I work from home and mostly just wander around in socks or maybe slippers if it's cold 😱
But I quite often need to pop outside to get something from the car, outside storage, etc.
So I'm after something, preferably warm, I can slip my feet into quickly (no laces) that don't mind the wet - any suggestions?
[and I don't want Crocs]
The "don't mind the wet" bit is what I'm struggling with, not sure you'll find waterproof, warm slip-ons.
So just buy some Crocs, I know you don't want them but I use them for exactly what you describe and they're perfect.
Came here to suggest Crocs ...
Then saw this ...
[and I don't want Crocs]
No other suggestions ...
So just buy some Crocs, I know you don't want them but I use them for exactly what you describe and they're perfect.
You can get fur-lined Crocs I think ...
Some sort of gardening shoe...
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/recommended/home/garden/best-gardening-shoes/
Resistance is futile. Crocs are the perfect solution. I have a pair of "all-terrain" crocs which are a lot more grippy on slick or slippery surfaces. Still great inside, but better outside.
Loosely laced trainers, or Crocs…
Knock-off Crocs then, Lidl and other places do lined ones for under a tenner.
crocs or maybe short wellies 😉
If you're just 'popping outside', you don't really need to worry about warm, cos you won't be out there long enough for your feet to get that cold/wet.
I have a pair of something like this (not these, this is just a pic of something similar) by each door for just this purpose:
They cost me about a tenner from a French supermarket, I'm sure you'll find similar here for about the same price
Knock off Crocs or some cheap Carnac sliders from Banana Industries (they seam to have bought what's left of PX stock).
Iso Baa slippers ,the ones with a sole. << indoors and trips to the world of shed (not waterproof)
Keen Howser . Fine for around the house/shed and a bit of outdoors. << they are super comfi,but be aware that if you go further afield,people will point and laugh..they look like you are wearing pasties.
Crocs remain the single most hideous invention of humanity aside the neutron bomb.
Save your dignity and buy any trainer or approach shoe TXMaxx have in stock, in 1/2 size bigger than you're used to. Tie the laces really loosely in a reef knot then trim the ends, or replace them with elastic.
Don't get the mixed messages - sounds like you want inside shoes that you can wander in the garden with. Answer is Crocs (and a pair of slippers for indoors).
How have you been surviving so far?
Buy cheap wellingtons, cut them down to a shoe type height of your liking.
Crocs remain the single most hideous invention of humanity aside the neutron bomb.
This but...
Resistance is futile. Crocs are the perfect solution.
Dammit! 😫
How have you been surviving so far?
Something along these lines:
any trainer or approach shoe TXMaxx have in stock
but it's not ideal.
Keen Howser . Fine for around the house/shed and a bit of outdoors.
ooh.... this might be the answer!! 👏
Something along these lines:
but it's not ideal.
Aye, that's what I do. I keep an old pair of loosely perma-tied Etnies that I can slip on and kick off easily in the hallway for when I need to go outside, then and some rubber soled memory foam slippers for in the house (they're fine outside too, but I don't want to dirty the soles).
The Keen Howsers look good though, and there's also splash proof LongBay Outdoor Slippers on Amazon at half the cost (although it will be one of those things where you get what you pay for).
TEVA Terrain Slippers - some on Sportpursuit for £39 if they have your size. I have some and like. I also have the older TEVA ember moc slip ons (which have a closer fit) but think they're discontinued. Fit the brief.
Birkenstock Boston? They are silly money now but do last a long time.
I’ve also got some Keen Targee Slides that are the only pair of Keen shoes that haven’t actually fallen apart - leather upper with chunky sole are pretty durable but the fabric at the back has now worn through after a few years
If I can just pitch in - I have similar needs, loose slip ons are sub optimal as they slide off when going up the stairs. They have to be loose enough to slip on without faff, but survive a jaunty run up the stairs.
the self lacing sneakers from Back to the Future 2 should really have been invented by now. We were sold a lie
Furry crocs. I am in a pair now for exactly the same use requirements. It is the ideal footwear for the job. Resistance is futile. Get a pair.
Warm, waterproof, slip on?
Fleece-lined rigger boots? I much prefer them to normal wellies
A little bit spendy - £90, though they often have sales - but I have these for similar reasons to those you describe:
https://shop.tropicfeel.com/products/sunset-baltic-navy
They slip on and off, and they are pretty secure when they are on. The back folds down so it can they can be used as slipper (about 90% of my use), but they're great when I need to empty the bin, let the dogs out, or pop to the local shop.
I find them so useful I never go anywhere without them. They're great on flights, if I'm a passenger on a long car journey I can kick them off. I used to keep a pair at work for when my shoes got wet on the commute.
Highly recommended - I'm on my third pair.
Edit - they don't look like a pair of pasties. Nice looking enough for general use.
Fleece-lined rigger boots? I much prefer them to normal wellies
Yeah, them too. I have an old pair of furry rigger site boots for outside and furry crocs for inside. I am a right softy.
Shame FiveTen stopped their Sleuth slip ons, bought mine in lockdown and only just showing wear.
Maybe Sketchers slip ons if you aren't man enough for Crocs.
These guys https://www.backdoorshoes.co.uk/ were at our town market the other week. Was tempted as I need something for when I let out or lock up my hens. I'm currently using a very old pair of Merrell walking shoes, but they are disintegrating.
I work from home. Potter around. Pop out to the garden etc. I didn't want crocs. Someone bought me some crocs. Turns out I did want crocs.
Croc's you know it's the answer, they last for fricken years, you don't have to give a fly **** about caring for them.
Crocs All-Terrain Lined for the win...
Nothing quite says "I've given up" than a grown man wearing crocs.
Surely the answer is just an old pair of shoes?
Sliders were the best thing I ever bought. Warm out? no socks.. cold out? with socks. I'm wearing them now, cos I keep nipping out to the garage. (Puma ones are £12 on Sportsdirect). All this, oh no you have no style! You look silly! Literally: No One Cares. Well, my neighbours certainly don't. I don't wear them to the shops, but mainly cos I can't walk in them, unlike the roadmen of this world, I would otherwise 😀
ps. if you're utterly stupid you can pay like £40 for ones with poncier logos. but they are made exactly the same.
"Nothing quite says "I've given up" than a grown man wearing crocs."
Yes, exactly. The other reason I should have had them years before!
House slippers- five ten slip ons. I got fed up of my slippers wearing out and have just gone for actual shoes. I can't find any more of these as five ten stopped making them so when these eventually wear out I'll be moving onto slip on vans.
Shed shoes- lurid yellow furry crocs. Perfect for the use you describe. Just ugly. The yellow ones were vastly cheaper than any other colour in a sale. That's my excuse and I'm sticking to it 😀
But can you fit lights to your sliders or old Merrells for night time bin runs?
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I can tell you what not to get. Any form of supermarket footwear. Google "Vimes boots."
Birkenstock Boston? They are silly money now but do last a long time.
My new Birkies arrived just now, frabjous day. My old ones are proper****ed but they've walked to the moon and back.
I understand you don’t want crocs so the obvious answer in that case is a new pair of Le Chameau wellingtons and cut them off at the ankle. Job jobbed.
Nothing quite says "I've given up" than a grown man wearing crocs.
Exactly. I can't tell you how liberating it is though, to give zero f****s what some randoms think of your indoor footwear choices. If it does worry you, you could always add some of these to show how you're only wearing them in an ironic and totally cool way. 
House slippers- five ten slip ons. I got fed up of my slippers wearing out and have just gone for actual shoes. I can't find any more of these as five ten stopped making them so when these eventually wear out I'll be moving onto slip on vans.
Shed shoes- lurid yellow furry crocs. Perfect for the use you describe. Just ugly. The yellow ones were vastly cheaper than any other colour in a sale. That's my excuse and I'm sticking to it 😀
A quick Google has thrown up offerings by Leatt and Etnies to replace the FiveTens
Surely the answer is just an old pair of shoes?
Yep. What next? Recommend me some old clothes to do the decorating in?
Yep. What next? Recommend me some old clothes to do the decorating in?
🤣
Cotswold Coleford short wellies work for me for exactly this purpose...
I got some Birkenstock arizonas made out of plastic for slipping on when camping - mega comfortable and also, not crocs.
I work from home and mostly just wander around in socks or maybe slippers if it's cold 😱
But I quite often need to pop outside to get something from the car, outside storage, etc.
So I'm after something, preferably warm, I can slip my feet into quickly (no laces) that don't mind the wet - any suggestions?[and I don't want Crocs]
My mother-in-law used to have some furry galoshes that she used to wear for gardening... Looking like a pensioner perhaps they're what you want ? They were like cut down Wellington boots with a furry lining
