I never understand why this brand has not come down in price some (especially since its so popular - even finding items in stock is hard) but, I guess you get what you pay for and these shoes have saved me from a life of being uncomfortable and stuck with the granny style diabetic shoes.  I generally wear 8.5 wide shoes so for these I have to go up a size to get the width to fit, a pity they don't consider making extra width versions of their shoes (except with the flip flops - those I can waver between 8 and 9 depending on style).  I'm a plus size gal and finding shoes that support over the years has been hard but this brand helps a lot.  The sandal style shoes (freeway sadly discontinued) and the play (flip flops) are excellent and I don't have back and knee pain no matter how much I'm on my feet and walking about and they keep my legs stronger.  I wanted the sneakers so I could use them for exercise walking but read a lot of complaints about the heel on the short sneakers so I never purchased them to try.  When these appeared I snapped them up and I'm really glad I did.  They are great for exercise walking, stabilize your ankle area, are flexible enough and the comfort is what I expect from the brand.  Only draw back is my ankles are thicker than that tiny shaft so I do have to keep the top lace undone but just using the second works out well.  They also are a bit hot to wear but its manageable, some air vents on the shoe would correct this nicely.  I'm also not the happiest about the color (wish they had black) but, its better than some and the metallic grey I can get away with wearing to work  for those heavy meeting days where I'm running all over the campus areas.