These are the shortest lived shoes I've ever owned. When they arrived, one of the laces was split and frayed, then I put them on and it felt like one foot was bearing more weight than the other and I realized that they were different heights. I figured they'd break in fine though and they did, or at least I got used to them.

Fast forward a few months and it's time for a wash....so I put them in with a pair of Merrell's and when I was taking them out, I put the Merrell's in the rack in the dryer and pulled one of the Teva's out of the washer and the heel was crushed. I tried to straighten it and felt that the plastic inside the walls of the heel and to the sides had folded over, re-formed that way, and would not straighten. The entire back section of both shoes are now crushed and not only unwearable but unfixable.

Never, in the history of the dozens of pairs of shoes that I've owned and washed, including plenty of Teva sandals, has this happened and I won't buy another pair that I even suspect it will happen to.

Nothing against Teva, I just ordered a pair of Dozer III's to replace these, but this kind of construction has turned me away from their shoes for a long time to come.