As you can see, this is not your WHITE tennis shoe; the light brown top is punctured (wrong word?) with a lot of small holes to allow air breathing which keeps the shoe cooler in the summer (ok, year round).  The top material is supple and soft to the touch; it feels more "natural" than the usual artificial tops on a lot of shoes these days.  The shoe also has excellent padding, and is reasonably wide for a standard size (I'm older and my feet have flattened out somewhat, so I often cannot where a medium anymore unless it is a wide medium). The soles grip well and appear to be well made and should hold up for quite a while.  My only mild criticism is the shoe laces; for some reason, they are tend to come undown unless you double tie them.  I play table tennis and numerous times during games I would have to stop a retie one or the other.  The simple solution is to double knot them.  The laces seem well made and strong, just perhaps too slick that the knot doesn't hold.  Overall, these AVIA shoes are well made, cheap for a pair of this quality, and enjoyable to walk and play in.  As to the toner part, I don't think it makes that much difference, one way or another.  The first time or two you put the shoe on, you notice it doesn't feel quite right (your foot says there is somewhat odd or different here), but after that, it seems your foot just adapts to the slightly weird configuration of the shoe.  Hey, this is my third pair of the AVIA motion toners (the other two were white), and I have not noticed any real major differences in wearing them.  I have recently read that some have criticized these type of shoes as tending to lead to more foot injuries, but I have personally not found this to be the case.  I have not had any problems with foot injuries wearing these shoes, and, I have found that my feet and legs actually do better on cement floors (with regular tennis shoes I have problems playing on a cement floor for a couple of hours); I credit avia with an excellent cushion system that prevents these type of pains/soreness, whatever.