I have no idea about the arch support in these shoes but one thing I am getting used to is the tongue digging into the top of my foot but only if you flex that part of the foot and that is only on the left shoe. I'll keep it in hopes of improvement, which is a minor annoyance at best, but I haven't had this problem with my clogs. However, these shoes are still great and I will update them after wearing them a little longer.