Customer Reviews Merrell Jungle Moc

Have been wearing these for almost 3 years now, they have nursed my feet back to health, and I would give them 5 stars, but I can't. Ladies with normal width feet get to have all the fun, and I am left with brown and black. It just isn't fair. Am now looking elsewhere.

The shoes are very well built and comfortable. However, the wide fit means it is wide in the toe box AND the ankle, whereas I need wide in the toe box, only, so my foot is swimming as if I'd order a size too large. It would have been nice if this sizing feature was in the product description, since my basic experience with "wide" shoes is that it applies to the toe box, only. For reference, I have the same shoe, same size, but standard width, and that one fits fine all around, except for being snug in the toe box.

Just got home from a three-week trip to Morocco, all over the country, from cities to the Sahara. These are the only shoes I took with me other than a pair of Toms that I wore once outside. As usual with my previous Merrell shoes, these required little break in. I wished I had half sized up but did not have time to return and exchange. I have had probably six pairs of Merrell walking/hiking shoes. I have been pleased with all of them. This particular style has a problem though. While in Morocco there were some rainy, wet days. I discovered, to my dismay, that these shoes have little grip on wet surfaces. The cobbled streets of Chefchaouen became treacherous as I almost slipped several times wearing these shoes. What the heck, Merrell?! What is different about these shoes? What material is used in the sole? The tread is fine, but after almost falling several times, I no longer felt these shoes were reliable in wet conditions! Not only that, but so many places in Morocco are tiled and if it was wet I always felt vulnerable. I was creeping around and reaching for handholds ALL the time. So, if you're going someplace dry these might be fine, easy on/off at the airport, comfortable, warmish, but I would not suggest taking them to a wet climate.

I am happy to find these Jungle Mocs in a wide width; would be happier if color depicted was accurate! I purchased the color Gunsmoke. The picture on the website shows a brownish shoe, same picture at other websites. I know monitors can vary, but even the picture on the box the shoes came in shows them to be brown! But no, they are, in reality, gray! Nice, if you knew that was what you were ordering. I wanted brown, not gray. When offering only 2 colors for a particular shoe, black is pretty standard, so why not pick a brown, burgundy or beige as the other color. Not gray! Too similar to black. What would really be really great is if they came in a variety of colors with accurate pictures and descriptions of the colors.