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AimlessWanderer
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One parcel received, opened, and shoes tried out.One parcel received, opened, and shoes tried out.
Sorry, not the greatest pic. I'll take a better one another time.
I ended up wearing them for about five hours straight, right out of the box. Perfectly fine for a steady day, staying in one location, but not a shoe I'd want to walk a mile or more in. A decent thickness of synthetic sole on a leather mid-sole, but not a huge amount of tread.
To be honest, I wasn't as enamoured with them as I thought I'd be, but wasn't particularly disappointed either. For £24, they're certainly good enough. A perfectly acceptable low-budget slip-on (it's not very practical to use the buckles, but they're mounted on elastic, so you can just slip them on and off), and about on a par with the other pair of slip-ons that I've had for a few years. Part of the "meh" feeling, might just be because the shoe buying binge has pretty much burnt itself out. Every box is ticked (for now) on the needs and wants list, so the eagerness has somewhat fizzled out.
I think they'll be a decent shoe, and I should get my money's worth out of them, providing the elastic on the buckles holds up. I can see that being a potential fail point, but one I may be able to work around should things go awry. This feels more of a general everyday shoe, rather than a dressy shoe though, kind of a bit like the brown embossed "woven look" shoes towards the top of the page. They look OK, but don't "feel" dressy. Not a shoe I'd be worried about nephews and nieces standing on, or spilling ice cream on, but not a workhorse mile-clocking shoe either. Just a simple comfy lazy day shoe for when the summer shoes are hibernating, and for shopping or visiting family in, so long as I'm not planning on walking there and back. All three pairs, these monks, the faux weaves, and the original twin gusset slip-ons, all feel of the same ilk.
I'm glad, in a way. All my decks, sandals and cupsole trainers, won't be at the front of the queue in cooler weather, and it's nice to have a few pairs like these for when not much is happening. On fair weather days from autumn through to spring, i.e. not big boot weather (rain or snow and ice), I think these three pairs will all look much better with the heavy trousers (moleskins and cords) than a pair of deck shoes or cupsole trainers! So really, I may have filled a void I hadn't yet realised was there.
This new non-driving lifestyle is really taking some time to figure out
Sorry, not the greatest pic. I'll take a better one another time.
I ended up wearing them for about five hours straight, right out of the box. Perfectly fine for a steady day, staying in one location, but not a shoe I'd want to walk a mile or more in. A decent thickness of synthetic sole on a leather mid-sole, but not a huge amount of tread.
To be honest, I wasn't as enamoured with them as I thought I'd be, but wasn't particularly disappointed either. For £24, they're certainly good enough. A perfectly acceptable low-budget slip-on (it's not very practical to use the buckles, but they're mounted on elastic, so you can just slip them on and off), and about on a par with the other pair of slip-ons that I've had for a few years. Part of the "meh" feeling, might just be because the shoe buying binge has pretty much burnt itself out. Every box is ticked (for now) on the needs and wants list, so the eagerness has somewhat fizzled out.
I think they'll be a decent shoe, and I should get my money's worth out of them, providing the elastic on the buckles holds up. I can see that being a potential fail point, but one I may be able to work around should things go awry. This feels more of a general everyday shoe, rather than a dressy shoe though, kind of a bit like the brown embossed "woven look" shoes towards the top of the page. They look OK, but don't "feel" dressy. Not a shoe I'd be worried about nephews and nieces standing on, or spilling ice cream on, but not a workhorse mile-clocking shoe either. Just a simple comfy lazy day shoe for when the summer shoes are hibernating, and for shopping or visiting family in, so long as I'm not planning on walking there and back. All three pairs, these monks, the faux weaves, and the original twin gusset slip-ons, all feel of the same ilk.
I'm glad, in a way. All my decks, sandals and cupsole trainers, won't be at the front of the queue in cooler weather, and it's nice to have a few pairs like these for when not much is happening. On fair weather days from autumn through to spring, i.e. not big boot weather (rain or snow and ice), I think these three pairs will all look much better with the heavy trousers (moleskins and cords) than a pair of deck shoes or cupsole trainers! So really, I may have filled a void I hadn't yet realised was there.
This new non-driving lifestyle is really taking some time to figure out