[RN4NICU]

Originally Posted by TiffyRN

I love my Crocs too, I have three pairs now. I couldn't imagine wearing them (I have the kind with holes on top) in Med/Surg. I'm not afraid of baby spit or poo getting on me though. I always wear socks with mine and I wear them anywhere even away from work.

One issue I've had is the heelstrap doesn't seem to be made a consistent size and when worn up over the top of the shoe it was too tight. Maybe it's the shape of my foot (fat foot) but one pair is fine and the other two the strap was too tight. Being raised on practicality I just cut the straps off. Right above the little "joint" that swings the strap. Anyway I love them and have worn nothing else since about April.

The straps are stretchable. The straps on mine were too tight at first too (pushed my toes up into the front of the shoe, Ouch!), but once I stretched the straps, they were a perfect fit. You just work your fingers around the strap, stretching it as you go along. It takes a couple of times doing this before the strap will stay stretched instead of going back to its original size.

[onehusbandsevenkids]

Hehehe....this evening a GUY in my A&P class walked in wearing a PINK pair! LOL

[joyflnoyz]

How do they run size-wise? smaller/larger? What about those of us who need a wider width? About 3 years ago I bought some quarks<?>..couldn'[t even get 'em on right and had to waste time and money <paid for shipping both ways>

[VivaLasViejas]

They tend to run large and wide. As for the holes on top, the model I have is called the Aspen, and they have NO holes anywhere.......I'd buy the vented ones for summer and 'play' time, but they wouldn't be very practical on a Med/Surg floor, let alone in soggy winter Western Oregon. And I don't wear ANY shoe (except flip-flops) without socks......my feet are cold 10 months out of 12. Besides, as I'm always telling my 14-year-old son, wearing shoes w/o socks is just gross.....feet sweat, and then they STINK. Yeeeeecccccchhhhhhhhh.

[RN4NICU]

There is also a style called the Metro that have the vents around the sides of the shoe, but don't have the holes on the top. Metros also tend to run more narrow if you find the other styles to be too wide.

All the styles run large, though.

[Gompers]

I've been wearing my Crocs for about two months now at work. I have the Metro model (no holes on the top, but vents on the side of the foot) and ordered them through the Crocs website.

I was beginning to have problems with plantar fascitis...

My feet have not hurt ONCE since I started wearing the Crocs. They don't hurt at the end of a long shift or first thing when I wake up. NEVER hurt.

Now if I can only stop TRIPPING in these rubbery things!

[barefootlady]

I have 2 pairs, one with holes in the top and one without holes. I love mine and I wore them on med/surg floor. It takes a little fancy footwork when a patient is sick but I have had no major problems wearing them. Even in winter the holes feel great because my feet still get hot. Ofcourse, I would leave them in the locker and change into regular sneakers for the stroll to the car d/t our having rain and snow here in winter months. Most of the nurses here wear them for part of a shift anyway, and after 25 years my feet are very tired. LOL.

[cartwrk]

I noticed on their website, they don't carry half sizes. If I normally wear a 6 1/2 womens, would I be better off going with a 6 or 7? Do they run a little big or small? I live in an area that doesn't have a store that carries them, so I would have to order them online.
Any suggestions?

[jnette]

Originally Posted by cartwrk

I noticed on their website, they don't carry half sizes. If I normally wear a 6 1/2 womens, would I be better off going with a 6 or 7? Do they run a little big or small? I live in an area that doesn't have a store that carries them, so I would have to order them online.
Any suggestions?

Same question ! I wear an 8 1/2... should I go with the 8 or the 9?

I'm due for a new pair of shoes.. sounds just the thing to ask from Santa !

We have a LOT of water spills (as well as blood spills) in dialysis.. are all their shoes slippery this way? Gues I'd need the vented ones on the side.. don't need blood running into the tops of my shoes.

[RNin2007]

I tried a pair on and they felt AWESOME, but we can't wear open back type shoes to clinical either =(.

In case anyone didn't know, they make "croc socks" with holes that are colored appropriately to line up with the holes in the shoe itself. lol I don't know how still they sit after a 12 hour shift tho...

I think I might get a pair just to wear though. I have been a die hard dansko fan but these felt great.

~J