I ordered these from DSW on Dec 30, 2024. Wore them inside walking on a treadmill until the weather was warm enough for me to go outside. Walk 20-50 minutes usually 3-4 days a week in my neighborhood. The shoe is wide but I laced it up tight and didn't think anything about it. Now there is a wear spot in the right heel right where my heel bone hits. The thin layer of fabric and thinner layer of foam is worn completely away, and the hard plastic heel frame is exposed. I found that I also have holes in my socks at that same spot because I am rubbing against the worn fabric and hitting the hard surface. The construction of the heel is too wide since it allows too much rubbing, and the cushioning at that spot is negligible. Five months of light-normal wear should not wear through that fast. Too bad, I used to love Ryka shoes. But the quality is not the same. I should have known, since DSW sells the 'badly designed' shoes for the manufacturers. The irony is, the walking shoes I replaced were 15 years old, still in good shape, after much heavier wear, and I only got rid of them because they looked 15 years old. They had a thick heavy sole, thick internal padding, arch support and a roomy toe box. All the manufacturers just aren't making anything as well anymore.
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