I was told to get a pair of house shoes by my foot doctor. Good for kicking around the house. Just THESE ! These Sandler?s are amazing! The problem was how fragile the hinge is. My final disappointment would be the author?s decision to focus on stories only involving the United States. I bought these to replace a pair (exact same kind) that I left on an airplane. Without this "hack". (Space age technology)They aren?t meant to be tight fitting so if you?re trying to hike in these, good luck. First thing is that finding these slippers, or similar, locally so far had proven impossible.