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I have wide feet

THEPAIN73THEPAIN73 Shiny.Real shiny.Registered User regular
edited May 2009 in Help / Advice Forum
I need to know what I can do about my shoe situation.

What happens is I buy new shoes and because my feet are wider than most the sides of my feet overlap onto the sides and bend them. So much so that I begin "chewing" through the sides of the shoe where it leaves holes.

What is a mostly cheap way to save my shoes (and wallet).

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  • SentrySentry Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Buy wide shoes?

    Instead of say, 10 and a half, get 10 and a half W?

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  • Monolithic_DomeMonolithic_Dome Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    New Balance is pretty much awesome for monsters with wide-ass troll feet.

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  • ThanatosThanatos Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Monolithic_Dome wrote: »
    New Balance is pretty much awesome for monsters with wide-ass troll feet.
    Yes.

    They're pretty much the only tennis shoes I can wear, and unless your foot is unimaginably wide (at which point you need to start looking at custom shoes), they'll have something for you.

    I wear a 14EEEEEE, for example, and they actually sell one of those (I got mine at a wide shoe store).

    If you happen to live in the Seattle area, Shoreline Wide Shoes can hook you up.

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  • NappuccinoNappuccino Surveyor of Things and Stuff Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Yeah, NewBalance shoes are great. Though, sometimes I have to get shoes one size larger because the store doesn't carry wides in my size. Usually they're fine as well.

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  • MadpandaMadpanda suburbs west of chicagoRegistered User regular
    edited May 2009
    NewBalance are nice, also Vans and Zoo York make some pretty wide shoes.

    Has anyone found a good internet store or chain store that carries a lot of wide sizes? My last few trips to discount shoe warehouse have turned up with nothing suitable in 13W.

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  • ThylacineThylacine Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    I'm a girl, so I don't know too much about men's shoes. But I do buy the men's Van's just in a small size. I have sort of wide feet, and really high arches and Van's are really comfortable for me I've been wearing them for years for my sneekers.

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  • yalborapyalborap Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    New Balance, New Balance, New Balance. Get them. You will thank us.

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  • ShadowfireShadowfire Vermont, in the middle of nowhereRegistered User regular
    edited May 2009
    If you're looking for sneakers, yea, New Balance are awesome. For dress shoes, Deer Stags are damn good too.

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  • RUNN1NGMANRUNN1NGMAN Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Madpanda wrote: »
    NewBalance are nice, also Vans and Zoo York make some pretty wide shoes.

    Has anyone found a good internet store or chain store that carries a lot of wide sizes? My last few trips to discount shoe warehouse have turned up with nothing suitable in 13W.

    At least for running shoes, it seems like Zappos.com always has a lot of wide sizes for shoes that come in wide sizes.

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  • Fuzzy Cumulonimbus CloudFuzzy Cumulonimbus Cloud Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Vans. Great for wide feet.

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  • Portugal.TheMarkPortugal.TheMark Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    If you're into slip-ons try globes. They make some cool shoes like the Castro, and the Don that both look pretty good, and are wider.

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  • Just_Bri_ThanksJust_Bri_Thanks Seething with rage from a handbasket.Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited May 2009
    New Balance.

    Save me a LOT of pain during my last work assignment.

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  • DevoutlyApatheticDevoutlyApathetic Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Thanatos wrote: »
    Monolithic_Dome wrote: »
    New Balance is pretty much awesome for monsters with wide-ass troll feet.
    Yes.

    They're pretty much the only tennis shoes I can wear, and unless your foot is unimaginably wide (at which point you need to start looking at custom shoes), they'll have something for you.

    I wear a 14EEEEEE, for example, and they actually sell one of those (I got mine at a wide shoe store).

    If you happen to live in the Seattle area, Shoreline Wide Shoes can hook you up.

    It should be noted that their web presence is pretty damn solid too. I've ordered shoes from them for years without any problems. Obviously for finding fit you can't go web but once you've found what you can wear it works well. They also tend to note which of their shoes runs wide or narrow for their nominal size.

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  • Bionic MonkeyBionic Monkey Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited May 2009
    Monolithic_Dome wrote: »
    New Balance is pretty much awesome for monsters with wide-ass troll feet.

    I find Sketchers also work pretty well for my wide feet (as long as I buy the W version).

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