https://www.croclights.com/products/croc-speaker-bluetooth-wireless
I'm absolutely on board with the idea of Bluetooth speakers and lights on my Crocs 😀
Perfect for strolling round the supermarket in my jammies and dry robe
I had to cut the toe box out of an ever so slightly too tight pair of wellies that my other half inadvisedly wore on a very long walk. The wellies were ankle high and yellow.
could this fit the bill?
very comfy modification btw
i got some of these for £1.49 as a first purchase deal from Temu.
Here to second @ThePinkster and the suggestion of step in Sketchers. "Just try some on", my wife suggested/instructed. So I did, and was immediately converted. Perfect for popping out to the shops or into the garage. Worth checking the sole though. Mine have the same material for the outsole as the mid, and so have worn quicker than I'd like. Two years in though and I haven't ruined the heel cup on these unlike a few other pairs of trainers that I lace loosely and shove my feet into.
I got some Birkenstock arizonas made out of plastic for slipping on when camping - mega comfortable and also, not crocs.
and they make SPD versions !
I bought some shoes for a very similar purpose. When sliders aren't warm/protective enough, but not crocs. I literally use these multiples times a day to pop into the garage/workshop/office/mancave. Still look odd so only wear them for that purpose, putting the bins out and when camping for popping out of the tent/van. As easy to slip on as sliders which is the key for me. (I agree that crocs are the answer on paper, just not in practise)
Teva Re Ember Terrain - https://www.teva-eu.com/en/gb/reember-terrain.html
I can't imagine going out and buying something for what you want, don't you have a porch full of worn daps, riggers, flip-flops and rotting beach shoes like everyone else?
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.
Absolutely this. My first pair are well
worn now after several years. Fortunately I had the foresight to buy a second pair at the bargain price they were at the time and they wait patiently for the time they’re needed.
What’s the alternative? Vans slip ons (though not as robust).
A quick Google has thrown up offerings by Leatt and Etnies to replace the FiveTens
Thanks!
After a year in the five ten inside there is zero wear. So hopefully quite some time before I have to replace them.
I am most dissapointed. I cannot possibly see how Crocs (yuk) meet the OPs requirements of warm, insulated, water resistant/proof and slip on.
The answer is rigger boots.
Seriously, how has no one suggested this? Dont you all have them?
Mine live by the door. They are warm and fuzzy inside. They are easy to slip on and off with no effort (which is the whole point of rigger boots), they are totally weather proof, they last for decades....
When you need to run out to the garage, or catch the postman, or shovel the snow off the step, or take the bins out - Rigger Boots.
Buy a pair. Leave them by the door.
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.
The answer, literally, is rigger boots. Thats exactly what they are designed to do.
Crocs 100%.
We got given some thick sole crocs with glitzy giblets attached to them. They are truly hideous, I mean on a totally different level to how hideous you might think a standard pair of crocs are. They deserve to float around the ocean for the rest of eternity however we can't bring ourselves to part with them because they're so practical for bin duties etc!
I've only been busted putting the bins out in them once and every time I take the bins out I prey noone is walking past but nothing gets past they're literally perfect for the job.
They have the added bonus that me and shesnotamused die laughing when the other puts them on, even after several years of daily use
Edit: those rigger boots sound good to be fair. Do you want my crocs?
The answer, literally, is rigger boots. Thats exactly what they are designed to do.
I like your thinking but I'd like something that's good for indoors as well. Rigger boots might be a bit much for that.
Another vote for Crocs or knock off crocs.
Pure function over asthetics, of course, you don't wear them in public unless you are shameless, but they are great.
I like my rigger boots, but they live in the garage, not by the door - they are way too bulky.
I like my rigger boots, but they live in the garage, not by the door - they are way too bulky.
Wrong tool for the job - they are called rigger boots for a reason, lol!
Our porch, some time last winter. In my defence, the Crocs are not ALL ours. 😊 The kids were were visiting, honest!
Crocs remain the single most hideous invention of humanity aside the neutron bomb.
I agree but I also can't deny that they are brilliant. I have some for canoeing, perfect. But when I see people wearing them out and about I always judge them as having given up on life. Same for sliders, which yoof now seem happy to wear with white socks.
Bare foot shoes. A friend of mine bought some when she was working at the Hostel at Tal-y-Bont, which she wore around the hostel, and also out walking. I looked on Amazon, ‘cos I needed some light shoes for around the house and garden, and found some for around £14; I more or less live in them, but I don’t wear them if I’m out walking, the sole isn’t quite thick enough for that.
They’d be ideal for wearing on a plane and going through security.
Yes, they have laces, but they’re elastic, and are for adjusting them but they just slip on.
Update: I have made a purchase and went for some Crocs. 🤦♂️
Really? No ****ing way - I bought some Keen Howsers and they are lovely. They slip on easily yet feel good walking around, are nice and warm but are fine outside .... and yes I've done the obligatory bin run in them whilst it was raining 👍
They may look a little odd but I don't look like even more of a ****er than normal wearing them which would not have been the case if I was wearing Crocs 😉
Thanks for all the suggestions..... it seems I may also need some rigger boots in a couple of months! 🙄
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
They have been?
The answer is crocs. There is nothing wrong with crocs. They don't look any worse than most 510s for a start.
Just buy a pair of hiking boots so you can easily slip into them without needing to tie them up. It's what I do.
Blundstones.
