Bravada 2 Breeze Hiking Sneaker (Women)

Purchased a pair of these in April 2025 and they were perfect for me! The look, fit, support and comfort. Needed no breaking in whatsoever. Now it’s December and within the past two weeks I have been noticing that the area where the ball of my foot is seems to have less support/comfort, kind of like there is a divit in that area. So I looked at the bottom of the shoes and there is extensive wear in that area almost to the point of a hole starting very soon. In my opinion 8 months seems a bit too soon for this kind of wear as I don’t recall other shoes wearing like this this soon. I do walk an average of 4 days a week for about 1.5 hours but still have not experienced this soon of wear with other shoes. I’m very sad about this because I love everything else about these shoes and was planning on buying many more in the years to come but not sure about that now.

I bought these five months ago and I'm ready to throw them in the trash. They have worn out so quickly. I've owned other Merrell's in the past and it seems the quality is getting worse as time goes on. These will be the last pair I buy. I tried to send this review yesterday but as I was trying to add pictures it looks like it may have deleted so I'm trying to send this without pictures.

I bought these shoes for work (12 hour shifts on hard floors). With only about 4 shifts, they are already showing quite a bit of wear on the big toe coating already. This is very disappointing because my previous pair of Merrells lasted a year with that same coating over the toe box. I actually still wear my old Merrells with holes in them because they are so comfy. I was hoping these would be a good replacement, but they are also no where near as comfortable as my old ones.

Great for long walks with my large dog I needed shoes that were semi-waterproof but breathable in our hot humid environment. We walk on pavement and through grassy fields and my feet stay comfortable and dry in these wonderful shoes. They also seem to shed dirt so they look clean and nice even after walking on wet ground.