These ended up being nice sandals afterall, but it started out with a love-hate relationship with them. At first I ordered my usual size 7 wide. 1 sandal felt great, but the sandal on the other foot felt all wrong- simultaneously too tight & too loose at the same time. It was too loose in the front straps, causing my foot to slide back & forth, & rub against the side strap, which would lead to a blister; yet it was way too tight on the ankle strap at the back & it rubbed my ankle bone causing redness. If I allowed it to keep happening it will lead to blisters, etc. They are such nice looking sandals though, so I decided to exchange them for a regular/medium size because many reviews mention that they felt the regular ones run wide. Upon receiving & trying the regular size, it felt better except that they hugged my feet very snug without any wiggle room, & again the ankle strap on one of them was way too tight on my ankle bone, causing redness. Because the ankle straps are elastic & the straps themselves seem stretchy, & because I love & believe in Bzees, I felt determined to wear them without getting blisters. So, I tried a home remedy. I put the cardboard cut outs that the shoes came with back into the sandals for a few days straight, I intermittently stretched out the elastic ankle strap with my hands- & when that still wasn't quite enough, finally I wore them around the house for awhile with socks on. At last, they feel extremely comfortable now overall & fit my feet very well now.Based on my experience with it vs. other people's reviews, apparently the tightness or width depends on the width of our own feet & ankles, which is different on everyone. However, I deducted a star for the effort I had to put in breaking them in- which I am not a fan of doing vs. them being comfortable for me right out of the box, like the Bzees Dream sandals are.