I hadn’t written anything to my review blog in awhile and I thought it was high time I did; but what to write about? What had I put through enough use to have a worthwhile opinion about? As I spun around in my chair, looking around my music room/den I happened to glance down at what was on me feet. My favorite around-the-house kicks; my Teva Mush Flip-flops. The ones on my feet are actually my second pair. After truckin’ around in my last pair for about 3 or 4 years the mush was quite mushed and it was time for some new ones. Three to four years for a pair of flip-flops sounds pretty good to me, and I wore mine pretty much everyday. Like I said though, just around the house. The soles on these feel kinda airy-foamy-plasticy so I don’t know how long they’d last rompin’ around out there in the real world. I think they got more foot time in the house though, rather than had I wore them solely outdoors (we don’t wear shoes in our house).
How I happened to buy my first pair was because since I do 95% of all the cooking in our house, and since we don’t wear shoes indoors, my feet were starting to hurt standing all that time on our hard, cold, kitchen floor. I didn’t want traditional moccasin or clog like house slippers because my feet always seemed to get sweaty in those; yuck. So flip-flops seemed like a logical choice and I was able to score a pair of Teva Mush’s at a discount on REI’s outlet site.
Like Teva’s product page says the Mush name comes from these flip-flop’s ultra comfy foot bed that will mold to the unique shape of your foot. After a month or so of breakin’ in these bad boys you’ll see the shape of your foot becoming permanently imprinted in the cushioning. These flip-flops are nice and lightweight, which I think lends them to indoor use. In the past I’ve tried more outdoor inspired flip-flops and they tend to seem a lot heavier, due to their more rugged soles. So either the thong straps would dig in to my feet or I’d have to be careful how I walked else one of them could become a projectile .
If I were to to have one gripe I guess it would be the sole. Only so far as to I wish the feel of it would inspire a little more robustness so that I wouldn’t be afraid of shredding it up walking down a gravel road or that accidentally stepping on broken glass wouldn’t necessarily mean a trip to the doctor’s office. But all in all I’m fine with confining these foot treasures to the safety of the indoors because they are oh so good to me.
Conclusion: Thumbs Up
