I have wide feet and the part where the band is inserted into the sole dug into my foot. It was only on one foot, so maybe it was some sort of defect, not sure, but it might not have bothered somebody with narrow feet. My husband has narrow, small feet and I gave my pair to him. He loves them, but he only wears flip flops to the pool not for extended time so not sure if he would notice the band problem.<br /><br />support was ok, but not even close to the glorious arch support of vionic (orthaheel)!