text: These are ok and I've gotten a few compliments. Updated &#34;technical&#34; looking upper material makes them a little cuter than a grandma shoe. I don't get the sucking noise some have noted.<br /><br />Composite cork bed is fairly comfortable but dinged a star for poor quality control  as there was a large glue lump on the bed of one shoe and the stamped logo in both had mostly fallen off both upon opening  box.<br /><br />Dinged another star for the poor choice of upper lining. It's a stiff, slick plastic that sticks to your skin and the front edge gave me blisters on both big toes.<br /><br />Worth just about $25 as paid for. Definitely not a competitor to Birkenstocks and other similar European comfort shoes. I will keep as its crazy hot now and they're are comfy when not sticky. At $25 not really worth sending back.