Great supportive slippers, but with issues.
My partner bought me Giesswein slippers as an early Xmas present. I retired about 2 years ago and thanks to a combination of retirement and Covid lockdowns had been spending far longer in slippers than I used to. And cheap slippers at that, offering no support for my feet. I started getting pain in my feet, the right one in particular. Within a few days of ditching the slippers and wearing outdoor shoes in the house, the pain subsided. An online search for supportive slippers found Giesswein and, overall, my new Giesswein slippers are great! A bit like walking on small cans of baked beans, but that’s them doing their job of supporting my arches, and I’m getting use to them. But no foot pain! There was an issue over sizing though which is one reason why I’m giving them 4 stars and not 5 stars. I measured my feet as per advice on the Giesswein website which led me to believe I should order UK size 7s. But I’ve taken UK size 9s (or sometimes 9 1/2s) for years, so there was no way I was going to order 7s. But the advice also said to order as per your normal shoe size, so that was rather contradictory. Anyway, I ordered UK size 9’s and, once I got them on, they fitted fine. But getting them on wasn’t easy - unlike other slippers they don’t have elasticated gussets and 3 days since they arrived I can only get them on using a shoe horn. Hopefully they’ll give a bit in time to allow me to dispense with the shoe horn, but I hope they don’t go all sloppy on me. So that’s a further reason for only awarding 4 stars not 5.
