Are the danskos cluncky and heavy and noisy????

They have a solid bottom on them. Slip on style like clog shoe. Danskos are out for me, I cannot do the high bottom they have (ankle weakness) so I trip in them quite a bit.

My daughter manages an upper end shoe store. I have been trying out different types of shoes, Ecco has some (kind of look like Birkenstocks) that I wear that work well. I also 2nd the inserts - no matter what shoe you wear, get the inserts - they help enormously.

Here ya go! This is the type most professionals wear (or a version of)
http://www.dansko.com/#detail,Professional,Stapled Clog,2

Shoes for Crew these are shoes special for people that work in a restaurant industry you wont slip and they are soo confortable and not really expensive also they last forever I used to work in a restaurant 5 days a week and I used them every single day.

I agree with the Z Coil! Not stylish and a bit expensive but they are worth it. I was spending 8 hrs a day on concrete and my back and hips were killing me but they solved my problem.

The best shoes for me are athletic shoes - for example, my feet are extremely narrow and I am flat footed. I used to have a bad problem with plantar fasciitis and shin splints. I went to a running shoe store (not the ones in the malls) where they watched how I walk, measured my feet, and put me in the right shoes. I would never wear crocs because, as an occupational health nurse, we see a lot of falls from these type of shoes.

I have Dansko sandals on a clog base that cured my plantar faschiitis so I was a big fan. The Dansko Professionals pinched my toes, though, so I got a pair of the Marcelle, because the people doing the fitting at the shoe store said they were a bit wider and at first they felt good. They are really heavy though--all the Danskos are.

After six months of pastry school with the Marcelles and sometimes the Professionals I had the plantar faschiitis back and my feet hurt no matter what I wore on them.

Two years later I've gone through New Balance, which I love for walking but not for baking. and I've tried MBT's, but they are just too ugly for the exorbitant price they charge --for that kind of money I want wide enough and gorgeous

A nurse told me she loved her "Klogs" so I went and got a pair of those. They are a bit lighter and didn't cost as much as the Danskos, and my feet are better, but still not happy at the end of a long day. Klogs has some slightly cuter styles as well.

I'd like to try the Sketcher's that are like MBT's but they, like the MBT's are not wide enough. I'm waiting for someone to figure out that those of us with wide feet want the exercisers too!!!!! I loved the bouncy feeling I had with them. I think a pair that fit would be dandy!

At least I can see from this thread that I'm on the right track!

I would love to find a pair of GOOD, COMFY shoes that come in a 10 1/2 or 11 WIDE! I have such an issue with this.

http://www.zcoil.com/pages.php?pg=custom_fitting

I believe they go up to size 11 for women.

I tried on a pair of the Z-coils at a sports expo, they run really wide and big - I can't wear them, but when I stood in them - Oh my - I wish they came in extra narrow widths!!!!!

Mine are a 7 1/2 medium width so they aren't all wide. I have plantar fasciits so bad it hurts to walk some days but these shoes make it so much better.

Hey Tiggy! How much do the zcoils run??

I believe they were about $100. I've had them for a couple of years and I can't remember the exact cost.