9 wide/8 wide Chaco Z-2 sandals

[malkin]

*jealous*

Chacos never, ever ever fit me. I love them. I have wanted them since I first set eyes on them in about 1980. I try them. I walk around REI begging them to be comfortable. We are simply irreconcilably different.

Then the Tevas laugh at me and rip their velcro and use the Darth Vader voice and say "It is your destiny."

Nobody ever said life was fair.

[KnottedYet]

*jealous*

Chacos never, ever ever fit me. I love them. I have wanted them since I first set eyes on them in about 1980. I try them. I walk around REI begging them to be comfortable. We are simply irreconcilably different.

Then the Tevas laugh at me and rip their velcro and use the Darth Vader voice and say "It is your destiny."

Nobody ever said life was fair.

I assume the folks at REI adjusted the straps and everything for you... but did they have you try a pair of wides, or a small pair of mens? I thought Chacos would never fit me (I was a Teva girl from back in the 1980's when they only came in S,M,L,XL and 2 styles), but once I got them adjusted right and when I found the miracle of wides, the world became a sexier place.

Honestly, I don't miss the Tevas.

Both are made in China now, so I have no deep loyalty like I did when each was made in the USA, but I do love the Chacos.

[Blueberry]

And the Toe Coop and the Ped Shed now come in wide. Happy dance! I'll try those for next winter

[KnottedYet]

And the Toe Coop and the Ped Shed now come in wide. Happy dance! I'll try those for next winter

Me, too! Especially the Toe Coop!

I held off this year, because I didn't like the colors offered in the mens sizes, and knew the womens regular width would not be a happy thing for me.

(Here's hoping my Chaco Arturos -leather fisherman's sandals- will hold together until I can get some Toe Coops!)

[zoom-zoom]

I didn't even know Chacos came in wides. My mom LOVES hers, but she has a narrow foot. I'm a Keen/Dansko girl, because they tend to fit my duck feet so well. Perhaps I should look around for some wide Chacos. My current Keen sandals are about shot.

[KnottedYet]

I didn't even know Chacos came in wides. My mom LOVES hers, but she has a narrow foot. I'm a Keen/Dansko girl, because they tend to fit my duck feet so well. Perhaps I should look around for some wide Chacos. My current Keen sandals are about shot.

The womens wide Chaco is a similar fit to the older womens Keen Newport. It may even be slightly wider at the toes, depending on how you adjust the straps.

The new Keen Newport is far too narrow for me to wear any more. I was very sad to discover they'd changed the last. I got a pair of mens this time, and the clerk at REI said a lot of women had switched to mens since the change in the womens width.

Women's wide Chacos are my favorite shoes/sandals by far. (with Birkenstocks a close runner up) Triathlon, half marathon.... CHACOS!

[zoom-zoom]

The womens wide Chaco is a similar fit to the older womens Keen Newport. It may even be slightly wider at the toes, depending on how you adjust the straps.

The new Keen Newport is far too narrow for me to wear any more. I was very sad to discover they'd changed the last. I got a pair of mens this time, and the clerk at REI said a lot of women had switched to mens since the change in the womens width.

I had always heard that the Newports were a little narrow. The ones I have now are a pair of their Venice H2s. There is a newer style that I like the looks of, but people say they are also narrow, so I may look for another pair of Venice H2s...or wide Chacos. So you have run HMs in yours?! Wow. I would think the straps would rub. Do you wear socks with them, then?

[emily_in_nc]

The new Keen Newport is far too narrow for me to wear any more. I was very sad to discover they'd changed the last. I got a pair of mens this time, and the clerk at REI said a lot of women had switched to mens since the change in the womens width.

Ooh, thanks so much for this info. Your loss is my gain, as I have always had to pass up Keens (except for the commuter sandals, which run narrower) due to them being too wide. I better go look up these Newports as I just love the look of Keens (and the fit of my Commuters).