I bought these shoes for our annual rafting event. Thought it would be better to have some water shoes so you don't have to ruin a pair of sneakers or put on jesus shoes. At the end of our rafting I took these guys down and realized I had completely destroyed the bottoms. How did it happen? We only got out of the boats occasionally and didn't have to walk much on the river. Anyway, these shoes only worked for me for one day. I would call them One Day Shoes. Unless you use them to lie on the beach and play in the sand a little. In this case, they can last even a week. I would probably buy them anyway, even for our epic day trip on the river. The price is right.