I bought them just over 4 years ago and they hardly look worn! I wear them every day during the summer months, just the shoes I take on vacations and hardly ever go hiking (wish I had more now that I'm not chronically depressed). Anyway, they CURE my painful plantar fasciitis that I struggled with for years before I found the Chaco sandals. After having 3 children, I have big, wide, slightly flat feet. Well, the women's soles were rubbing on my feet because the arch was too high, but the men'sβ¦