Customer Reviews Hoka Arahi 4

I experience a lot of foot/heel pain when I am on my feet for long periods of time. These shoes make it so much more comfortable and I can stand or walk for longer periods of time before my feet and heels start to hurt.

I have had about 5-6 pairs of Hokas--Arahis and several other styles! I am open to many variations in colors and have always found a pair in the style that works best for me. I have loved the different color schemes until now. However, these colors are horrible-the pinky/peach and the blueish/green are just that, not really true colors and have a vomit-like tinge to them. It's hard to get excited to put on the shoes I wear every day if I can't stand to look at them! I even went back to purchase the Arahi 3's just because these are so hard to look at but there are none in my size. I keep putting off purchasing in hopes that a new color pops up.

I bought these in July and about a month ago I had to stop wearing them because a plastic part of the heel broke through the fabric and gave me blisters at work. I am a nurse, I work long hours on my feet and I am also active on my days off. I bought these shoes with high hopes they would last me more than 6 months considering the strong reviews I have heard about hokas comfortability and quality. I am disappointed that I will already have to be buying new shoes and can no longer wear these shoes.

I became a big fan of Arahi 3, so excited when the next version was released earlier this year. The color choices and the slightly different feel of the shoe were disappointing - lower and or less arch support and wider, larger fit. Luckily, Hoka just came out with a couple more decent color choices, and since I had no luck making the Gaviota (their only other stability option!) work for me (super painful heel!) I gave the Arahi 4 a second chance. This time I added an insole to absorb some of the extra width/length and provide better arch support, and I am glad to report these tweeks made all the difference. I'd be remiss to not alert potential customers that if you order from Hoka, be prepared for excessive hold times, no follow-through and poor service. I've never had a good experience ordering directly from Hoka, even pre-pandemic. Great shoes, which I will forever buy elsewhere!

This shoe is very comfortable. However, the first pair I ordered was defective. There was a flap on the inside front of the shoe that was separated from the shoe (it's supposed to stay connected / glued on). It kept rubbing my toe and caused a blister (not to mention it was annoying) and that was just from walking in the shoes. I returned them and got another pair of the exact same shoe because again, the shoe is comfortable, and I was hoping it was just an issue with that one pair. This pair was fine until about a week into walking in them and the same thing happened to the other pair of shoes, the flaps inside by the toe came loose. I don't know why they don't fix this issue but I will not be buying these shoes again and it's a shame because they are actually comfortable... or they would be if they weren't literally falling apart out of the box.

every nurse i know raves about these but they were not for me. it felt uncomfortable as soon as i put my feet in them . stood up in them for an hour and me feet were aching !