As a nurse I have to say I love these shoes! Bought them after an EXTREAMLY expensive pair of shoes came in contact with a code brown! These shoes have no cloth parts to worry about-- Loves the patient but didn't want to carry her code brown around with me in the fine mesh on my shoes! -- Also the treads are amazing-- no need for a knife-- toothpick etc to remove... dirt? just wipe them off-- they are really really comfy, convienient and best of all easy to clean. I have found the shoe for the rest of my nursing career here!