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Dartful Dodger:
I'm going to Mexico for a week and the white sand is going to be like hot charcoal. I need to get beach footwear.
I could get a pair of sandals, but I'll need to take them off when I go in the water, which means I'll be hopping down to the water and I'll probably step on a jelly fish or a broken Corona bottle in the water.
I'd like a pair of shoes I can walk around in too. I've gotten cheap water shoes before and they aren't good for anything outside of the beach, barely good for anything on the beach.
I saw these (FiveFingers ), they're over 70 bucks, but they are getting incredible reviews.
I can't find a place near me that sells the KSO ones, or the ones with the material over the top. I'm not sure if it's worth driving far to look at them. I can’t just order a pair without trying them on because they are oddball, they may not even work for me.
Zero_Hour:
The problem with any footwear + ocean + sandy beach, is that you'll come out of the water, sand will get in between your skin and the footwear, and it will basically wet sand your flesh slowly away. Just walk on the hot sand for a bit. You'll get used to it. I walk barefoot on the cement around my pool in Phoenixall summer, which is a hell of a lot hotter than any beach I've ever been on, and it doesn't take that long to adjust to the heat.
Also, those things you linked to look absolutely ridiculous.
Regardless, enjoy the Beach.
SavannahLion:
--- Quote from: Dartful Dodger on May 14, 2009, 07:53:14 pm ---I could get a pair of sandals, but I'll need to take them off when I go in the water, which means I'll be hopping down to the water and I'll probably step on a jelly fish or a broken Corona bottle in the water.
--- End quote ---
I had the same problem (except for that jelly fish thing) when I was a budding lad. I tried sandals (fell off), then I tried those silly water shoes (sand, grit, crap). Final straw was incuring an injury on both my big toes that would not properly heal for the next twenty years. My mother found a pair of Tevas that was just hitting the market. These things were awesome! I could walk around in the water and any grit that got in there, I could just "flick" them out. I didn't really wear them for swimming though, which seems to be your intent. I went in the water, ie rafting, boating, walking, relaxing, but never actually swam with them on. I'm not a professional swimmer by any means though, I don't really like deep water much.
I had my pair for about fifteen years or more until they finally fell apart. Teva changed their design since then. The pair I had were more like a pair of sandals with the flat bottom. Teva now sells their sandals with form fitting soles, kind of like what Birkenstock does. :-\ I bought a knock off two years ago, and they fell finally fell apart just last month. :( Back to Teva for me I guess.
The brand you linked to looks weird, but functional. Getting sand in there would be the biggest deterrent for me.
shardian:
Don't they make non-leather sandals anymore? I always had a pair of sandals that were a standard rubber bottom, and that thick nylon strapping for the straps. I've never liked all leather sandals - they make my feet stink.
2600:
Some beaches I've gone to the sand has been hot, but I've never had a problem with the heat from the sand in Mexico and I've been to a few different beaches. Where are you going? Is it on a resort? Have you been there before?
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