in the sun. Big mistake. Through some kind of inverted, Bose-Einstein thermodynamics, the flip flops shrunk. Like, by a couple of sizes shrunk. Seriously. Look at my pictures.Mind you, this was not 100+ degree sun and it was probably about ten hours of direct and filtered light spread out over several days. At first, I thought I was either hitting my midlife growth spurt or had some crazy foot edema, but nope: the reason the flip slops went from magical to unusable was because they'd significantly contracted. Now, while I could understand it if a pair of fine Italian loafers lost a little life from excessive solar exposure, one of the main ingredients for summer footwear should probably be the ability to, you know, withstand gentle summers. Perhaps I ask too much.In any event, Amazon was good enough to send me a replacement pair and they're just as comfortable as they should be. I'll just have to take care with this pair to save them for bobsledding or some other appropriately temperate environment they can handle.
