Use them for walking. Purchased price: CDN$ 129. There was a little something on the toe part but it was removable. If I say ‘over 10kHz starts to fall away’, don’t be too alarmed, 15-20kHz will still be present and maybe super detailed; the spectrum doesn’t just end. I feel the support in my back and everything is pushed in place. Very compact too, but wide enough for my olympic bar and fitting in it. =)4. I assume that if the hose was thicker or made of a rubber material, this would not happen--but it is not. I struggle to find durable house shoes that are slip on, as typically they are too big to compensate for my wider foot or my heel hangs off. This was simply a piece of junk.