WK450 Walking Sneaker (Women)

I purchased WK450 shoes a year ago. While they are very comfortable after adjusting the laces to account for the narrow design, the soles around the heel are already worn away and even a bit concave. I use them for fast walking on a sidewalk. I only walk about 6 miles per week. I have loved Keen shoes for years, but I'm very disappointed in the durability of these shoes.

I had such high hopes for these shoes. I have flat feet, bunions and hammertoes and my feet are generally a mess. I walk about a mile a day and need good comfortable walking shoes that won't further damage my feet. I had been wearing Altras because I really need a wide toe-bed shoe. I wanted to try something different and stumbled across these in a google search for "good shoes with bunions. " The first thing I noticed was that the ball of the foot area was much more narrow than my Altras, these are definitely not wide toe-bed shoes. They hurt my bunion on one foot the first several days I wore them. They must have stretched out though, because that pain went away. Now what I think I don't love is that the soles aren't flat. I'm not prone to falls / poor balance, but I absolutely will not be wearing these shoes if it's rainy or icy. Less contact with the ground feels like I'll have far less traction. I live in CO and typically only swap my sneaks for boots right after a storm and I'm walking through inches of snow, but I switch back to sneakers when there's just a bit of leftover ice. No chance I'll wear these in that scenario given that only ~ 30% of the sole touches the ground. I do think the appearance of these shoes is cute - I love the color way. Although these are noticeably longer than my previous pair of sneaks and make my feet look enormous. I wear a size 10 women's shoe and am always self-conscious of my large feet, these truly look like men's shoes sitting at the front door. Totally on me for having big feet, but some shoes amplify it and some don't; these definitely do.