Meet the Other Phone. Flexible and made to last.

Meet the Other Phone.
Flexible and made to last.

Buy now

Please or to access all these features

Style and beauty

Looking for style advice? Chat all about it here. For the latest discounts on fashion and beauty, sign up for Mumsnet Moneysaver emails.

Birkenstock rubber sandals vs original (for kids)

2 replies

Echomama · 02/05/2025 11:38

My two very active very sensitive footed children (8 and 6) struggle with shoes. We go through soooo many trying to find a pair that "feel" just right. I could actually tear my hair out with the annoyance of their delicate feet.

They both have slim narrow feet and we have found that birkenstocks for everyday summer sandals (from the beach to forest hiking to messing around in the fields and lakes in minimal 27c weather that will get wet and dried throughout the day) have the least complaints about discomfort and actually fit without their foot flapping inside the shoe.

The problem is, I'm now seeing that they do rubber ones which will be more water safe and therefore will stop the cork in normal ones from so much stress and eventual brittleness. But are they as comfortable, do they get slippy with sweaty feet or when wet? Are they as long lasting?
Anybody got any experience with them?
Many thanks in advance

OP posts:
xmasdealhunter · 03/05/2025 22:18

My DC are the exact same and hated the rubber ones, they rubbed once they got wet. Have you tried the mountain warehouse kids shandals? They don't look as nice as the birkenstocks, but they dry really quickly and my dc found them comfortable Coastal Kids Mountain Warehouse Shandals | Mountain Warehouse GB

Echomama · 03/05/2025 22:23

We have some like this. They bloody hate them 😅
Thanks for the advice on the rubber birkenstocks though 😊

OP posts:
New posts on this thread. Refresh page