I have two pairs of "sneaker" style shoes from Tsubo and love them.  To me, the name means "comfort."  I ordered the black Manti. These shoes are adorable and I wore them for the first time yesterday as a test drive to see how I did walking on such a high platform.  I am fine with high heels that have the small platform and a higher heel but the full bed platform being so high was new to me.

I am a crazy fool for cute shoes - so that will explain why I'm keeping them and will continue to wear them.  I wore them to the salon to take my kids for a hair cut and then I wore them to get my nails done and a pedicure. So no long walks, no all day shopping trips.  Just a test drive, as mentioned above.  At both places I received several compliments.  They are comfortable in that they did not hurt my feet.  They did not rub blisters, and they stayed on great.  There is just enough room on the foot bed so that my "monkey" toes do not hang off.  This is my pet name for the toes that seemed to have moved after baby #2. I do not have wide feet but since the birth of my last child seems to have widened my foot somewhat - I cannot wear many sandals with what I call a "tiny" foot bed.  I don't like that look that so many women sport.  You know the one, right?  Where their last two toes and part of their foot seems to hang off or dwarf the foot bed of their sandals.  NOT pretty.  So I appreciate shoe companies that make cute sandals that accommodate more than just the size 3 teenager's foot;-)  Tsubo did this:)

Now, here's the tricky part.  My ankles have never been strong.  I seem to step wrong pretty easily and give one of my ankles a twist any time the floor is remotely uneven.  That doesn't stop me from the occasional 4 inch heel or platform sandal.  Yesterday - I twisted BOTH ankles in these shoes.  The surface was not uneven either time.  In fact, in one case - I walked into a store for a coke after getting my pedicure and found myself stumbling rather loudly against the front glass.  (I'm sure they wondered if all I had to drink was a soda!)

So - ADORABLE!!!!!  But if you are ankle challenged beware.  But if you are used to walking in platforms - you are totally going to love, love these shoes.  They are every bit as cute as the picture.

EDITED MONTHS LATER:  I STILL love these shoes AND I've learned to walk just fine in them.  No more scary loss of footing.  I wear them through the airport on business trips and out shopping.  I wore them to a concert last night with a mini skirt.  I get lots of compliments on them.  So.... there was (for me, at least) a learning curve when it came to walking in them.  I still avoid walking on uneven surfaces and in one instance I had to walk on a gravel walkway - I had to hang on to my husband's arm to avoid breaking my ankles (ha..ha... so don't wear them if you know ahead of time you'll be on uneven surfaces!)