“60 day follow up: museum shoes- Beware.”

“I already wrote a 5 star review about these shoes July 6th. They were my most comfortable shoes for travel and walking so I wore them often over a 4O day trip. Only the second half of that involved museums and walking. I especially used them on rainy days. On my 37th day after a hour and a half fast paced walking tour. the rubber on the front under the toe guard came unglued and was flapping. I walked carefully back, then put on other shoes until I could purchase Shoe Goo to repair the sole. These shoes are still wickedly comfortable with good arch support. The problem is the composite/ layered sole. there is only a thiner layer of rubber over a ScotchBright-like inner core. There are also glued or fused rubber seams near the toe guard. All this I discovered during my repair. Other Teva sandals I have had do not have the composite layered sole or arch support, My previous Tevas however have a solid rubber sole that has lasted for years. The velcro failed on those after a while but not the sole. The very thing that makes these Toachi shoes so comfortable make the construction weak. I wore the repaired shoes in the airport and plane but only two days later the sole started to peal back in a different spot along the toe guard seam. They are still comfortable but the durability problem makes me sad. I would have ordered another pair or two but now I keep my Shoe Goo handy and am spooked about this Teva Toachi model. They were not cheap either.”