Customer Reviews Teva Omnium

Bought this shoe for fording rivers while hiking. It's great because it's lightweight and has a protected toe and heel. It also seems to be durable. Overall, I'm happy with it.

These sandals are incredibly comfortable: I was able to walk 3 miles on the first day and 5 on the second, before a very slight friction made me decide to stop. From the third day onward, no discomfort whatsoever, even at the 20-mile mark, with no breaks. Although they are not very airy, they don't cause much sweating, and don't get smelly. At times, little pebbles do get trapped inside, but simply lifting the heel and shaking the afflicted foot is usually enough to let them right out. Walking on the beach is best done barefoot, or one would soon be dragging around several pounds of sand. The rubber sole has a good grip, and doesn't leave marks. What prevents me from giving top marks is the fact that the right sole started coming unglued within the first week, at the junction between the upper, lighter, layer, and the bottom one. True, by then I had put on about 50 miles on the shoes, but even so, it was disappointing. The left sandal held on for about a month, before displaying the same issue. At any rate, once glued back together, they haven't presented any more problems. I have had them now for 4 months, about 700-800 miles (I do enjoy walking); I work out with them, hike trails, wade rivers (they dry somewhat quickly when worn, overnight if taken off), and the soles are starting to be a bit smooth. I would say in another couple of months they will be threadbare, but that's a couple-hundred miles away. Would I buy them again? I just did. I compare them to the Keens I had a while ago, and they are decidedly better, since the Keens soles split in half after a few months.

I've had the TEVA Omniums about a month and I like them. Cool and comfortable and pretty good looking. The leather version looks a little dressier.

Loved them until the little darker part of the back heel started to come loose from the rest of the sole. Used exterior double-sided tape to hold it on for a time, but it only held for awhile. The darker part wore thin and came loose. Other than that, they're okay.

Disappointed in the Omniums. I bought them to wear on the various but hot and wet terrains of Costa Rica. They took a long time to dry (and were not so good at killing odors, no matter what kind of improbably antimicrobial fibers they're made of, and my shoes don't smell normally), which was a minor annoyance but the real problem was that they chewed up my heel. It was so painful to walk by the end of the trip that I was walking with my heel over the back, like as slippers, so they were not a great help when climbing rocks or doing other activities where you actually need your shoes to perform and stabilize you. My friend got a pair as well and he had the same problem. I think it's at least partly due to the water retention, which caused friction, and it was such a nice addition to my trip to scream in pain every time my open-sored heels went into salt water. They also run big so get at least a half size smaller than your sneakers, and if you do buy them, carry band-aids. Ow!