SOOOO comfy!
These are made of Ethylene Vinyl Acetate, which is actually considered safe by the EWG. I usually worry a lot about the materials things are made of when they seem like they are plastic in particular, but these apparently are ok and that was a huge plus for me in ordering them.Childhood Beach Shoe MemoriesThe other reason I was anxious to order these is that they remind me of the beach shoes I used to wear when I was a little kid in the 1960s, and those beach shoes were so comfortable and you really don't see them anymore. These days they have the thong type flip flops, but not the other type that used to just be a simple strap across the top of the foot. These are very similar but these have a bit of a wider strap, more like the Adidas slides or Nike slides that are very popular the past couple of decades.I've never purchased the name brand slides, and this is my first time wearing any type of flat slide like this since being a kid, so I was pretty excited to receive these and was holding my breath to try them on and hoping they would be as I remembered. And they are, and I'm very excited about it! I walked around the house a few times and just couldn't wait to write the review because I'm just so very thrilled with them.Size and FitI am a size 8 and sometimes a 7.5 if the shoe is wide enough, so I was expecting these to be a little long on me, but they fit me just right. So if you have a long foot, I'm not sure whether they will be just right on you - it may depend on how wide your foot is. I have a very wide foot, so maybe my foot is not coming to the front as much as it could or would, so just consider that when picking your size.Comfort and DesignThese are actually more comfortable than when I was a kid because the ones from when I was a kid just had this very flat foam type material, and these are a little bit thicker but not so thick that you feel like you're walking on something lumpy - it's just right.They have ridges on them that feel nice on the bottom of the foot and will also serve to let any water dissipate more easily than if they were flat, and also keep them a little grippy until they dry off. The ridges continue throughout the whole slipper on all sides.Color ChoiceI ordered the pink and they are a perfect pink in my opinion. They are not obnoxiously loud and they are not so light that they are boring - they are just nice in between pink.Plans for UseI had planned, told myself when I ordered them that I would just be using them when I'm camping and use them as shower shoes, but I really think I'm going to be using them as my summertime house shoes now. Unfortunately, we are on the brink of fall right now and I'm sad about that, but I'll definitely be bringing these on any trips to warm weather this winter and I would consider purchasing them again in the future in a different color.StorageThey are very easy to pack and store because you can just reverse them one inside the other and they are a pretty tight package without having to fold them.OverallThese brought back exactly the comfort I remembered from childhood beach shoes, but with better materials and improved design. I'm absolutely thrilled with them and expect to get a lot more use out of them than just shower shoes.