SAS

Boulder Lace Up Sneaker

Women's

I wish I could love these. I’m a huge SAS fan as they’re one of the only shoe brands that rarely disappoint, sadly, these did. I have very wide feet, so part of my problem with these, they just weren’t wide enough as a Double Wide wasn’t available. The other thing is I have extraordinarily high arches. These have excellent padding in the forefoot, but very little in the back, and barely any arch support. The other problem is in design. These are very good looking shoes, stylish and cute, but as a tennis shoe the little thing on the tongue that keeps the tongue in place is poorly positioned. It’s too high up on the tongue to really work correctly, added to that were the super short laces. I bought replacement laces to deal with that and wore them around my house for two weeks prior to a trip to Idaho where I’d be doing some heavy duty hiking. Needless to say, these didn’t join me as I had intended. The day before we left I accidentally stepped off of one of my stairs and rolled my foot, in the shoe, causing a sprain. It’s not the first time I’ve sprained a foot, but this could’ve been prevented if the lacing wasn’t just wrong on these. Due to the higher point of tongue bracing the shoes are very difficult to tighten below that anchor. I was trying to break them in, instead, they broke me. Since we were driving I was able to rest my sprained foot, but it still hurt during the hikes I have gone on so far. Needless to say, when I return these exceedingly expensive shoes are also returning.