Review on Experience Comfortable And Supportive Running With BRONAX Men'S Wide Toe Box Cushioned Shoes by Troy Gerhardt

Since there are few other options for attractive general purpose sneakers in a variety of nice colors for people who require a truly wide toe box, these get five stars. My elderly mom can only wear a few styles of certain brands of sneakers (Altras, Asics, Brooks, Hoka) owing to her hammer toe, but she frequently finds that the latest versions of the styles that used to have reliably wide toe boxes are now too narrow. The styles she can find are generally three to four times the retail cost of the $41 Bronax (aside from the Asics Contend). My mother is on a fixed income so she waits for these other sneakers to go on sale and then usually has to settle for a color she doesn't prefer whereas the Bronax come in several nice and coordinatable colors that are affordable at full price; (the red is just as lovely and vibrant as in the pictures and she likes that the black have black soles as she can even wear them with dressier clothes to the theater since they don't call attention to themselves. She usually wears these shoes for walks around the neighborhood, stair climbing, recumbent bike riding, and her PT sessions, etc. She says they have decent cushioning with not much stability (although not terribly unsupportive), they are made for a neutral foot/heel. I bought her spenco insoles to offer a bit more cushioning and support.She would prefer a slightly more padded tongue but she says it's not a deal-breaker by any means, but if the company is reading, she hopes a new version will include a thicker tongue. The tread is decently grippy.I think the take-away is that these look pretty great, are pretty cheap, and are pretty comfortable for general use and they are decently manufactured while offering a wide toe box. Somehow the curvature around the toe doesn't appear as bulbous as most Altra styles. One side note: Of course Altras are better made, but one thing about the two styles she has of Altras is that the heel collar is very low so the sneakers don't go up to the ankle, which makes them a little annoying to pull on. The Bronax have a more normal height of heel collar and are easier to get into.Finally, she wears a 41 in these (size 8 wide). She wears a 41 in the hammer toe-friendly Brooks Addiction and Asics Contends whereas she wears a 42 in Altra Paradigm, if this helps you figure out your size (I mention the EU sizes since she sometimes buys womens and sometimes mens in those styles).