This summer is the 3rd year I have had these sandals. I bought them in white and they have held up fairly well. The cork foot-bed is cracked a little bit in one area on one of my shoes, but that came from getting these sandals completely soaked outside one day and continuing to walk around in them afterward. Even with the cracked cork, the shoe has been holding together fine and I don't feel it in the sole where my foot sits.

I have a few pairs of Birkenstock's, but this pair seems to always gets comments from people when ever I wear them. I have others that have beautiful designs and colors, but the Sparta style of these basic white ones always get more comments.

They are comfortable to wear after the initial Birkenstock break in period. Eventually your foot makes a bit of a footprint into the cork and they conform around your own foot.

While I have a few different pairs of white sandals, I always end up going back to these!