I've had many pairs of Sperry Top-Siders over the years and have found them great. This pair however looks good but has some kind of a yellowish coating on the sole that makes them slippery on dry floor; so haven't tried a wet surface.  I had such a hard time finding boat shoes in black in my size that I'm keeping them and just using sandpaper to try and get the coating off, but I won't be ordering from here again.