I ended up loving this sandal the most out of the back strap type of Birkenstock. I wanted a back strap because I don't like flopping motion. I wanted to love the mayari type but the straps really hurt my ankle because the strap was on the top of my ankle bone. Even though these are less fashionable they are more comfortable to me because nothing is around my toe and the ankle strap is below my ankle. I am still breaking them in so cant talk about how comfortable they are yet. Be careful buying Birkenstock on amazon. I returned my pair I bought here because I felt like there was a nodule under my little toe..I bought a pair from Birkenstock that do not feel that way so I wonder if they were counterfeit or defective. Birkenstock didn't want amazon to sell their shoes anymore because they cant guarantee that they are real since amazon is now using a ton of 3rd party vendors..so how do they even know what we are getting?