Never heard of this brand, but decided to try my hand, or I guess feet, with them since the price was attractive. Upon receiving them, I noticed how floppy they were. Now, I know they're called flip flops, but one would expect there to be some rigidity to them. I passed it off as being attributed more to its "style" (notice how/where the straps are connected to the sole) rather than say its lower cost. It was very comfortable when standing, but as soon as you take a step, you can feel the sole sort of drop away from your heel in midair. It's a weird feeling since the slipper seemed to be a good fit (ordered one size larger due to recommendations).I went to the theater to watch a movie and thought, maybe I should wear the slippers since it was time to break them in and I wouldn't be walking much. Everything was going just fine (except for the floppiness, but I was getting used to it). The movie finishes and my feet stayed cool the entire time.Great let's get some food in our bellies now. I walk into the bathroom. Slippers are doing their job and I'm not slip sliding in any pee drops under the urinal or water puddles underneath those hand dryer blowers.Man, that Nashville hot chicken a few shops down is sounding mighty good right about now as my stomach grumbles in agreement. Suddenly, not even 10 steps out of the bathroom, my left foot touches carpet for some reason. "What the heck?" as I'm taking another quick step onto carpet again. It hasn't really sunk in yet what is occurring at this instant. "Carpet again? Why does my slipper feel so loose now?I look down at my foot and gasp in horror as my left slipper is now literally an ankle bracelet dragging behind my foot. "Ohh crap!" I see notice a little red plastic piece on the ground with some broken threads coming out of it; I pick it up. I quickly surmised that the red plastic was used to secure the toe strap to the sole. I try to MacGuyver everything back together, but it's no use without duct tape and a paperclip. Keep in mind that I was not even 10 steps out of the bathroom and I was fiddling around with the bottom of my shoe now... definitely a double oh "crap" eww moment now.At this point, a lady is starting to come my way down the hallway. It feels like a thousand yard stare with her eyes laser focused on my left foot. Was she actually staring? Maybe, maybe not... but most definitely yes. Let me tell you, if you've never been in this situation before, a million thoughts a second cross your mind. Should I take the one slipper off and go half barefoot through the theater to the exit? Should I go completely barefoot? What if an usher sees me walking barefoot? Should I try to keep the slipper on and sort of shuffle my way through two more hallways, then through the lobby/concession area, and finally through to the exit? I decide the least conspicuous would be the last option. Also, today just happens to be National Cinema Day ($4 movie tickets all day); so yeah, probably the most crowded day the theater has seen in past couple years.Meanwhile, my girlfriend is waiting for me in the lobby (since the lobby bathroom was conveniently being cleaned at that moment). She's probably wondering why I'm taking so long. So I text her, "My slipper broke!" A few seconds later, I see her turn the corner with the biggest smile I've ever seen on her face. And I'm here struggling to grasp as tightly as I can to the loose toe strap with my big toe and the next piggy toe tying not to wear an ankle bracelet again. (I think I'm going to have shin cramps tonight from the vice grip clenching I was doing.) We spot a bench nearby and try coming up with a few more options to MacGuyver, but all of them are unsuccessful (one of them involved trying to stab the red plastic and the strap with one of the plastic tooth/floss picks). Yeah, so no luck there.The only way this problem is going to be fixed is by getting out of there. I got to get through all these people without them noticing my slipper shuffle. Eventually we make it the thousand miles out the exit. It's always times like these that I think of shoes, and I wonder if you ever think of me, cause everything's so wrong and I don't belong.ok we're out of the theater now! Except it's even further to the car and the parking lot is scorching hot in the midday sun. The strap clenching ain't gonna work and barefoot is definitely a big no. I suddenly remember that I have a pair of neoprene water shoes in my car. I hand my keys to my girlfriend and she makes the trek to the car and brings back the shoes for me. Yes! Skip a few details...blah blah blah- we ate the Nashville hot chicken (the heat levels were a little insane... medium was pretty hot and X-tra hot was almost nuclear). We walk a couple more shops and buy some $1.25 large, blue women's slippers from Dollar Tree that say something like "I love the beach" and suffer the indignity the rest of the trip home. Even though I'm out of the broken slippers, I know everyone must have gotten the message of my plight and are still staring at my nice pretty blue slippers now.In conclusion, they the Hey Dudes were pretty comfortable when not in motion; however, in motion, they had a 100% chance of breaking, or I guess 50% since only one side broke. So needless to say, these do not get my recommendation. First day trying them and they were certainly broken in.