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10-02-2023, 12:21 PM
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OT: Birkenstocks and Alternatives
I've always loved my birks and basically live in them - standard Arizonas with the soft footbed when I'm feeling fancy - but they just do not last for me, and when I say, do not last, I mean it: the last pair only survived a month and a half. By comparison, my wife is getting 2+ years out of hers, and it's not necessarily the soles which are getting annihilated, but the footbeds. There's something about my body chemistry and how I tend to sweat through my feet that just causes those leather footbeds to become an unholy slip-n-slide that turns my feet brown. Normally, this would be pretty funny, but when they get slippy, it causes issues with actually walking properly, blisters, etc.
Has anyone out there encountered anything like this? Did you try a different brand or model with any success? Am I destined to live that camo croc life? 
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10-02-2023, 12:28 PM
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Maybe try the "water friendly" version.
https://www.birkenstock.com/ca/arizo...va-u_3720.html My wife has a pair and they have lasted here well.
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10-02-2023, 01:35 PM
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Anyone else try these, the EVA version? I've been curious about them. I do wonder about the sole, which on regular Birks is not good on anything wet, so do these have the same sole material or do they have better grip? Also, how do they hold up?
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#4
10-02-2023, 12:29 PM
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Finn Comfort! But $$$$$ get a pair on eBay.
Naots are nice also
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10-02-2023, 01:58 PM
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04-03-2024, 02:03 PM
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10-05-2023, 09:46 AM
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This thread had me looking at birk’s again. Wish I had kept mine from college years.
I’m currently enjoying Croc’s (much to my wife’s dismay). But these Arizona Rugged sandals are intriguing. I may have to pick up a pair at the next REI sale. Birk’s are the only footwear worse than Crocs, according to my wife so that’ll be an extra plus https://www.rei.com/product/184299/b...d-sandals-mens
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10-05-2023, 02:31 PM
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Similarly I hadn’t had birks since the college days and picked up a pair of arizonas a few months ago at REI. They were an used return but looked new and I got them for $40!
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#12
10-05-2023, 11:43 PM
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Worn out countless pairs of Birks over the last 40 years. A strange occurrence while camping at Camp Pendleton this summer….. Oofos had a promo at the Exchange. I figured why not try a pair. Amazing… Shortly thereafter I had hip surgery ( arthroscopic/ IE die grinder work and a sewn back together labrum).
I will say that the Oofos were a game changer in comfort while recovering. They are supportive like a BIRK but soft like a pillow. Haven’t worn my Birks since.
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#13
10-06-2023, 12:25 AM
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In the past
I used to love my Birkenstocks. I actually still have a couple serviceable pairs. But you can’t get me out of my crocs. So much more comfortable for me and I wear them while on my feet all day long. It’s a lovely freedom to not care what others think of my footwear among other things.
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04-03-2024, 01:22 PM
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