I bought these for a trip to Guatemala that I am doing in a few months and wanted support through my ankles on the uneven paths, due to having one knee replaced recently and other to be done at some point. I personally hate wearing enclosed shoes. The first week having these I figured needed to start breaking them in for trip and found them to be really comfortable and no pain for me being flat footed and to my knees. Not to heavy in weight and they seemed to have helped me move better with in the new knee replacement guess from giving the extra support to ankles.
A close friend who knows I hate wearing enclosed shoes said to me after a few days seeing me wearing everywhere said , don't wear them out before your trip.