Normally, I have to wear a hard orthotic.  Because I have a pain condition, after a full day of work, those orthotics are more than I can stand any more, but I need to wear shoes because I have plantar fasciitis - it's really painful, as anyone who has suffered from it will attest - and going barefoot makes it flare up.

So what's a girl to do?  Wear Crocs when she's not at work, of course.  I had hoped to get a pair that was a little more stylish, so I tried to get a pair of Croc II's, which look a little like Vans deck shoes.  Unfortunately, those are sized for Fred Flintstone - too big, too fat, and if you buy them close to your actual size, when you engage the heel strap, it jams your toes in so that they end up looking like poor old Fred's, sticking straight up.  Ouch!

The Beach Clogs run much closer to the size you would expect when you specify your size.  They are a little softer, too, than the Croc IIs, which I was surprised about.

These work just fine for the purpose they were devised for, and I expect to wear them a long time.  They are a little on the expensive side (I'm used to wearing knockoffs which we refer to as "Mocks", and those were a little softer on the foot pads and a lot softer on the wallet), but hopefully they will last for years and I can "amortize" the cost over time.