Looking for some footwear for camping, easy to slip on and off to go to shower block/bog in the middle of the night etc. Crocs seem to be practical but also say ‘twunt’. What’s out there that’s equally practical but aren’t Crocs?
Docs. Like Crocs, but not Crocs. Docs.
Embrace your inner Twunt.
And before someone with a pizza oven and a German car suggests something slightly artisan for five times the price, this applies to you too.
I got a warning from teh mods for using the word twunt once. Seems it's back in fashion, though.
Flip flops FTW by the way.
Chest Waders
You can wear them as slip on, the back folds down.
Embrace the croc. It's the right tool for the job. Still not sure why the humble croc got a bad rep.
Cheap espadrilles. If it’s wet, your feet will get wet anyway...
Oofos - superbly comfortable
https://www.oofos.co.uk/collections/men/products/mens-ooriginal-black
Vivobarefoot Ultra?
I’ve got a pair of plastic Birkenstock’s which are quite nice.
rocking these this year. super comfy if you can find them
https://www.jogging-point.co.uk/hoka-one-one-ora-recovery-slippers-women-blue-black-17714400045000.html?refID=affiliates/uk/awin/feed&awc=16204_1560017275_df4d20ec4bce52bf4c415a4d5e406c68
I'll stick to looking like a twunt.
The number of people I've seen catch the front edge of their flip flops on a step or a stone and then end up on their face......and it's the croc wearer that is deemed the stupid one.
Camping ain't a fashion parade. Crocs work. Loads of people wear them. I couldn't care less if they say the holes are for your self respect to seep through. They just work, and when camping, that's all that really matters.
Crics double up as stream crossing footwear. Shake them off and you have loafing about camp.
Sod that with a pair of espadrilles.
Why camp where there's dickheads who make fashion judgements?
When I’m walking across a campsite at 3am to take chattering four year old for a poo, I’m really not concerned what anyone thinks of my crocs 😂👍
Crocs and any damp surface equals death wish.
I once saw a man carrying a baby walking over rocks covered in sea weed. Deadly death danger.
If you think less of someone for wearing crocs then I'm afraid it's you who has the esteem issues, not them.
I'm tempted to try these Grubs clogs.
https://www.uttings.co.uk/p126232-grubs-at-clog-unisex-moss-atc-333s-moss/#.XPwiGo97mUl
Would the Fonz wear crocs?
(TBF Rusty Spanner has it (and stevious needs to embrace))
Like Crocs…but not Crocs
Well, that'd be Lidl's croc-a-likes then. Sneer at Croc wearers for paying top dollar.
Just got some Salomon Rx Slide.
Barefoot ftw. Cheaper than any other footwear and pretty grippy. Crocs for winter camping though I suppose
I 2nd the suggestion of plastic Berkenstocks; far harder wearing than traditional Berkenstocks but just as comfortable.
Crocs are for Germans and theatre nurses.
If it’s just for diving out of the tent in the middle of the night or wandering around camp I just use my untied walking boots. No need to have to dry your feet when you get back into the tent if it’s wet and one less thing to pack
The salomon rx slides are super comfy and are really nice of you have any sort of arch issue.
however crocs are the king! Wear in any weather
just embrace
A third vote for the salomon RX range - they do a flipflop or a slide version (try and get rx3 rather than 4rx). Just bought my other half another pair as his old ones are finally starting to die. He's had them for years.
Years ago I had the full shoe version, without doubt the most comfortable things that have ever graced my size 2 feet. Alas they no longer make them in my size.
Well, that’d be Lidl’s croc-a-likes then. Sneer at Croc wearers for paying
Yep
There are various cheaper versions. Mine don't even have the self-respect holes.
these swif****er leather crocs don't look so bad :
A mate had a pair of the leather Yukons and they also didn't look so bad :
Barefoot ftw.
In a campsite toilet? Ewww 🙁
Rigger boots.
Lidl croc-a-likes
Aldigators
Actually my mate had the Bogotas...
Just embrace the Crocs.
I got a pair of cherry red ones from Amazon for about £10. They're size 46 so they look "interesting" but I don't care what anyone thinks. They're ideal for campsites, especially for going for a shower
Toms? Or those gardening slip on things that look like crocs without the holes and cost a fiver?
Go to Goa & you can get Crocs for 400 rupees (maybe less if your bargaining powers are better than mine), genuine as well, the bloke told me.
I once saw a man carrying a baby walking over rocks covered in sea weed. Deadly death danger.
You’re absolutely right, a bloody stupid thing to do regardless of whatever footwear he’s got on! #rollseyes
I’ve got a cheap pair of Crocs-analogues from a local shoe shop, they work just fine.
My sis-in-law wears them at work, she’s an anaesthetist, so if they’re good enough for her to wear, they’re good enough for me.
They’re casual footwear, not posh gear for wearing out for a meal or working in a bank!
Aldigators
Oh, he’s good, he’s very good!
Oboz campers are like crocs but with a webbing strap upper. Super comfy but a little expensive
Fleece lined Lidl Crocs
£4. Can be used without the fleece lining if wet. Make excellent slippers in the winter for nipping outside to the bins/garage.
If anyone wants to judge me they can, it's their problem not mine.
I love my crocs. Wife HATES them which makes me love them just a little bit more...
Also lean into the twintishness like I did and get these bad boys:
Birkies for me.
Fleece lined Lidl Crocs
£4. Can be used without the fleece lining if wet. Make excellent slippers in the winter for nipping outside to the bins/garage.
There’s a new Lidl just along the road from me, I’ll have to check those out, I find my crocalikes are too cold in winter so fleecy ones are very appealing!
Imagine that you were a shopkeeper in shorts that like being barefoot on his side of the counter.
Now imagine you needed something easy to step into and a bit presentable when you have to help a customer on the shop side.
What would you suggest?
Closed toes .
Zippykona
Espadrilles would be perfect for that.
Or crocs because your house your rules.
+1 for Salomon - though I'm a Salomon flip flop aficionado really. They're great & wash well. Flip flop or covered just great to pop on. If you need to run anywhere though (like after my kids...) it's a bit more hardcore. The kids have crocs (real ones) to give me a fighting chance of catching up 🙂
. I couldn’t care less if they say the holes are for your self respect to seep through.
But it does doesn’t it.
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