I moved to a year-round warm climate and adopted the flip flop lifestyle for awhile. Unfortunately, I was under the impression that a $10 pair of flip flops was fine. Not so. They start to stink pretty quickly, and even febreeze can't help you. I had a hard time stomaching paying the price for these Oakley's (what man spends good money on fancy flip flops?!), but I'm so glad I did. These flip flops are going strong 6 months in and smell just about as good as when they came in the mail.