I bought these shoes as a replacement for some heavier-duty house slippers that had worn out and wanted something that could be comfortable enough to wear around the house and yet durable enough to wear in the yard or working around the house.  Essentially, I was looking for an alternative to house slippers and these seemed to look like the best option.  After three months, I am pretty happy with the choice.  I don't wear them away from home, but they are really comfortable enough and sturdy enough to do that if I wanted to.  As others have noted, the lacing which hold the upper panel to the sides is pretty poorly constructed and it took my shoes about 6 weeks before the stitching came apart and I had to restitch it which took me all of 20 minutes.  As long as you don't mind possibly having to restitch the panels, I would buy these, even though they are probably 50% over-priced due to the "DC" fashion appeal.