Men's Shoes

mcknis · Jan 11, 2011

I have done the New balance thing, and now I am on to Asics. So far so good. I average about 5-6 months out of my shoes and am in a new search for shoes that last longer or something. Many recommend Danskos, but i find them painful!

DC Collins, ASN · Jan 11, 2011

Thanks Mcknis. I can't find non-slip-on Danskos anyway, lol. New Balance and Asics. I will at least give them a try.

Streamline2010 · Jan 19, 2011

http://findnsave.sacbee.com/Product/5431490

That's a "Nautilus Men's Work Shoes Athletic Steel Toe White 01306" You might try looking at the work shoe sneaker-type product lines. If the steel toe box is wide enough or the shoe is long enough, you won't feel the edges of the steel toe. I'm female, but worked in industrial labs and chemical plants and such, and I always had to be on my feet all day, in steel toes, on concrete and asphalt. Work boots are more heavy built than athletic shoes, and hold up better.

It's just a thought. May or may not work for you. But I have been trying all of the women's regular athletic shoes and also some nursing shoes and Skechers rocker shoes, and whatnot. None of them has offered anywhere near the same support or comfort as some of my heady duty workboots did. I just got used to the weight of them, and the sneaker types are not that heavy. They might have a composite toe reinforcement now, not metal.

Streamline2010 · Jan 19, 2011

http://www.steel-toe-shoes.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=C4500&Category_Code=Mens-Athletic

Converse composite toe sizes 4 to 14 M and W, so that one might also work for women. Get some shoe dye paint from the shoe repair shop and paint over the black trim if you need all-white, then replace the laces.

DC Collins, ASN · Jan 20, 2011

Thanks! Great info. I will be looking into it after work tonight!

Streamline2010 · Jan 20, 2011

The steel toe shoes might not work for you if you do a lot of bending your feet, like hunkering down on your heels or something, because they tend to be stiff. But some of those work shoe companies make a soft toe as well as hard toe.

Nike Shox Conundrum running shoe is one that I'm looking at now, for me. But it's available in men/women/youth sizes. I have such a small foot (ladies 5.5-6), prefer something raked downhill like a running shoe or trail running shoe, want a tie shoe, and have to have solid leather or vinyl with no perfs or mesh fabric. Geeze, Louise, that's a combo that's just not made! I finally found some women's nursing shoes to try in sz 6.5-7, and I could tell that I wanted more adjustability and also a running shoe footbed.

That's the men's Conundrum SI. Paint over the black swoosh and it's close enough to all-white to suit me. I ordered the boys version in that color scheme.

I am really annoyed at the lack of plain white athletic shoes nowadays. Everything is extreme color. And leather running shoes are rare. Almost all the women's models are mesh fabric.

TheLastTime · Jan 21, 2011

I read a previous thread that recommended walking shoes over other varieties. To that end I purchased two pairs of New Balance shoes; the 845 and the 927. Both required virtually no break-in period and caused no blistering, however, the soles that came in both pairs were identically worthless and my feet felt like clay 8 hours into a 12-hour shift (the 845s more so than the 927s). I put in Dr. Scholl's gel soles and that made a big difference. For the price NB should have installed a better sole.

Longevity shouldn't be an issue as I have had NB shoes that have lasted years. Still, I may not necessarily replace them with more NB shoes when they do wear out. Still undecided about Nike Shox as I have heard pros and cons on them.