OLUKAI Upena Women’s Strappy Beach Sandal, Lightweight & Durable Design, Water Resistant Slides for All-Day Comfort & Style

Love these
My new favorite sandals. I have narrow feet so it can be hard to find sandals that fit. These fit great. They are very comfortable and lightweight. I can wear them walking all day and my feet not hurt. The longer strap across the top does hit in a little bit of a weird spot but I get used to it after a few minutes and don’t notice anymore. They’re light weight feel well made and have plenty of support. I love that they can get wet and will still grip. I’ll have to keep an eye out for when they go back on sale so I can order another color.

Arch support in a Cute Sandal
Fit: I normally wear size 7 in sandals, and the 7 fit perfectly. My feet are average to slightly skinny: 3.5″ wide (measured by tracing foot on paper and measuring between 2 widest spots), 2″ wide at the heel. REI near me was carrying this style, so worth checking if you want to try on in person.I really love this sandal for these reasons:- This has excellent arch support and heel cup for a sandal of this style. The bottom is also more non-skid than most sandals, which are often terrible.-I absolutely love this criss-cross strappy look and fit for sandals. I had a favorite cheap Payless pair that I wore for years, and then searched for years for a replacement, which has been impossible to find till now. It goes with anything, particularly any summer dresses that have black, when you want to wear something that passes with a dress, but be comfortable walking in. My cheap Payless pair had slightly thinner straps, with contrasting white stitching against the black, so they were slightly cuter, but these are still cute, comfy, and versatile.- The cross strap design on the big toe doesn’t hurt the toe, like sandals with toe posts can. I can’t wear any sandals with a toe-post, but I can wear these.-This pair was feeling slightly tight on my big toe, after wearing a bit when my feet swelled, but a few seconds stretching the leather with my fingers fixed that. Being good quality leather, they conform to your feet nicely.Cons (kind of):- The footbed of the shoe is a solid plastic/ slightly rubbery material, which doesn’t breath well, but the upside of that is it is very durable and can be cleaned easily. But since the upper is leather, that limits the versatility of a plastic footbed, where you can get it wet without worry. I don’t live where it is very hot, so it is bearable. It has a nice finish, so it feels better against the skin than a lot of plastic/rubbery sandals. (Update: I have since found that sometimes you are in an unexpected situation where your sandals get wet, as in an impromptu visit to the beach with friends. These sandals survived walking in ocean water, though I don’t recommend doing it on a regular basis. I do love that the rubbery footbed cleans so easily and does well if it gets unexpectedly wet.)-The arch support and heel cup is nice, but on a thin sole. I think the Vionic Tide flip-flops are a notch higher when it comes to sandal support, that you can wear all day and your feet will feel great. These are dressier, of course.- The price tag at $90 is double what it should be, for what it is, but it’s a style I’ve been searching years for (with arch support thrown in, to boot.)

Overrated and Overpriced
I don’t understand the glowing reviews for these sandals. They are comfortable-ish but not the most comfortable sandals I own. There isn’t much to them–they are basically nothing more than a low profile flexible rubber flip flop base with leather straps. The insole is somewhat contoured but I have extremely fine-boned, very narrow feet with long arches and find them to be too flat to be truly supportive. People with thick, flat feet might find them more supportive but mine are too narrow to benefit from much of the contouring, which is mostly towards the edges of the footbed. I’d expected the insole to be leather-lined and maybe even cushioned, but it’s entirely rubber like the sole, just texturized. Since they are all rubber, sometimes they get clammy when my feet sweat. The straps are soft and flexible as others have mentioned (though much too loose on my thin feet) but they’re just bonded to the backing, not stitched together. In terms of sizing, I am a true 8N who sometimes has to size down to a 7.5 due to volume/width issues and found the size 8 length to be about right. Due to the position of the toe loop, which is closer to the front of the sandal, my long toes end up at the very front leaving extra space behind my heel. As mentioned, they are comfortable-ish, but considering all the stellar reviews and the steep price I just expected…a LOT more. If you’re going to spend $90 on a pair of outdoorsy-type comfort sandals, I recommend Chaco leather sandals, which are higher quality and more supportive. I like the look of these sandals but fit and comfort make them overall meh.

Nach langer Suche bin ich auf die Olu Kai Sandalen gestoßen. Sie sehen nicht nur sehr schön aus sondern sind auch total bequem. Das Material und die Verarbeitung sind top. Nur fallen sie groß aus, trage eigentlich 40,5-41 hier passt Größe 40 sehr gut.

Das sind sehr schöne Sandalen. Die Schuhgröße fällt in der Länge Nr. größer aus. Leider habe ich recht breite Füße, so dass mir die Schuhe zu schmal waren. Ansonsten wären sie bequem. Die Sohle ist sehr flexibel. Für normale und schmale Füße sind sie sicher bestens geeignet.