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To ask about shandals?

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LeaveTaking · 11/04/2025 07:29

I love a shandal, mountain warehouse particularly.

BUT! Is there an actual sandal you find comfy for all day walking in the sun?

Which might look a bit better with a summer dress…

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EcruCardigan · 14/04/2025 09:21

@CarlyCoffee , you don't know what you are missing. I love my Crocs and my Birkenstocks.

XiCi · 14/04/2025 09:40

FrootScoot · 14/04/2025 07:47

I don’t see the point of them, they are both ugly and impractical IMO.
My walking loving parents and in laws scoff at me and DH in the summer for wearing walking boots. However we are merrily walking while they are stopping every ten seconds picking bits out of their sandals, putting socks on with the sandals to stop bits going in them or looking for places to clean their filthy feet at the end of the walk.

I don't understand them either. They are disgusting to look at but I don't understand how they can be practical either. Surely if hiking in them dirt and gravel would get in the holes and you'd be picking them out constantly and really uncomfortable. Similarly on the beach sand would just get in. What is the point of them?

FrootScoot · 14/04/2025 10:27

XiCi · 14/04/2025 09:40

I don't understand them either. They are disgusting to look at but I don't understand how they can be practical either. Surely if hiking in them dirt and gravel would get in the holes and you'd be picking them out constantly and really uncomfortable. Similarly on the beach sand would just get in. What is the point of them?

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They do get all kinds of debris in them, sticks, nettles, stones etc as well as dust which mixes with sweat because they aren’t worn with socks so the feet are rancid by the end of the walk.
They are neither beautiful or functional IMO.

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LeaveTaking · 14/04/2025 17:07

Well I’m just hoping Shandals now send me a free pair for advertising.

(Calm down everyone, it’s a joke)

I got some sturdy but practical sandals, but I shan’t be sharing any images with Mumsnet. 😀

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Jggg · 14/04/2025 22:51

Teva sandals. You can get them in nicer colors so they are a bit dressier to wear with dresses. Also comfortable to walk, I did 15km+ a day in mine in both in city sightseeing and hiking in Brazilian rain forest.

JaneJeffer · 15/04/2025 14:43

AchillesAndPatroclus · 11/04/2025 09:05

Well thanks for the clarification @LeaveTaking because I’ve read this whole thread thinking that you were very attached to these monstrosities!

The fact that they are the wrong way round makes it even worse 😭

FreddysFingers · 17/04/2025 20:24

TheCountofMountingCrispBags · 11/04/2025 07:37

Had to google.
Tbh, I would not be seen dead in these. They look like a cartoon tramp's shoes; found in a skip, but the toe section has to be cut off because they are too small.
Quite a few threads about sandal in style and beauty at the moment, with some lovely examples

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Shantayyoustaysashayaway · 19/04/2025 16:15

IndigoDynamo · 11/04/2025 08:54

Or do you mean an actual Shandal?
https://www.shandals.co.uk/shop-als-collection

The prices 😱 They are as ugly af & ridiculously expensive. Fool & his money & all that 🤔

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