Platte Canyon Water Friendly Sneaker

I was needing an enclosed toe water shoe to be more useful in a variety of activities. Although I've only been using them while traveling the past week I'm loving them. I added a squishy insert for trekking the airport half the day and removed them for their designed use. I've worn them hiking (with no socks or added insert) snorkeling when I had to dive from the boat to reach shore and traverse a rocky beach area and just general trekking around the island. No blisters, no raw spots and the tread is heavy enough for all the rocky terrain I've encountered. Best part is I purchased a discontinued color and saved about $50. Winning! Another week of travels to go and plan to give them a full workout.

This water shoe is really comfortable will buy it again.

These shoes are great for water activities as well as walking and light exercise

I bought these shoes before a trip to Costa Rica during the rainy season where I knew I would be doing hiking and water activities together, so no need to have dry feet. They were great for this purpose. I do think I could have bought one half-size smaller and been ok - there was extra room in the shoe for my feet - but overall I didn't have any problems or issues with my regular size.

I bought the shoes because I thought they would have excellent grip and be good quality. Unfortunately I was not impressed. I went on a five day paddle on the Missouri river and by day two the plastic cinch that holds the laces stopped working and locked the laces in place making the shoes extremely difficult to get on and off. The shoes filter water out but left an incredible amount of sand in my shoe. This is not terribly unusual for water shoes however not being able to get them on and off very well made the problem worse. I contacted North Face and was told that I would have to go through a warranty process. I unfortunately don't want a replacement pair, but would have rather returned the shoes and received my money back.

Great water shoes. No shoe strings. This is my second pair from TNF. The previous brand changed back to shoe strings. Always came loose in water aerobics classes.