Sloggers - The BEST Garden Shoes

This post is my review of Sloggers Uni Sandals. I bought these on my own at Target, and I have not been paid by the manufacturer for my review.

For years, I've been wearing worn out slip on athletic shoes for gardening.  In the early spring, the cool, damp got to my toes pretty quickly, and my shoes always filled up with all manner of mulch, stones and dirt. This year, I decided I needed some shoes just for gardening - something I could hose off and put right back on and not suffer from cold toes.  One day at Target, I saw a large display of gardening shoes, both clogs and an open back slip on. I tried the clogs on and didn't find them comfortable - they seemed to be a bit thin in the sole and didn't provide any support. Then I tried on the open back slip on - the Uni Sandal. Now that was more like it!  Very cushy and soft and a good bit more support and MUCH more to my liking. I bought a pair.

A few days after I bought them and had worn them a few times, Garden Rant did a review (thanks to Craig at Ellis Hollow for reminding me).  Since I'd already bought mine, and frankly had no idea what I'd bought, the review didn't influence me. 

I. Love. These. Shoes. I love them so much I bought another pair - one for the garage and one by my back door.  I wore them with socks in the very early spring when it was cold out there. They kept my feet dry and warm, unlike my worn out athletic shoes.  As it got warmer, I wore them without socks. Those cool little openings on the sides let air in, but not much unwanted stuff. I think what I love most about them is that I can literally be on my feet out in the garden for most of the day, and my feet don't hurt. That's really saying something for me. I broke my right foot a few years ago, and didn't know I'd broken it until 8 weeks later. It didn't exactly heal properly, but I wasn't in the mood to consider surgery at the time. Usually I do OK, but if I'm on my feet for a long period of time, my foot will start to hurt, and sometimes it hurts pretty badly. That is, if I'm not wearing good shoes with some arch support. My foot would hurt after a few hours in the garden in athletic shoes, but not in these Sloggers.

One damp day when a friend visited for a garden tour, she slipped a pair on and remarked how good they felt.  After the garden tour, she wanted to know where to buy them.  As I said, I bought them from Target for $14.99.  They cost $21.99 on the Sloggers website. When these wear out, I'll gladly pay the website price if Target no longer carries them.  But I don't think they are going to wear out any time soon.  One pair gets more wear than the other, but I can't tell which is which - they both still look brand new, except for those bits of grass and dirt.  Even at $21.99, I think these shoes are a great value, and they deliver on performance. My feet are very happy.

Comments

[Gail]

Love them, too...I have the classic or wild print clog and paid way more for them at the nursery! Yours are great. Like you I used to wear old tennies in the garden...with the heel folded in to make them slip-ons! Heading to Target this week!

Gail

[Layanee]

I like the sloggers but need arch support in them in order to wear them any length of time! Showing my age I guess! Yours are a very pretty color. I have navy so they won't show the dirt.