To start with, I hate enclosed shoes, but I needed some for walking!  I read all the reviews and decided to get these!  Boy, am I glad!  I'm 70 and need to walk!  But I have chronic pain with spinal stenosis and have had it since the age of 24!  Anytime U can just read all day, I'll do it!  However, as one ages, our joints get stuff if we don't use them!  Thus, my need for shoes to walk in!  I didn't want to spend more than my car costs either!  I bought the stone color and while I look just like a Grandma wearing tennies,( I AM a Grandma) I  hate looking like it!  Oh vanity!  These are great!  Now to find a thinner sock that doesn't slide! And you won't see me wearing these except for walking!  I can only take looking my age early in the day, not all day long!