If I could give it 0 stars, I would have!  I should have listened to the other reviewers!  I even ordered 1/2 size larger after ready the reviewers. The laces are too tight so you can't even stretch them to get your shoe into the foot.  The tongue is too short, so you can't even hold onto it the slip your foot into the too tight opening with the laces.  Since I have arthritis, water aerobics is a great excercise, but the shoes are impossible for anyone who may have issues with their hands.  Don't even bother ordering unless you have really, really, really narrow feet and then the laces may not even give you enough room to put these shoes on.