Teva Women's Original Universal Sandal, Magic Acorn, 10

I love the colors on these. If you are between sizes with Teva, I will say sizing down with these Original Universals works a bit better for me than ordering my normal size 9. I have both a size 8 in this color, and a size 9 in black, and while the 9s are a little roomier, there is too much length ahead of the toe and they occasionally trip me up, especially when feet slip backward in the sandal. The size 8 feels just a tiny bit small to me, but overall I'm very happy with the purchase. They are definitely big for a size 8!

I bought these right before going on a sailing trip to the British Virgin Islands so I could bring just one pair of shoes, and this was an excellent choice!! I'm so happy I bought these in time. They were great for all occasions during the trip - running around on the boat deck; swimming to shore and walking/hiking the islands; wet dingy rides to shore for drinks and food; they looked cute in swim suits, dresses, shorts, everything. They didn't hurt at all and there was no "break in" period for me. They stayed secure on my feet and were easy to adjust. Great purchase and looking forward to wearing these on my next adventure!

I've always loved tevas and was excited to see them come out with the old style that were always my favorite. However, the soles of these are much too hard and course, making them uncomfortable. They are so heavily textured that when I take them off after wearing them a while, the bottoms of my feet become highly sensitive. It's disappointing. I don't believe these are the kind of shoes that require to be broken in, they should be comfortable from the start. I hope they are able to be broken in because otherwise I'll really never want to wear them.

I read that I should order one size up if I wore a half size. I did, and they were huge. Returned them and ordered one size down. Again, they were too big for me to wear; I wound up giving them to my adult son to wear. I wear a 9.5 running shoe. Size 9 Tevas is way too big, size 10 was huge. I could only return them once, so I am very disappointed. I used to wear Tevas all the time, twenty years ago and was delighted to find them again, but the size was way off.

Because they are labeled Original, I thought they'd be much like the ones I bought and loved 15 or so years ago. Nope. The only thing that's the same is the style. The real originals had nice solid, hard soles. The new ones are soft. I'm disappointed Teva has joined the apparent shoe industry shift to shoes with very soft soles. For those of us who need firm soles, Teva now has to be marked off the go-to list. :-(