As bathing shoes or everyday sandals for the home and yard, they are similar to the previously all-comfortable Puma brand models (store bought a few years ago). In these sandals, the ribbed hard rubber insole reduced the comfort to the point that the balls of my feet hurt compared to the previous Puma brand model. I had to put ointment and a bandage on the sole of one foot (before it got worse). I will look for an alternative, but in these times when the product quality seems to be dropping inโฆ