This is a very good shoe. Stiff at first-- for about a half hour-- then they stared to mold to my foot and I'm really impressed. This is a well-structured sandal with arch support; all leather footbed and upper. Very comfortable but more than that. They will be worn quite often and I believe they will last a long time. Very well made and worth buying. I will probably get another color. They remind me of how shoes used to be. They won't require a lot of break-in time, and they will become my "go to" sandals with considerably more class than ordinary flip-flops.