These shoes are easily the most flexible that I've been in. It seems that no matter which way I move, the shoe appear to work with me. Having found this out early I was a bit concerned.
I work in the Travel and Hospitality business and usually have to change shoes once every season (6 months). I walk a mile to work, walk about at least 3 miles while at work (on a slow day, which I haven't had many of lately), and then a mile back home at 5 days (or more) a week. I'm always on my feet walking, running, squating, tip toe'ing, pivoting, you name it my feet are involved. Therein lies the problem.
As I said I'm hard on shoes and I don't think these are gonna cross that "one season" mark. I haven't even reached the two month mark with these and I'm already seeing... I dunno what you'd call it... it's where the rubber sole pulls up to the front of the shoe where the tips of your toes would be. In any case, it's already starting to peel. I usually don't see things like this happen until at least the four month point with shoes (granted, their usually built a bit tougher for the job like Brahmas) and that's after the heels of the shoes signals I'm on the road towards the end. It's not awful yet, but I don't expect these shoes to last me until the first huge snowfall where I live (which would basically mark the beginning of the new season) which means I'll have to prematurely shell out another 40+ on some shoes that can tackle the job and for longer periods of time.
Also in the realm of comfort, I've had this reoccuring issues with these shoes and these shoes only where my right big toe starts hurting like the shoes are too tight for it. I thought it was a matter of just breaking the shoes in but this was an everyday thing, several hours into wearing them, over the course of a month and a half and now every so often on occasion. I have plenty of space to moves toes and such around and the shoes are always fine up until that very moment that pain comes back.
Pain aside (and I might be the only one) if you plan on doing a lot of moving around these might not be the shoes for you. If you bartend or you're in the kitchen where you're on your feet but don't necessarily have far to travel, you're just confined to basically one area, these are fine for that. But with the walking I do, these aren't ideal for the time period I was hoping to use them for.very comfortable, breathable shoe. Would give it a 5 but the soles wear out rather quickly. I do walk 8 miles a day for work though so I guess these would last longer for the average walker.
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