A removable insole to be replaced with an orthotic or Powerstep Pinnacle Maxx insoles would be optimal. I have been on a search since for supportive, warm slippers with an indoor/outdoor sole. Perhaps it is due to how I walk? I paid over $100 for them and was persuaded to try boiled wool slippers for the first time (and these were pretty to boot). I am replacing closed-back Geisswein slippers, boiled wool, for size 10W feet, because they wore holes through both slipper tops in under 6 months. The stretch has not made the slipper too loose, though. I got my actual size and had to wear them barefoot the first two weeks, but they gently stretched a bit and now I can wear a medium-weight sock with them, not that they’re really needed. They’re otherwise identical to the ones shown above. I got mine direct from Giesswein USA and the footbed feels like a Birkenstock, very, very comfortable and supportive, but I need that support. They also give a list of stores that carry the USA version. I got my Giessweins based on this article, and absolutely love them! I think they’ve helped improve my PF, since I wear them all the time at home.Ī note about buying them, though (and I don’t know if this is true, so take this for what it’s worth)… if you visit Giesswein USA’s web page, they tell you that the ones with the most supportive footbed are USA made, and that the version you get on Amazon or Zappos will the the ones from Austria, where the footbed is less pronounced.
