Squeaky Sandals

Do they still squeak if you wear a little sock with them just to test the problem of sweaty foot and slick unbroken in footbed? You may just need to wear them past the squeezing stage. I must admit that I had a fairly new pair of Clarke leather shoes that I intended to wear on a 4 month European trip but I could not get one of the shoes to stop squeaking, especially in quiet churches and museums. After a few weeks of listening to that clomp-squeak, I put them by the trash can in the hotel room. The compensating I was doing to minimize the squeak was affecting my gait and back. Try yours out with a little sock to see if that can help with the breaking in period.

Thank you for the suggestion, but I did try them on with no-show socks so I could return if needed. Your experience with squeaky sandals suggests to me that I should just send them back. :-(

I have had my Teva’s for years and they have just started squeaking this year. I haven’t been able to stop it, but I don’t wear them often, as they aren’t exactly the most stylish things. If it’s the sole that’s squeaking, I wonder if lightly applied sand paper may work?

I had athletic shoes that started squeaking mid way thru a tour. One of the other tour members suggested taking out the insole and sprinkling liberally with baby powder. That worked really well and I decided it was the stitching that was squeaking.

Not sure if it would help to sprinkle some powder down the attachment points for the straps on the Tirras? Do you have a sense of where the squeak is coming from?

Squeaks drive me nuts….

Thank you Jennifer and Pam, I'll try both. The baby powder may be difficult since the sole is attached to the insole. I like the sandals but I just can't handle squeaking around on a tour, lol.

If I have to return the Tevas, I was thinking that a cork sandal wouldn't squeak and would be comfortable. I am considering Aetrex, either these Aetrex Marcy or these Aetrex Jillian.

I assume you know that the squeak is internal to the shoe rather than caused by contact with the surface you're walking on? My shoes (not Teva, not sandals) squeaked on some of the floors in one of the museums I visited on my current trop. They haven't been a problem anywhere else.

Ann - sometimes my Clarks sandals squeak on my floors for a day or two after I've washed them (the floors, not the sandals). That may have been your problem at the museum.

If the shoe squeaks all the time, it's the shoe. Return!!

I just bought a new pair or Tirras. Squeaky right out of the box!

I feel I’d change my walk to keep them quiet.

Glad it’s not just me!