For about 9 months out of each year, I walk/dance behind a lawnmower for anywhere from 5-8 hours a week.  I enjoy being outside, it's good exercise, I get to listen to great music and I get my property mowed.  For years, when I've needed new yard shoes, I've gone to Walmart and gotten the cheapest I could find.  After all, they're for YARDWORK, right?  I wasn't going to be on a public jogging trail where people could actually SEE me!  Then, each time I spent hours behind the mower, I came inside and my feet were killing me - and killing me for HOURS later.  So, I bought inserts and gelsoles and all sorts of crap, thinking that was the problem. Finally, the light bulb went on:  what I need are better shoes.

I read the other reviewers and decided on this shoe.  Last night was my first big mow with my new shoes.  I have to say, I can't believe the difference in how my feet felt last night after finishing and how they feel this morning. Aches? Gone!  Throbbing in my feet? Gone? Feet hurting when I get up after sitting for a while? Gone!

I suppose like a lot of women, I buy so many shoes that look cute and I don't care if they hurt me or not.  And, I previously saw no need to spend any money on yard shoes, after all I am just going to mess them up.  What I realize now is there was no economy in the cheap shoes to make up for the damage I was doing to my feet and the pain I felt after wearing those cheap shoes for hours and hours at a time as I trotted behind the mower. The irony is that my new Easy Spirit shoes are a fraction of what any of us would spend on dress shoes.

These Easy Spirit shoes have made me a believer!  If you like to walk, these are the shoes for you.  Walking is walking whether on a walking trail, a sidewalk or behind a lawnmower.  These shoes make me feel like I can go on and on.  I love to work in my yard and now I will enjoy it even more.  Thanks to the other reviewers for steering me in the right direction.

Update: July 2013.  These shoes are STILL rocking.  They take whatever I and my lawnmower dish out and they still keep my feet lively and not throbbing.  When these start to give way, I am buying another pair EXACTLY like them.

Update: August, 2017.  These shoes are STILL my go-to mowing shoes.  They are certainly worse for wear, but they are still so comfortable, they are what a reach for when it's time to rev up the mower.  Amazing!