This is the second pair of these shoes that I have purchased. The first pair lasted me about two years.  After that pair needed replacement I purchased a different brand of slip resistant shoes. That pair was never very slip resistant and only last less than a year. I will never buy a pair of those other shoes. I will stick with the Sketchers. They are very slip resistant under the cercumstances I work. I work as a cook on a clay tile floor. I am very stable walking in the kitchen even when the floor is wet from mopping or when I'm cleaning the area behind the deep fryer. I would highly reccomend these shoes.