BILLY Footwear Men’s Billy Goat Cross Trainer
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Angela –
Best protection from an adaptive shoe but I wish there were more color choices
I have other pairs of shoes from Billy’s and I like these the best. The other ones are only a soft cover over the toes. I have Asperger’s syndrome so it might be a sensory thing but it bugs me if my toes don’t feel protected.This style where the zipper opening is set more back does a better job of addressing that. They feel the most like regular sneakers.Because my feet swell I ordered a much bigger size than I would otherwise need. I have cerebral palsy and use a wheelchair. So I can’t really speak to things like ankle support or slip resistance .Although I can stand transfer with a bar like in a bathroom, it’s natural that I end up standing on the side of the shoe since I ordered 5 sizes larger than my usual to accommodate swelling. When my feet are at the biggest I need a size 13 in guys. When my feet are normal size I can wear 8.5 in guys. With the price of these I went with the bigger size to ensure that I would be able to wear them no matter how swollen my feet get.As a wheelchair user, I probably wear shoes for slightly different reasons than able people. I wear them because society expects it especially on public transportation, to protect my toes especially if I have to crawl on the floor or worse:sidewalks or if my chair flips over and to aide with standing transfers.A lot of adaptive style “ shoes are really slippers and don’t do much protecting of anything really. However these do. The zipper and its placement makes them easy to get on and off ( although I don’t know if my normal size would be as easy).Unlike other adaptive shoes these stay on even if my feet tuns sideways due to muscle control issues.I wish they came in brighter colors and for crawling, steel toed shoes work best. So I wish I could find adaptive shoes with that feature but that might not be possible with zippers). Overall, these come closest to doing everything I need a shoe to do.If you have trouble getting your foot in I find that tilting the toes on a slight incline against a wall helps and then putting my foot flat once it’s inside the zipper opening and zipping it up.If the price ever comes down I will order a pair closer to my normal size and see if they are supportive for standing etc.
Susan Hoag –
Billy’s shoes
I got Billy’s shoes for my husband, he loves them. Easy to put on and the zipper makes it fix just rightThanks for having them…..
West Wing –
Bad zippers
Zipper broke within 3 months of having them.
tumbleweed –
Heavy, not adjustable enough, and terrible zipper
The shoes are too heavy for use by a weakened person, or even a normal strength person. Additionally it was advertised as usable by the disabled. The zipper got stuck very easily, rendering it nearly impossible to move. This happened easily on both shoes multiple times. There is no way someone without the use of both hands could deal with this, unfortunately. Additionally, the shoe was advertised as usable with an AFO, despite removing all of the 4 foam inserts, the shoe was not adjustable enough to close around the AFO. Notably the shoes also had a chemical odor, although had the shoe been useable an attempt to air it out might have resolved this issue.Possibly the other style from this brand where the zipper goes around the shoe closer to the sole would work better as the zipper wouldn’t have to make such sharp turns. As it is, I cannot see how this shoe was put into production and sold as something usable for those with hemiplegia or AFOs.