Are Birkenstock Sandals any comfortable?

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I've been thinking of buying these Birkenstock ankle strap sandals for a while now https://www.legendfootwear.co.uk/products/birkenstock-milano-bs-birko-flor-unisex-sandals-5825 but I'm not sure if we need to go a size up or down. I have no experience with Birkenstock before. Please if anyone here can help me. My foot size is really small, I'm not sure if they'll fit me

That's a shame, it sounds like they were too small. There does need to be a bit of a gap at the front, and none of the toes should touch. Sometimes you do have to size up if you have (like me) a longer middle toe.
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I love the Francas but they are getting quite difficult to find where I am, that line seems to be discontinued now.

The braided one especially. I keep my eye out but not yet found a pair in my size.

Not that I need another pair, but I'm still keeping an eye out 😊

These are the Bali style.

They are gorgeous!

Try again, stick with them. Wear socks around the house with them if you need to. Wear them for an hour each day and build it up a bit every few days. Honestly once you break them in you will feel so differently about them.

And this style with the strap is quite hard to find right now.

I tried for two years to break in a pair and all I got was blisters every time I wore then. I gave them away in the end as I'd barely wear them for half an hour and I'd be in agony

I discovered Mayari sandals about 7 years ago. I’m not exaggerating when I say they have literally transformed my life. I’ve got wide feet which swell in warmer weather and always had blistered feet in summer with various sandals cutting I’m to me.
I’ve worn my silver mayori every day in spring , summer and autumn ever since. Walked miles and miles in them. They’ve almost worn out now and I’ll replace with the same style this year. Just got to decide what colour.

Haha I agree they’re not the prettiest pair of footwear I own 😂
I do hate sandals and feet in general and dh laughed at mine so hard saying they looked like an orthopaedic doctor prescribed offering! He’s right (imo!) but they did the job and will be for holidays only 😂

I find them very comfortable and wear them around the house (arizona).

it's all about the fit. your toes need to be in the right position or the toe support digs into the ball of the foot.

but it's all personal preference. personally I can't get on at all with very flat shoes (flip flops, converse)

Yes I’ve heard others say similar, but for me, I get a sort of stinging in the soles of my feet if I do a lot of walking in mine. Maybe just need to keep going through the pain.

I always wear standard size 7 Madrids. They are the best shoes. I absolutely live in them during summer and hardly wear anything else. I can walk miles and miles in them.

You need to break them in, especially if you have not worn them before. Lots of vaseline is the way forward. But once you have broken them in they are the most comfortable shoes you will ever wear.

I love all my Birkenstocks and have never had to break a pair in, they’re just comfortable from the off. I like Madrids and can walk for miles in them. I also got slippers for Christmas which are bliss.

TheChosenTwo,that's what I was trying to remember! Started nursing training in 1972,saw something similar on the orthopedic wards. We also had a psychiatristwho wore them with socks and long cheesecloth skirts,she was as mad as a box of frogs!I see a lot of my neighbours in their 80s 90s wearing similar things, with socks, shudder!! Yes, have already posted on the "socks with sandals"🤣.

I had a small window of my life worrying about "ugly shoes" but now I live in trainers, Birkenstocks and Clarks lace ups and couldn't care less. I have comfy feet and can walk for miles and miles.

Wear them with thin socks around the house to wear them in - they can rub a bit at first.
Love mine -I have wide feet but need narrow fit in birks as they are SO wide fitting

I've been wearing them for years, i find them really comfortable.

You really have to get the sizing right, I tried on and bought Ghiza in a size larger than I would normally get and they weren't comfy.

I like Arizona and Mayari and Papillio one strap.

Looking for Papillio one strap on Ebay - can't believe how many people put a manky pair on there, saying good condition.

I admit I haven't got the originals but I bought a white pair from TK Maxx last summer and have worn and worn them. I have narrow feet, they seem fine as just adjusted the buckle. I didn't want to take them off on my last holiday even when wearing evening wear, so I just didn't 😆

Hi Murphys, I couldn't size up as the bit that should be under my toe was then under the ball of my foot about a cm below my toes so uncomfortable. I think if you've got longer toes they work but mine are stubby . I am tempted to try again though (and waste more money).

I have short toes and have to go a size down. usually wear shoes size 40 or even 41 but birkies in 39 to get the toe position right.

I wear the soft footbed Arizona sandles and they are true to size and fit my wide feet and are so so comfortable I have three pairs

Birkenstock quality has gone right downhill. Their shoes are uncomfortable and ill fitting and I wouldn't recommend them now. The leather is hard and does not soften. The raised pattern on the footbeds is inconsistent and the sizing all over the place. I'll never buy them again.

Their customer service is appalling. Customers are returning orders bought online and not getting their refunds. Have a look at their record on Trustpilot. It's dire.

My feet love them. I can walk miles in them straight from the box. I buy a new pair of Mayaris every year in stone as it's a versatile colour.

Do you wear out a pair a year?

I've had mine for about 3/4 years and they aren't even close to worn out.

If you have Morton toes as I have (2nd toe longer than big toe), they are no good. The long toe doesn't fit inside the "rim" of the footbed and so just rubs.

Mine wear out quickly. As I walk on the outside of my foot.

They are too wide for me and so can never be really comfy