Don't buy Skechers Arch Fit - Paradyme $95.00 shoes...

[Snook]

I bought these looking for a good wide fit shoe. I'm a big guy since grade school. I played high school football (offensive/defensive tackle, middle linebacker and end) and track (shot-put #16), I'm cursed with weak ankles like a lot of big guys. Anyway, I had some Skechers that I really liked a few years ago and thought I'd give these a try - BIG MISTAKE. They feel good but feel like I'm walking on pillows and have no support, always felt unstable on my feet... and they were. I'm no stranger to ankle roll overs but a few days ago, I experienced one where I thought I might have got my first broken bone... ever. My left ankle rolled so hard I heard a loud SNAP and then a CRACK. The pain was bad but nothing I haven't experienced in the past. After a half hour or so, I tested it out and realized that I did not break anything but I had a bad sprain which is just now beginning to heal with the help of copious amounts of good old fashioned aspirin. Just a heads up to anyone considering these shoes.

Chuck (snook)

 

[WileERobby]

Glad you avoided further damage. Glad you're doing better. I never bought sketchers. Never will.

 

[440 4 speed]

I bought these looking for a good wide fit shoe. I'm a big guy since grade school. I played high school football (offensive/defensive tackle, middle linebacker and end) and track (shot-put #16), I'm cursed with weak ankles like a lot of big guys. Anyway, I had some Skechers that I really liked a few years ago and thought I'd give these a try - BIG MISTAKE. They feel good but feel like I'm walking on pillows and have no support, always felt unstable on my feet... and they were. I'm no stranger to ankle roll overs but a few days ago, I experienced one where I thought I might have got my first broken bone... ever. My left ankle rolled so hard I heard a loud SNAP and then a CRACK. The pain was bad but nothing I haven't experienced in the past. After a half hour or so, I tested it out and realized that I did not break anything but I had a bad sprain which is just now beginning to heal with the help of copious amounts of good old fashioned aspirin. Just a heads up to anyone considering these shoes.

Chuck (snook)

Sketchers are among the worst shoes to wear if you want foot/ankle support. They also don’t breath well. I only would recommend them to people that had excessive swelling and weren’t very mobile.

 

[khryslerkid]

They had a good work shoe years back then they stopped making them. Found the last pair on fleabay, NOS, over a year ago. Now they are about done and I can't find anything out there that even comes close. Went shopping several times at numerous stores and left disappointed. Everything out there looks like a shoe but it just a bunch of scrap sewn together. Real junk manufactured in Indonesia. What to do.

 

[#41]

When I have to work or walk a bunch I wear lightweight high top (ankle supporting) hiking shoes. Take a look at Danner, Wolverine, Merrell and others. These are not the heavy waffle-stompers of our youth - you can wear them all day. Hopefully they have your size. Expect to shell out a lot more than Sketcher dough if you want a good shoe.....

 

[Skytrooper]

Hmmm, I haven't had any issues with Sketchers. I first got a pair when I was working security at the casino. Being on my feet all day in my combat boots gave me plantar facitus. I found a pair of sketchers black low cut sneaker-like shoes. They were like my feet had died a gone to heaven ! My feet healed very quickly. When I needed new everyday shoes, I went looking for sketchers. I found a great pair of low cut slip-ons. 3 years later when they wore out, I bought another pair. I find them to be extraordinary comfortable shoes.
When I retired from the service, I found that I was rolling my ankles...a lot ! The cobbled roads and sidewalks in Europe and the UK proved difficult to negotiate without fear of a sprained ankle. I figured out that it was because my ankles were exceedingly weak from always wearing army boots. They are like little lace up casts. The more I wore low shoes, the strong my ankles became. I havent had a rollover in many years. My ankles are much stronger.

 

[1967coronet]

Snook, I can kinda relate. Been on my feet at work for many years. Did not really have to many foot problems until I crossed 62.
Now a couple years later its not better. My podiatrist I use last year told me to order some work boots from
Orthofeet. They are online only. Mine run aprox $135
They have been a huge help.
My feet feel better.

 

[Cheapsunglasses]

I just bought Skechers d’lux walker extra wide fit, I have wide feet, back problems from a car wreck, and plantar facitus from being on ladders all day, I’ve only had them for a week and these have been the best shoes I’ve ever had, and they only cost $60

 

[Big Bad Dad]

I am on probably my 6th pair of Sketchers in about 9 or 10 years. I have always had big wide feet, and it's hard to even find 13EEE or 14W shoes in a store. And comfy steel toes are very hard to find. They seem to think the whole darn world is between 9 and 12.. Anyway, I have worn out several pairs of Sketchers, and my feet have been much happier the last several years. I don't have to wear steel toes in retirement... LOL

 

[YY1]

I've never owned any Sketchers until last year.
My shoes usually only last about one year but those are still going.
...so I bought another similar pair of slip-ons this year and then a pair of their "traditional" running/basket ball style.

I have to say I've been impressed with both the fit (I need a high toe area, as I'm also somewhat of a big guy at 6'3" and 195#) and the quality.

Usually after a year, either the insole or the heel area or both are worn out.
Not so with these.

 

[Dave6T4]

I am a big guy too. My wife had always worn Sketchers and spoke highly of them, while I wore pretty well whatever was on the safety shoe truck (company paid for it). She talked me into wearing Sketchers after I retired, and I was amazed at how much more lighter and comfortable they were. I have always worn size 13, but my last pair started feeling like a size 12, and turned my large toe nail black. I just recently bought their size 14, and all is good now. At 75, I guess I am still a growing boy. LOL

 

[69a100]

My old skechers lasted 4 years before I needed to retire them, the replacements lasted 5 months before the sole completely tore off. Contacted skechers about what they wanted to do, and they told me to contact the store I bought them. The store told me to deal with skechers as it's clearly a manufacturing failure, I wound up having to trash them because of no support, both the shoe and the company. I'll never buy another pair!

 

[cr8crshr]

My old skechers lasted 4 years before I needed to retire them, the replacements lasted 5 months before the sole completely tore off. Contacted skechers about what they wanted to do, and they told me to contact the store I bought them. The store told me to deal with skechers as it's clearly a manufacturing failure, I wound up having to trash them because of no support, both the shoe and the company. I'll never buy another pair!

Yep!!! I bought some Bro...2 pairs...and have yet to wear them. On sale from Zappo's and I cannot return them so to Goodwill they will go. About 48.00 for the 2 so not out of a lot. Will use at tax time for all my deductions. I have a pair of low top sneakers but haven't worn them as I now have been using slip on type shoes as opposed to sneakers. As you know, I also like them a lot...cr8crshr/Bill

 

[gkent]

I used to buy and wear nothing but Skechers. Then I got Plantars Fasciitis. That was the end of Skechers for me ... no arch support. I got custom-made inserts but they add a bit of height that make any shoe uncomfortable in the back of the heel area. I've been wearing Saucony's ever since - with no inserts - they're the only shoe I can find with some arch support.

 

[Skytrooper]

The "Good Feet" arch support is a huge expenditure. I needed more arch support to get rid of PF. The sketchers with a higher arch insole was the right ticket, and it didn't cost $700 like Good Feet. Now, I do not need the higher arch and do not use any insole but what comes with the shoe itself.

This thread has kind of wandered from what the OP was stating....that the "Sketchers Arch Fit" felt very wrong to him. I have never tried the Arch Fit type, but it would bug me to have that much under the arch of my foot and would make walking a chore.

 

[moparedtn]

Nike Air Monarch IV (yes, there's been a I, II and III over the years) remains the longest-selling shoe of
its' type in the world. As many times as Nike has wanted to discontinue it, they can't - the demand remains
that strong.
At this point, it's very affordable, the wide widths available are perfect for fat old feet, it has "just enough"
arch support and remains the most comfortable shoe right out the box I've ever seen - and I'm REAL fussy
about shoes, having the physical situation that I do.
You can still find them online for less than $50 a pair, they last forever with care and are about all I wear,
short of work boots or going barefoot.

 

[Dan64]

Leather boots are still in style for manly footware. Beads and Roman sandals won't be seen.

 

[Budnicks]

Thanks for the heads up
I've owned quite a few Sketchers shoes, I like the ones I've had
never tried those in question

hope you heal fast, gods speed

 

[440 PHIXX]

Hmmm, I haven't had any issues with Sketchers. I first got a pair when I was working security at the casino. Being on my feet all day in my combat boots gave me plantar facitus. I found a pair of sketchers black low cut sneaker-like shoes. They were like my feet had died a gone to heaven ! My feet healed very quickly. When I needed new everyday shoes, I went looking for sketchers. I found a great pair of low cut slip-ons. 3 years later when they wore out, I bought another pair. I find them to be extraordinary comfortable shoes.
When I retired from the service, I found that I was rolling my ankles...a lot ! The cobbled roads and sidewalks in Europe and the UK proved difficult to negotiate without fear of a sprained ankle. I figured out that it was because my ankles were exceedingly weak from always wearing army boots. They are like little lace up casts. The more I wore low shoes, the strong my ankles became. I havent had a rollover in many years. My ankles are much stronger.

I may have the same kind but with a required steel toe for the machine shop I work in. I stand about 10 hours a day, and I used to wear logger boots with Dr. Scholl’s inserts. I had that plantar facitus so bad I’d go home in terrible pain. Since I got the Sketchers, no pain.

 

[Mopar Hunter]

I like to wear basketball shoes for supporting my ankles.