text: I volunteer at a museum, and spend hours walking around helping people.  I have a bad back and some painful pronation in my left foot, so I decided to see if these shoes helped any.<br /><br />The good: Excellent arch support.  They're really easy on the bottoms of my feet, and my back doesn't hurt after walking around all day.  The velcro stays on nice and snug, and I think they look cute.  They are just a smidge snugger than I like on my feet - or maybe I just have fat toes, because they fit everywhere else.<br /><br />Not-good: The back of the shoe tears up my achilles tendon.  I have to wear socks with them to prevent it, which I find less comfortable.  They don't really help with the pronation as most of the support is for the arch (but I probably need an insert to really help with that).  And I love the worn look of the star pattern, but someone messed up in applying the design to the shoe because one of them just has a big silver blotch in the middle of the toe.<br /><br />These are much better shoes than what I've been wearing.  I'm still not sure they're going to be THE shoes for me.<br /><br />Edit: Sadly, I have to revise my review down after a couple months of wearing these.  They changed my stride too drastically and, while my feet no longer hurt, my knees and hips were in agony.  If they correspond to your natural stride, I think they're great shoes, but they don't work with mine and they had to go.