Birkenstock Professional Birki Clog

I work as a bartender- and it gets super wet behind the bar. When I got this job I really did not want to buy new shoes. However, I had no idea how wet it got behind there. Sinks running that drain into the floor, and dishwasher for cups that also drains into the floor. Needless to say I was coming home every night with my feet SOAKING wet. So I had to get some waterproof shoes. I was excited to see Birkenstock had some! So I got these. They DO run big. I generally wear an 8. I was going to ignore the reviews that said they run big, but the 7 was on sale so I took a chance, and they fit with wiggle room too. DEFINITELY ORDER A SIZE DOWN. I do not slip in these, not in water, not in grease from the kitchen, nothing! These are amazing. Not the best arch support that birks are known for but super comfy and always look clean and are very easy to clean as well. The best!

I've worn Birkenstocks for years and I've been working in professional kitchens for over a decade. I kick myself (with my Birkis) for not switching to these way sooner than a couple years ago. I've owned New Balance nonslip professional shoes that fell to pieces in under a year (for $40 more no less). I've tried Klogs, which stank to high heaven and rubbed my heel raw. I've tried Danskos, which are ugly as sin and have an obnoxiously thick sole. These are perfect in almost every way. They have the trademark Birkenstock footbed with great support, are super easy to clean (I hose them off every night when we clean the floors), they never stink, and they are waaaaaaaaay more durable than any other brand. I'd average 9-12 months in most brands before they were unusable. These last 3+ years easy, and there are replacement insoles available, too. They're pretty roomy, which helps them breathe. Sometimes stuff gets kicked up into them, but whatever. The tread is pretty deep too, which can get filled with the detritus of a commercial kitchen floor (depending on how messy your coworkers are), and that can affect the nonslip of the sole, but all in all these are amazing shoes, and at least half the chefs and cooks I've worked with wear them exclusively. Highly recommended.

I am a cook and work long hours. I havebwide feet and high arches- these feel like a dream. Super supoortive. This is my second pair. The first I left behind in the last city I worked in. I had those for three years and after that amount of time working 50 hours or more a week, the tread which showed the most wear hadn't even been worn down flat. Still had great grip. The insoles are removable, so I can run the rest of the shoe through the dish machine at the end of the shift, so they're very sanitary. They're super tough. However if you're looking for something soft and squishy this isn't the shoe for you. Also if you walk long stretches at a time they can get uncomfortable. But for long stretches of standing and walking around the kitchen they're perfect. I don't wear them outside of the kitchen anyway. The insoles mold to fit your feet like normal birks as well. So happy to have another pair again. Like I said they're not cushioney, but somehow they're more comfortable for me than squishy shoes. Also the wider gap between treads maintains non-slip function even with food debris buildup. The kitchen shoes with narrow gaps between treads will get slippery if food crud gets caked inside. For me they also do not need 'breaking in'.

Everyone here seems to love their Birkenstock Professional work clogs, I however have had a surprisingly uncomfortable experience. I had to order the shoes a total of 4 times to find out they just don't have a size that fits me. The first size was too huge, and the size below it did as well, and so did the size after that. There was a good inch of toe space. I understand there is supposed to be a little looseness with clogs because that's what I usually wear for work, but it was quite a bit too big on the 3rd pair of shoes I got (the first of the 4 pairs was said to be my size on their sizing chart (I measured my foot in mm with a shoe gauging tool) So I order the next size under because that's the only option left and, to my expectations, the pair is too small. I tried breaking them in so far for a few weeks (8+ hours a day) and I still have a lot of pain from the shoe pushing my toenails back, as well as scabbing on each outer side of my feet from all of the rubbing. It does seem to have broken in a little and gotten smaller but still too small and quite painful. (keep in mind the size above this size leaves almost an inch and a half of space behind my heel when I push my toes to the end) My next day off I will be returning the shoes via Amazon UPS returns or at Khol's because I could use that $100 I spent. Keep in mind also, this is coming from someone who's had Birkenstock sandals and like the brand. If you do expect a size to fit you and want to try, I started at size 45 which I thought was the same size as the size 12 I wear in Nike. I was dead wrong so I then used a foot size gauge to be sure of my length in mm, but still ended up trying 3 more shoes.

This is my first pair of Birkenstocks and I don't own any type of similar shoe. So take what I say with that in mind. I bought these for a job I just got working in a commercial kitchen. I needed something slip resistant, water resistant, and comfortable enough for a 12 hour shift on my feet and these were frequently recommended in reviews by people who work in kitchens.Slip/water resistance - I haven't started my job yet but my own kitchen floor can get pretty messy between spilled water from the pet bowls and random grease splatter on the floor. I can attest that these shoes do not slip on my porcelain tile when it is both wet and oily. And I tried to slip in them. I also wear these in my yard when watering my plants and I do not slip when walking on my wood floors either when my shoes are wet. The shoes are rubber.Comfort - I have yet to wear these for more than a few hours around the house but they feel very comfortable. I have no desire to kick these off when I'm just lounging around. I can't even say that about my bedroom slippers. I will come back and update this once I start my job and spend 8+ hours on my feet while wearing them.Fit - Now this was the tricky part for me and I posted several pics to explain. I wear a women's 5 1/2. I'd say the width is on the wide side of normal. I don't wear wide sizes but shoes typically feel a little tight on my feet until they are broken in and some never feel good. A 6 will always be too big and I can wear a 5 if the cut is right and I don't plan on wearing socks. I got these in a 36 which is what the size guide recommends. Let me say that these shoes are HUGE on my feet but I think they fit exactly how they are supposed to fit. The footbed fits my foot perfectly. It's the shoe itself that feels voluminous. I have been wearing these around the house without socks and they always feel like they are going to fall off my feet, but they haven't. If I kick my foot, the shoe will fly off. But when I wear a medium weight sock, the shoe feels completely different. It still feels big on my foot but I can kick my foot and the shoe slides on my foot a little but doesn't feel like it's going to come off at all. When walking, my heel slides out of the back but I think that's what it's supposed to do. I could be wrong because again, this is the first pair of Birkenstocks that I've worn, but it doesn't feel wrong on my foot and doesn't affect my gait. I can't run in them, but I can certainly walk at a brisk pace without taking extra precaution to not walk out of my shoes.I would definitely recommend them. I only gave 4 stars because I'm waiting to see how the comfort pans out.

I had to completely rewrite my original review. I bought these for my mom who has retired several times only to unretire. She has a few problems with her feet and legs so I was looking for something for her to wear while on her feet at her job. I knew to order down on the sizes based on the other reviews and originally ordered a 7 in women's. She wears an 8.5 in New Balance 1040v7. The 7's arrived last week and were one to two inches too long. I ordered her a 6 in womens and returned the 7s. I hadn't talked to her for a few days so I thought the 6s worked for her. She did like how the shoes felt. But today, she sent me a text and asked if I would print a return label. She said the 6s came and they too are too big! There are size conversion charts, I used Zappos, that say a woman's US 8 is the same as a woman's UK 6 but it's not the case with these. I don't know whether to try a size 5 or not. I say this more often that I should have to. This shouldn't be this hard to do. I gave 3 stars because she really seems to like them a lot but someone has to fix the shoe size conversions or this becomes a very frustrating product to buy online.

Being in the service industry, all my life and then being semi retired pre-pandemic. Quickly found out post pandemic that I would have to return to the workforce due to the price of eggs! I had totally forgotten how vital and important my Birke’s were and are!! No more foot and back pain! When I first tried them on wearing a tennis shoe size 11 to 11 1/2 I thought that these might be too big at first but the size 44 fit well once I remembered that they’re not tight like normal shoes,. There must have for any true professional. Heard Chef

Bought these for my partner to wear at work (chef), who has been wearing them for a month or two and is now a Birki convert. I personally have a pair that I've been wearing at work (waiting tables in busy restaurants) for at least a year and a half, every shift, 5-7 shifts a week, and they are AMAZING. You would never know how much wear they get because they're virtually indestructible. Even after all of the grease and mop water and salt and snow whatever else I'm always walking on all the time, the non-slip soles still look and work great. They're not as cute as Dansko or other brands, but soooo worth it for the lack of back and foot pain at the end of a busy shift that I used to experience wearing sneakers, or in my guy's case, wearing Danskos. Plus you can rinse them off in the dish pit to keep them sparkly. Keep in mind, they do take a week or two of getting used to. We both experienced some pain in our toes and somewhat the top of the foot at first while our feet molded to the foot bed. But once that happened. our lives were changed forever. I have regular arches and he has high arches and they work for both of us. Best work shoes ever.

I'm normally a women's 6.5, so I got a 5.5 after reading reviews that they fit big, and they're perfect! Super comfy, great support, and I haven't tried it but I've heard from those who have them that you can put them in the dishwasher after removing the soles. I'm only marking them as fitting big so that people know to order a size smaller.

Ottimo

Es mi segundo par, el primero que era identico a este que adquirí, me duró por muchos años de uso diario (mas de 10) segun recuerdo. Me encanta.

Great shoes for in the kitchen. They wear well for years. They fit a bit big but I’m still in love with these shoes. Trust me they are great. I bought a pare about four years ago and they had everyday use for four years. Lots of travelling on my feet in them. And I finally bought about her pair. Not because the four year old ones were worn out. But because I wanted new ones for the kitchen and I had scuffed the older ones up. Yes the best shoe if have ever purchased

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