text: So I loved the shoes the first week I wore them, but not too long after, I got caught in a rainstorm. These are advertised as boat shoes, so I figured no big deal, they can handle water. I got home and left them in the sun all day to dry like I would any normal boat shoe, but I put them back on and they were sponge-squishy and still basically soaked on the insole only.<br /><br />I removed the insole (if you can call it that) and found that it was a wafer thin layer of foam which mostly is there to adhere the insole lining to. Beneath that, the support of the shoe is several layers of red paper, like a large block of cardstock cut into shoe-shape.<br /><br />If you get these 'boat' shoes sufficiently wet or step in a puddle, they are ruined permanently and the insole must be removed, the pulpy paper scraped out, and then replaced by an aftermarket insole.<br /><br />Price is indicative of quality.