 These are a huge deal in the us and have taken teva and chaco almost off the map. the leather ones are nice and not half bad looking either. The cool thing is that they do everything that you can do in shoes and in sandals but in one shoe. what more could you want.
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 I saw some of these in the new F&T catalogue and thought they looked interesting.
Has anyone actually got a pair, and would they like to comment on the approximate fit?
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 And Mr Lightning from the tone of your message you're not connected with Keen in any way?
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no i am not... just a happy consumer
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 We should be getting some on test shortly btw. I'm told that not all the shoes on the site are going to be available in the UK this season btw, but the ones pictured in the article above should be, albeit one or two in limited numbers, plus some others from the range also.
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 I have a pair of the Taos on test and will be reporting on them in TGO soon (should be in the July issue, out early June).
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 Why why why, are they "waterproof"? They're bloody sandals ffs - they have huge holes in them in case no-one noticed, waterproof is not high on my priority list when buying sandals!
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So they dry quickly! At least the ones I have do. If the material is water repellent then it doesn't absorb moisture so it dries fast after you've wandered through a bog or stream. I have worn leather sandals that didn't dry quickly and they do rub after a while. It's hardly a major selling point however.
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ah, k, the penny slowly drops in the badger-brain.
ty!
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I own 4 pairs of Keen shoes from when I was in the States and love every single pair of them, I hike to the top of Half Dome in Yosemite NP wearing the Newport Shoe  I love them!
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 Good for you Bridget. My Targhee 2s leak like the proverbial sieve. So much for Event linings.
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My Voyageurs went through at the heel after day 6 on a walk and were down to the plastic by day 15; still comfy though surprisingly....
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 Got a pair of Newports in TK Maxx at half price, which I use for paddling. In the sea kayak they're handy for jumping out onto rocky/stony beaches and not risking your toes, and in the canoe they take the aggro out of paddling when you've come off the seat and are kneeling toes-down. But when not paddling I hugely prefer an open toe design. There's nothing for your toes to rub on, primarily, and if stones do get in you can't just tap the toe on the ground to get them out, you almost always have to take the whole thing off. The toe protection thing is, I think, more of a perception of vulnerability than a genuine problem with a pair of "normal" open-toe sandals: I don't make a habit of getting sore and bloody toes when I walk across boulder fields in my Tevas... Pete.
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