You can see in my photos that there is plenty of squidgey padding. 5-9 but ended up getting the 7-8 so that my foot lays on the arch support correctly. A real plus that I frankly did not anticipate. I would have returned the product, but we were under a time crunch to get a cross bars for a trip. I like how they look and they are decorative as well as functional Dont see us moving it from where its at so I think itll last us a good while They are wider so if you have wide feet they will work great for you. First off the shoe is just what I was looking for my Grandaughter who requested pink dress shoes. Comfort level is outstanding and controls are relatively easy to use (some effort pushing the buttons and there is a slight delay on the actual volume control adjustment time, though not a big deal). Ive used an older Apple 12v iPad charger and it seems to be working.