I bought these shoes as a replacement for my daily walker and wore them daily for about six weeks before I stopped. As running shoes, they are very comfortable. Anything more boisterous than that or something that made you want to walk more than a mile? Do not buy. Since I bought these shoes, my seven pairs of socks have fallen apart. I pull my socks off my feet and rags stick to my shoes. This happened with old and new socks. I wore these shoes for 2 weeks in Europe and after 2 hours on the cobbles my feet kept hurting. These are cheap shoes, so you get what you pay for, but if you plan on doing laundry in them mainly, buy something else.