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Birkenstock Rocks! Dec 22, 2008
I'm a big Birkenstock fan and have been since about 1987 when I bought my first pair of Milano sandals. I'm on my second pair of Londons. These are great shoes! The craftmanship is superb! The contoured footbed make walking and standing very comfortable even for long hours at a time.
If you're new to Birkenstock, I HIGHLY recommend you visit a birck & mortar Authorized Birkestock dealer for proper sizing. They are sold in European sizing. A man's size 9 - 9.5 is about a 42 European, 10 - 10.5 is 43, 11 - 11.5 is 44. But the important issue is the footbed, this is why I say to visit a store. Regardless of you're shoe size, if your foot doesn't fit the footbed correctly, you won't get a comfortable fit. STAY AWAY from the cheap Wal-mart knock offs! They're not as good and the sizing isn't correct. If I sound like a salesman for Birkenstock, I'm not. I've just worn them for many, many years and have had many different styles. I speak from experience. Also if you're new to Birkenstocks, don't expect to start wearing them for long periods right off the bat. You're foot is not going to be used to the footbed and therefore you will experience some discomfort initially. As your foot becomes used to the REAL support of a Birkenstock footbed, you will be repaid in amazing comfort and stamina. Start slowly, wearing them for only a couple hours per day and gradually work up to a full day. It won't take long.
The foot bed consist of 3 major and important features. It is important that your foot fits these feature correctly.
1: Molded heel cup. Your heel should rest all the way in to the heel cup when standing.
2: Modled arch support: Your arch should rest fully on this. If this feature is to far forward or back, your arch will not be properly supported.
3: Molded "toe-bar": this feature helps your toes grip the footbed. This bar should rest behind the bottom of your toes but ahead of the fore area of the foot. Your toes should not extend to the forward edge of the footbed when standing. If your toes touch the edge of the footbed, consider the next size up.
One more important note:
Traditional Birkenstock sandals/shoes have a fairly soft EVA out sole. During the normal course of wear, these will become thin. To insure the life of the shoe and particularly the footbed, which is made of compressed cork, the out sole should be replaced when the thickness of any edge is less than 1/8" thickness. Check with your local Birkenstock retailer for a quality resoler or you can search the internet. One internet vendor who does resoling is [...] /, course they also sell Birkenstock shoes/sandals.
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