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My worry was they'd look like those big toe shoes, the ones that make feet look like boats. They don't. The front is rounded instead of pointed and that's it. My daughter borrowed them to walk the dog and asked where they were from.

Did the coast path, 14 km, first time out in them, which you're not supposed to do. Feet were tired but not sore, no blisters, no hot spots at the toes. My walking boots would have had my little toes bleeding. Bit of calf ache the next day.

First pair was a 37, too short at the big toe. Emailed, got a reply that evening with a label, posted it Monday and the 38 came Thursday. They paid the postage. The 38 is right. I've had worse service from shops I've used for years.

Bunion on the right foot, wide at the front on both. Took my usual 40. Nothing presses on the joint, which I can't say about any shoe I've bought in the last ten years, and I've bought a lot. Black ones. The laces are too long, I double-knot them.

I'm between sizes and went down to a 38 because the knit stretches, and it was right, so don't assume you need to go up. Comfortable, feel the pavement, took a few days. The pink is more of a dusty rose, which I prefer.

I'm 64 and my toes have been crossing over for years. First shoe where the little toe isn't tucked under the next one. Took them off at the end of the day and my feet weren't red. Small thing. Not small to me.

Fit is right, room for the toes, no rubbing. But I stood on a stone on the path by the river and felt it right through, and that's the sole, that's what you're buying. I keep them for pavement and the car. Three stars from me, might go up.

Retired, on my feet all day in the garden and the allotment. The wide front means my toes aren't crammed and the light weight means I forget I've got them on. Hosed the mud off and they dried by morning. Good enough for me.

What I notice is my toes move when I walk. Spread, then relax. I'd stopped noticing they didn't. I only clocked it because I went back to my old shoes for a wedding and my feet complained all evening.

Ordered 41, my usual, and they were tight across the top of the foot so I swapped for a 42. Email on the Tuesday, label back the same day, the 42 arrived the next week. Those fit. Four stars because I'd have liked the size guide to say high instep, go up.

Size 44 and a woman. They go up to 47 and the 44 fits. White gets grubby by week two, otherwise nothing to say, it works.

Nurse, twelve-hour shifts, hard floors. I was nervous about the thin sole. The first shift my calves knew about it. By the third they didn't. My feet are less swollen at the end of a shift, I think, hard to be sure. What I can be sure of is I've stopped carrying a second pair in my bag for the drive home, which I'd done for about six years. The ward sister asked where they were from. She's ordered the grey.

I have a bunion on my left foot and most shoes press right on it. These don't touch it at all.

Bunions on both sides, the left is the bad one. The upper is soft so there's nothing hard against the joint. I did a 9 km walk on the second weekend. No rubbing, not even at the heel, which is where my other trainers go. I'd ordered the khaki, which is greener than it looks on the screen, and then the black a fortnight later because my daughter kept taking the khaki. She's a 38, I'm a 39, she says they're fine, I say they're mine.

Honest downside: you feel gravel. Every stone on the drive. Not painful, just there, and I've got used to it, but it startled me the first week. Upside: my toes have room and my feet don't ache at night. On balance I'd buy again. Probably the khaki next time.

Sunday lunch at my sister's, jeans, nobody said a word. From the top they look like any trainer. From underneath you can see the shape. Only I know.

I'm 67 and I'd given up on trainers that didn't look like granny shoes. These look normal. Rounded at the front, that's all. My toes aren't squashed, my little toe isn't tucked under. I wear them to choir. The girl at the pharmacy, who's thirty if she's a day, has the same ones in pink, which tells you something. Took my usual 39. The knit went a bit loose over the first week and then stopped.

Second pair ordered. Grey this time.

Had to go up a size, so the first pair went back. Exchange was easy, I'll say that. The 39 fits but the heel is a touch loose. Toes are happy. Sole is thin, be warned. Keeping them for the dog walk. Three stars, could be four by spring.

High instep, so I went up to a 40 on a hunch and it was right. The knit gives a bit over the top of the foot. Wore them to Lisbon, four days of hills and cobbles, no blisters. My husband's feet were in bits in his Nikes.

Thought the box was empty. Checked the packing slip. On my feet all day at the salon and by six I'm not thinking about them, which for me is new.

My husband wore mine to put the bins out and has now ordered the navy. I've hidden the black.

Bunion, left foot. Doesn't touch it. Wore them to work all week.

Bought for my mum, 71, big toe that's gone over. She was suspicious because they came from the internet. Now she asks me to order the pink ones. She says she can put them on without sitting down, which is her measure of a shoe.

If you want cushioning, this isn't it. It's a thin sole and a flat shoe and that's the idea. I knew that and still took two weeks to stop missing the padding. Now my old pair feel like walking on pillows, in a bad way. Four stars, the laces annoy me.

Wide at the front, snug at the back. Wide shoes usually slop about at the heel. These don't.

Good fit, thin sole takes a few days. Laces too long.

Ordered a second pair before the first had a mark on them. Never done that. Twenty minutes in the post office queue and I didn't shift from foot to foot. That's my test.

Felt strange for the first two days, like walking in thick socks. Then it didn't. I wear them for the school run and the shop. The knit shows dirt on the grey, I should have got black.

Physio told me to find something flat with room at the toes and I finally did. Zero heel, you can bend them in half. My toes spread when I stand, I checked in the mirror like an idiot. Feet feel like they're doing their job.

Light, wide at the toes, holds at the heel. Went up one for my instep.

Toe room is as described, I'll give them that. But the knit on the white already looks tired after a month and I don't think they'll last the winter. Comfortable, light, not built like a boot. Three stars. I'd buy the black and treat them as summer shoes.

Went up one on a friend's advice because of my high instep. Right call. Wide at the toes but the heel holds, I don't slip out walking uphill. Wore them on the Camino for a week. Feet fine. Knees fine. Back, not the shoes' fault.

Wine red, on a whim. They look like a normal trainer with a rounder front. I expected to feel self-conscious and I don't.

You can feel the floor and your toes do something. Grip, I suppose. I notice it on the stairs at work. My balance feels better but that might be nonsense. What isn't nonsense is I'm not limping by Friday.

Navy is darker than the photo, nearly black indoors, which I don't mind but you should know. Fit spot on at my usual 40, wide toes, holds at the heel. Four stars for the colour.

Box arrived a bit squashed, shoes fine. The tongue slides to one side if I don't lace them properly. Comfortable, light, the black looks smart with trousers. Took a week to get used to feeling the floor. Fine now.

Look like normal trainers. Nobody's noticed. My toes have.

Fit is fine. Sole too thin for me on gravel. Keeping them for town.

I like feeling the ground. Didn't think I would. Cobbles at the harbour, the jetty, the grass. Toes have room.

43, normally the men's section. Fits in length, toes have proper space, a bit loose at the heel unless I lace tight. Grey marks easily.

They're alright. Wide at the front like it says, light, nothing wrong with them. I just don't love them. The sole is thinner than I wanted and the grey is a bit dull. I'll wear them for the garden. Won't be ordering more.

Comfortable and wide where it matters. White marks easily, get the black.

Very light. I feel the ground but the sole is not hard. Toes have space, nothing rubs on my bunion. I bought the black and I will take the navy. Delivery was a bit long, ten days to France.

Comfortable straight out of the box, no breaking in. I did the first day in the house because I'd read you should start slowly with these. Then the shop, then a long walk. The knit is soft against the big toe joint, which is the bit that usually hurts.

Wore them with a summer dress because I'd given up on sandals this year with my bunion. They looked fine. Normal. A woman at the garden centre asked about them, which hasn't happened with a shoe before.

For the money I expected flimsy. They're not. The knit is thicker than it looks and the sole is bendy without being paper. Six weeks of daily wear, no loose threads. One star off because the tongue slides to one side.

Had to exchange once, easy. Heel a bit loose in the 41. Toes happy. Not sure yet.

Spent years in men's trainers because women's didn't come wide enough. First shoe in a 43 that looks like it belongs on a woman's foot and fits at the toes. I cried a bit, which is silly, it's a shoe.

Took twelve days to arrive, which felt long, and the tracking was vague. Shoes themselves are good. Wide at the toes, light, I've worn them to work three days running. Four stars for the wait.

My feet swell by the afternoon. Normally I'm loosening laces by three. The knit just gives. I haven't touched the laces since the morning I put them on. Ordinary looking, which is what I wanted.

I have very wide front of foot and one foot bigger than the other. 42 fits both. The small foot I lace tighter. Walked in rain, dried overnight on the radiator, no problem. Good shoe for the price I think.

Good shoe. Wide in the toes, you can wash it, I did on 30. Hallux both feet and it does not hurt. Normal 41.

Look normal, maybe a little round at the front. Nobody has noticed. My toes are not pressed together. I take them on the bike too.

Thin sole, you must know this before. On the gravel path it is not comfortable the first week. After, you walk differently and it is fine. The toes have all the space. I will buy another colour but the delivery was slow.

The shoe's fine, better than fine. My gripe is the tracking, which said delivered a day before it was, and the laces, long enough to trip over. Feet, though. Toes spread, heel stays, no rubbing on the big toe joint. Four stars until they sort the laces.