Customer Reviews KEEN Newport H2

These shoes caused me to get plantar fascitis. Look good....but terrible uncomfortable after wearing for 2 hours

I received shoes that were clearly used and wrong size and color. This concerns me as even a casual examination by Zappos when previous buyer returned these would have shown they were used.

I wear a womans 10.5 in Wide but sometimes I used to settle for a mens D width shoe in 8.5 or even 8. These Keens were a good Sale shoe & probably because they were so constricting & uncomfortable with a heel strap not much longer than a bandaid. I wish they still made real leather shoes with real leather straps that were easy & comfy.

Difficult to put on. Not enough stretch. Disappointed in them.

I couldn't get my foot into the shoe will try the next size up

I couldn't get my foot into shoe I wear from a 9.5 to a 10

I bought these for a trip to the Grand Canyon. They began falling apart on the third day. The sole began coming detached at the heel and the arch support area. I was very disappointed in the quality of this shoe.

Full size smaller maybe more

Something has happened to Keen sandals since I last bought a pair of Newports about 6-7 years ago. I can't even come close to getting these Newport H2 or the current Newport on my foot. The length and width would be fine if I could get them on, but the size of the foot opening is way smaller than on my older Newports, and it doesn't stretch much at all. Apparently someone at Keen has decided all men have low insteps. I had the same issue with a pair of Rapids H2 I tried. At least on those I could unhook the velcro strap behind the heel, but once my foot was inside the velcro strap was too short to close again. It's really a shame, because I switched to Keen when Teva changed the design of my former favorite closed-toe sandals, and now I can't wear Keens either. You wouldn't think it would be so difficult to find a quality pair of closed-toe sandals that fit.

This was crazy. I ordered 10.5 US, but they were slightly too small. Replaced with 11, not really any better. Replaced with 11.5, and they were even smaller than the original 10.5s! At that point I just gave up and returned them. Zappos claims Keen are standard size. No way!

My previous pair of Keens, which were the same size as these, fit perfectly. These are much too tight.

Looking for a good beach/sand walking shoe or sandal, I ordered this. When it arrived, I loved the style and the open back with just the strap appeared it would easily drain out sand at the end of the walk. Unfortunately, I could barely get my size 15 foot in the size 15 Keen Newport H2. The instep is too low. I have a high instep foot. Very uncomfotable. Reluctantly returned.

Fit and size are okay. I had previously own a pair of the Keen sandals which lasted for 8-9 years. I bought these almost two years ago and one of them is already ripping around the heel/Achilles section. I use these at the beach and on the river, but not sure why these new Keen's are not as high quality design as my others.

Arch support is not acceptable

This model of Keen fits differently from shoe to shoe (and Left to right foot). If you look closely youll notice a 1/2 inch difference in the webbing toward the front toe coverings! Even my older pair has this defect. With these it was worse leaving room for my little toe to stick out. For some reason Keen cant make a true to form left and right sandal!

My son had trouble getting his foot into these and then they were very big and wide, after sizing down a half size from what he wears in sneakers.

Been buying this style/ size for years and in the past always super comfy...but no longer! They are slightly narrower than in the past, and the material is slightly stiffer, making them absolutely miserable to wear.

I expatriated to Ecuador so I waited about 6 weeks for these to arrive here. I wore them for less than a month when the stitching came apart at the ankle seams. Rather unseamly for this brand, pun intended, I am quite shocked actually.

I really wanted to love these. I live in the PNW and they're popular here for good reason. The option to hike in something that breathes and can live in the water too is great, and then if it cools off just put a pair of socks on. No need to have 3 different pairs of shoes. Unfortunately they just didn't work for me. They look great. The lace pull thing is handy. However, the neoprene lining against the foot doesn't allow nearly as much air to move around as you would think looking at all the openings in the upper. The normal Keen wide toe box is awesome, and the toe cap is nice too. However these felt 1/2 to 1 size too small. In fact with socks on my toes hurt after wearing them for a short while. I considered just going one size up to fix that part, but... Since not so much air moves through, my feet (even without socks) did not breathe. And the footbed is rather firm so my feet sort of stuck to them like suction cups. As such my feet sweat badly, and within a few hours of wear my feet STUNK taking them off. This happens to me in any shoe I attempt to wear without socks except flip flops. Last but not least because they are strapped firmly to my feet, any dirt that got in there just got compacted under my foot and either became concrete on my feet or on the footbed. And the footbed didn't clean as easily as I expected it to. In short they're cool looking and a great idea, but they just didn't work for me. I'll stick to flip flops for being cool, and wearing hikers to hike. I'm trying some breathable Columbia shoes to have a summer all around walker instead.

I love the sandals, but they fell apart too quickly. Stiching at he back loop and at a side seam has given way. I have worn them about 8 hours a week for 8 of the 15 months I've had them. They get light use, mostly on flat dirt trails and the occassional stream. The seam-thread appears to be light cotton rather than some stronger nylon, which should have been used.