For an additional fee, you can customize this sandal on Chaco’s website and ensure you get the wide size, along with a pretty broad and funky array of strap, buckle, and sole combinations. Chaco also offers wide sizing, though they’re sometimes hard to find retail. Fill a good sized bucket with water and work the straps back and forth if they get stuck, that should dislodge the grit.Ĭhaco’s sandals are available in sizes 7-15 men's and 5-12 women's, in medium width. One note about adjusting the straps: if you’re a river rat who spends a lot of time in muddy or sandy conditions, grit can work its way into the channels where the straps adjust under your feet over time. My Chaco classics were spruced up via a "re-chaco," retaining the original footbed/midsole but replacing the straps and the sole. (Note, I previously reviewed Chaco’s Z/Cloud 2 in 2017.) Also, if you favor a lighter-weight version, check out the Chaco Z/Volv, and there is a Mega Z/Cloud with extra wide webbing.įinally - if you are very particular about your sandals and/or concerned about where they are made, you can order a custom pair from Chaco they're built in Michigan. Once you get it right, they’re often good for the duration. The initial adjustment of the straps to fit your feet takes some time and patience. In case you aren’t familiar with how these sandals work, the only way to tighten them is by pulling the straps through the plastic clip shown above and by pulling the straps beneath the footbed-no hook/loop/Velcro, laces, speed laces, etc. Hard to tell, but these sandals mostly consist of one continuous piece of polyester webbing that runs from the inside ‘post’ near the ankle, over the arch/instep, under the outside of the sole, up from the inside of the forefoot, under the sole again on the outside of the foot, then up the instep to the clip. Also shows the very robust stitching of the straps to the fabric ‘post’ that’s anchored to the midsole. Instep view shows the thickness and some of the contour of the midsole. Three years of wear showing on the plastic hardware. These have since been worn a fair bit more often than the Classics. I have been wearing Chaco sandals for nearly fifteen years, still have a pair of their Z/1 Classics I picked up the Z/Clouds about three years ago as a more forgiving alternative.
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