I buy these shoe because I need something to get around in for a 2 week trip to Hawaii . I get they a couple day before we leave so I have no time to break they in , but they feel break in the first day i wear they . I wear they hike and on the beach and on volcanic rock . I have never be wild about sandal , but I can tell you I be anxious for spring in Colorado so I can wear they again . I be a photographer , and I pretty much expect to wear these pretty much all the time during summer landscape shoot ! I highly recommend they !