text: I'm a gal who's got deformed feet so my options are thin. I barely fit in a size 12 6E mens tie-up shoe by new (has to have the wide sole), and I wear that as required for safety. Outside of that I've been wearing the St Johnsburry sandal as my primary shoe for years, I go through a pair a year and they hold up OK. It seems the soles keep getting thinner and wearing out faster, but maybe I'm wearing them longer and rotating old pairs in vs tossing them. So when I went to order more, I saw these and decided to give these a go.  Thinking I could buckle them quietly, vs velcro all the time. Well we order them and I get them early July. I start wearing them in and bring them on my honeymoon in August. Loved them then and didn't think I'd have any problems so I only brought these and home-made knit house slippers (because my shoes would take up 1/3 of the bag if I did).<br /><br />It was 90+F most days, and we were on our feet outdoors walking 2+ mi/day. By the third day, the glue had come undone from the toe to the ball, occasionally catching a pebble, or sidewalk crack much easier. By the end of the 2-week trip I was tripping at least twice a day and the glue had come lose down to the arch. Maybe it was the heat or the amount of walking, but I'm going back to the old sandal if this can't take being the main shoe for a month and a half.<br /><br />Edit- I gave these an extra chance (hey, I like that buckle) The store I got the first pair at saw that Honeymoon damage and replaced them no questions asked. Then NB changes happened, so I had to order here vs NB store. That and the next &#34;yearly replacement&#34; pair has held up better than that first pair, but still these sandals are having a tougher time overall to hold up for an entire year. I'll still order these because my options are thin and these work without having to travel cross-country to one of the few remaining Shoemakers left. Just holding out till 3D printed shoes become more possible (Feetz's algorithm doesn't like my feet...yet).