I wore these for 10 days in Europe with up to 15 miles per day and my feet did pretty well. Certain socks would rub the wrong way in the toe box, not sure why, but they were super comfortable besides that. My feet did get sore at night, but I went from lounging around to walking 15 miles the first day, so that was expected and I don't blame the shoe for that. They got unbelievably dirty as expected but unfortunately, even with scotch guard, did not clean up well, so they went in the trash when we got home. They're super good-looking though and my husband ended up with a pair of black ones for when he travels (he travels almost weekly). I tried on probably 5 other pairs of white sneakers and these were the only one I knew my feet could handle for a trip to Europe.

These are fantastic!

I've spent a few years trying many different kinds of boots, hiking shoes, and running shoes, always struggling with pain either in my toes (from getting squashed together, particularly when moving downhill), or my heels (from unpleasant rubbing). Apart from this, I also do a bit of running and was experiencing maddening shin splints. I've tried different footwear for that as well, including heavily-padded Adidas.

After witnessing a triathlete friend wearing a different brand of barefoot shoe, I decided to look into minimalist footwear for myself. After a tiny amount of research, I settled upon this, gave 'em a wear, and was astonished!

They are extremely comfortable: They feel like socks, but with traction. I wear them in every one of those above-mentioned applications and they work beautifully in all scenarios!

The grip is fantastic and seems to work even on wet ground (though I haven't gotten to test this on a proper river hike just yet).

For my running, they have encouraged me to improve my technique (away from heel striking to toe striking), thus reducing incidents of shin splits to nearly zero.

Although they look quite cool, I do think the one application they don't quite fit is dressy scenarios. They look a little too casual for corporate events, etc. That said, for every other functional walking + running application, these are by far the best shoes I've ever owned.

One warning: Be careful when lacing your shoe that you pull your laces across the face of your shoe, and not directly upward! If you pull too forcefully upward, you may rip the rubber islet.

I'll have to admit, I was iffy about these shoes. The way the plastic on the sides comes up to support the laces looked strange to me. But I couldn't have been more wrong, these shoes are great! They have a minimalist profile that has a wide toe box and a zero drop. They're comfortable to wear around the house, or casually when your out and about. I've also walked 4 miles in them while exercising with my wife and I strength trained with resistance bands where I had to stand on them while doing certain exercises. I'd highly recommend them to anyone looking to try out a minimalist shoe.

I'm new to the "Barefoot" movement having never heard of them until July of this year and took the plunge with the Whitin Cross Trainer. I'm not a runner but like to walk and I'm using these as my every day, all-day shoes and I'll typically have them on my feet for 16 plus hours a day. I was born with hammerhead toes, developed wide feet after a few years of backpacking and in the last few years developed Plantar Fasciitis.

So all that lot makes finding comfortable shoes problematical to say the least.
I'm so glad I bought these Whitin minimalist zero drop trainers because they are naturally wide in a manner that doesn't constrict your toes. I've been wearing them every day since I bought them in mid July 2023 and I've no regrets at all so far.
I bought another pair of Whitin barefoot shoes for my wife who had bunion pain from ill-fitting "modern" shoes and now she has no pain at all and loves her Whitin shoes.

I don't think I can ever go back to "modern" shoes again after wearing these. It will be minimalist shoes forever for us from now on.

This is my first foray into the world of minimalist shoes as an adult, but these shoes remind me of the complete joy I used to feel at age 10 on Saturday mornings walking alongside my dad, fishing pole in hand, loping along silently down a lakeside trail in 100% leather moccassins.

I'm no longer that boy. I'm 52, with flat feet and 40 pounds too heavy. I've had two knee surguries, the last of which ended with my doctor saying "It's not if you need a knee replacement, but when. Tell me when you're ready." The inside surface of my right kneecap -- the part that rubs against the rest of the joint -- was scoped to reveal that it looks like its cartilage, which is supposed to be smooth, looks like it has been through a cheese grater. I wore hard "cookie" orthotics in my shoes as a kid, have bought hefty arch supporting insoles for all my shoes all my life, and work 12 hour days outside on Saturdays in boots that have $400 Good Feet Store hard orthotics in them.

I say all this not to exhaust the reader or make this product review about me, but instead to say that although I was a cross country runner in my early teens, I am clearly no athlete anymore. If minimalist shoes should hurt anyone, they should hurt me.

And some did. I also ordered a couple other brands when I ordered these. They were not comfortable. These are. They fit my feet nicely, and that's saying something for me. I have narrow feet, but have always worn B to D widths because my feet get extremely hot, so I like the extra air space. The sole padding on these shoes is just enough. The tread is good, even in mud. The flexibility is outstanding. And even though the arch supports are nowhere near as high as the orthotics I am accustomed to wearing, I find that they work fine. I walk three miles a day in these. I hope to lose some weight so I can try jogging in them -- something I haven't done in 20 years.

Another thing I like about these shoes is the attention to detail in making the heel and tongue substantial, unlike other brands I ordered and returned at the same time I was testing these. The heel rises high enough and is cupped enough to prevent my heel from rubbing. This is actually amazing to me, and unprecedented as far as I can remember. My narrow feet and low arches have always caused my shoes to have no purchase on anything to hold them back from rubbing on the heel. As a result, the inside of the heel of every pair of shoes I've ever owned has had its inner padding rubbed off within months. That's not going to happen with these.

Another point of quality in these shoes is the tongue. Other brands I ordered seemed to sacrifice so much to reduce shoe weight that they relegated the tongue to a limp flap of material that would wrinkle every time I laced up the shoe, which translates to rubbing on the instep and also allowing the laces to blow through and rub directly on my sock. Not so with the tongue on these shoes. They have just enough height and padding to prevent wrinkling and rubbing.

I'm surprised to find that after an initial few days when I had to adjust my three-mile walks to the new gait that minimalist shoes promote, my body acclimated nicely. I found myself with muscles growing in my calves, arches, and ankles, and my normal aches from a bad knee and arthritic big toe disappeared.

An unexpected bonus is that these shoes also make great slippers for padding around the house, which I usually do in bare feet in summer but doesn't work in winter. I normally hate slippers of any kind even in winter because again, my feet get very hot very easily, and I am prone to get sores between my toes when my feet get too hot for too long. Heat isn't much of a problem in these shoes, though, even in summer, so I'm looking forward to December.

I am astounded, actually, that I could get a pair of shoes this comfortable for the price. Twice before in my life I've bought a second identical pair of shoes when I found a pair that I really, really liked. That's how hard I am to fit. I shop for shoes for weeks, sometimes months, before buying. But I think I'm going to buy a second or maybe even a third pair of these. Your mileage may vary, but for me, they are perfect.