Merrell Men's All Out Blaze Sieve Water Shoes

While I only received these today I immediately took a hike through varied terrain (I live in the country), I wanted to post review number one because one of the biggest issues I had was what the heck size to order once I had narrowed my choice down to this shoe.. It's unbelievable how many opinions there are... almost as many as the number of different feet out there! In a nutshell, I wear a 10 and I have a wide foot. I almost ordered a half size larger but that would have been a mistake. Fit perfectly right out of the box and adjusted wonderfully in that years ago I broke my ankle and my left foot is now a bit larger than my right foot. I got these to replace my worn Teva's. I have not previously had 'lace' type footwear, but it's great. I can totally adjust my left foot to an excellent comfort level. Unlike my Teva's (which I could adjust) it's not just a strap, it's the whole. So no pressure points as they are diffused. I read so many reviews on so many different products, and finally narrowed it down to these. I'm not a river guide, I travel a lot in Asia and I wanted highly ventilated footwear that I could wear all day, and if there's water so be it. I usually do a lot of city walking, but I have to say these vibram soles are amazing. I walked through gravel areas and was amazed at the ability of the vibram soles to absorb sharp rock. Walked down the asphalt driveway and experienced a comfortable support. In sum, unless something weird happens in India next month, I love these right out of the box. I've never had any arch issues so I don't know what to say about that. Order your size.Update: Had these for a while now and I LOVE THEM! I'm actually wearing them all day with socks as house shoes.The plan was to break them in before heading to Asia, but I could have worn these out of the box to Asia. I literally have these on 12 hours and then take them off without and residual feeling. They come off so easy with a toe push. They go on easily. As mentioned I have a wide foot so I leave them at full size, although for hiking I tighten them just a bit. Total comfort. After reviewing and agonizing over so many choices, I am happy to say this was as good as my choice could have been.No question... a great product.UPDATE: Back from India & Bangladesh. These are the only footwear I took on the trip. I also took one pair of socks (for wearing on the plane)... well, no surprise. They performed! Whether hiking down a rocky beach or through miles of urban Mumbai, they were comfortable all day. I travel with anti bacterial wipes so I would wipe them down and clean them every other day or so. Kept them nice and fresh. I suffer from Hot Feet syndrome, but not with these. Now that I'm back home, they are my house shoes again, wearing all day with socks. I'm not sure why several reviews mention that they run big. I wear a size 10 and have very wide and chubby feet. They fit perfectly with the size adjusting elastic left wide open! And they are so easy to take on and off. I love them. Every bit the 5 star product.

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I purchased these for a canyoning trip at Kawasan Falls in the Philippines (beautiful and extremely fun trip that I highly recommend) but I found out rather quickly that they were wrong for the intended purpose. First, lets talk about why these are great water shoes. Even Superman has one weakness and mine just happens to be the bottom of my feet, which are very sensitive to pain when I step on things like pointy rocks, Legos, etc. While planning for the trip and watching some videos of those who have gone before, I knew that I would need to plan on having a pair of water shoes that would decrease the potential of pain while walking over stones of varying sizes so after reading the reviews I went with these. The size was true to my standard shoe size, and I was really impressed by the quality of the shoe for the prince (I paid $69.99 for mine, but I see they went up in price recently). The waxy coating on leather gives them a rugged look and solid feel while the neoprene collar keeps your foot nice and snug. The sole on these suckers is hard! I didn't feel any discomfort caused by stepping on stones through the sole during the 2 hour canyoning excursion and would highly recommend these as great shoes for hiking when stream crossings are required.Note the end of my last sentence: "... I would highly recommend these as great shoes for hiking when stream crossings are required" because honestly I wouldn't recommend these for canyoning. In fact, the constant immersion of my feet in water softened my skin and the hardness of the sole gave me two of the worst blisters I have had in my life right on the ball of my feet. Our guide had opted for and even offered us anti-slip diving boots, but we turned them down because we had our own shoes, and hindsight being 20/20 I should have noticed and mimicked the seasoned professional rather than thinking I knew better. The other reason why I regretted my choice is because while the soles were fantastic at gripping the dry portions of our trek as well as protecting my sensitive soles, the hardness of the sole did not help out with the slipperiness of the constantly emerged stones. At times it seemed like I was trying to walk on ice with how often I slipped on the algae coated stones and I'm positive that having a more flexible sole designed for constant immersion would have been much better suited to the canyoning adventure.So in sum, I learned my lesson the hard way but these will still be amazing summer hiking shoes on trails that I know cross streams. With a little breaking in I also anticipate that the soles will be come a little more broken in and increase the grip potential, but I will update this review later if that isn't the case once I get an opportunity to test the theory!

The produce material and quality is good, Fitting wise also matches to your size. However, the grip of sole with ground is very bad and I fell 2 times and near miss 2 times, hurting my buttocks badly. On shiny surfaces like malls and lobbies, one need to be very careful to avoid slip.The insole surface is rough and it will hurt if you use without socks. THE PRODUCT IS NOT FOR WALKING. Its only casual ware where mostly sitting is involved.

La problématique dans mon cas est que je suis incapable de conduire avec des chaussures ouvertes type tongs ... la punition c'est de régulièrement porter des chaussures trop chaudes en été.Là ça passe : les chaussures sont souples et aérées, tiennent assez le pied, la sangle arrière ne blesse pas et au contraire est agréable, le système de serrage sport est assez efficace.J'ignore comment vieillit le produit et notamment cette sangle arrière qui pourrait se détendre assez dans le temps pour altérer la tenue.Un bonne pioche pour moi

Angenehm zu tragen, schöne Farbgebung, einfache Handhabung der Schnürung. Der fuß bekommt genug Luft.Kleines Manko war der Versand, da der Schuhkarton in einer Plastiktüte verpackt war, war dieser eingedrückt. Die Schuhe waren aber in Ordnung.

Très bon confort, super pour la plage pour la marche et même ok pour la moto.Très satisfait de ces chaussures

Perfect fit and water sandal.Dries fast.Comfortable.