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Is it slip-resistant?"},{"a":"Leather is generally preferred for long-term comfort and durability, but Birko-Flor is a viable budget option with minimal break-in.","q":"Should I choose Birko-Flor or leather for Arizona?"},{"a":"It usually requires little to no break-in, unlike leather versions.","q":"Does Birko-Flor require a break-in period?"},{"a":"Yes, many users report that Birko-Flor traps heat and odor more than leather.","q":"Does Birko-Flor cause sweaty or smelly feet?"},{"a":"Ensure you have the correct width (regular may fit better than narrow) and note that Birkenstock sizing can be tricky; try in-store if possible.","q":"How should I size Arizona Birko-Flor?"}],"reviews":[{"date":"December 31, 2023","title":"SANDALS","rating":5,"content":"Nice sandals but were too big","reviewer_name":"Dawn L."},{"date":"July 8, 2023","title":"Sandale","rating":5,"content":"Des sandales parfaites","reviewer_name":"Josee C."},{"date":"April 28, 2021","title":"je suis déçu que vous","rating":4,"content":"je suis déçu que vous n'offres pas une pointure plus petite, si c'est possible","reviewer_name":"Marielle"},{"date":"March 25, 2020","title":"Selon mes attentes","rating":5,"content":"Selon mes attentes","reviewer_name":"Anonymous"},{"date":"July 17, 2023","title":"Super confortable","rating":5,"content":"Je porte du taille 9 homme habituellement et j’ai pris la taille 40. Cela fait parfaitement avec et sans bas.","reviewer_name":"Chan-Long T."},{"date":"June 6, 2025","tags":["Fabric","Comfort"],"title":"Very comfortable","rating":5,"content":"Very comfortable, bought for my husband. He loves it. Beautiful colour.","reviewer_name":"Anna B."},{"date":"June 25, 2021","title":"En avance sur les autres","rating":5,"content":"En avance sur les autres produits semblables...","reviewer_name":"Daniel"},{"date":"June 2, 2020","title":"Mauvaise pointure, pu de stock","rating":5,"content":"Mauvaise pointure, pu de stock :(","reviewer_name":"Anonymous"},{"date":"July 1, 2025","title":"Très confortables!!","rating":5,"content":"Mon fils les adore. Elles sont très confortables et elles ont du style.","reviewer_name":"melanie r."},{"date":"June 15, 2020","title":"Parfait","rating":5,"content":"Parfait","reviewer_name":"Anonymous"},{"date":"July 4, 2021","tags":["Color","Quality"],"title":"Grande qualité","rating":5,"content":"Grande qualité","reviewer_name":"Karine"},{"date":"March 15, 2020","tags":["Quality","Value"],"title":"There's a reason they have","rating":5,"content":"There's a reason they have been in business for as long as they have been. True quality","reviewer_name":"Anonymous"},{"date":"September 10, 2024","tags":["Fabric","Comfort"],"title":"Confort","rating":5,"content":"Confortable","reviewer_name":"Marcel N."},{"date":"April 15, 2024","title":"Confort","rating":5,"content":"Deuxième paires que j’achète pour à mon mari: il les adore! Et dire qu’au départ, il n’en voulait pas!","reviewer_name":"Josée P."},{"date":"June 27, 2021","title":"La taille n'allaIt pas. J'a","rating":5,"content":"La taille n'allaIt pas. J'a du retourner la commande","reviewer_name":"Manon"},{"date":"February 24, 2026","tags":["Fabric","Comfort","Quality"],"title":"Très satisfaite!","rating":5,"content":"Très belles et de qualités!\nTrès confortables.","reviewer_name":"Stephanie B."},{"date":"May 28, 2021","title":"J'ai eu un peu mal","rating":4,"content":"J'ai eu un peu mal au pied","reviewer_name":"Richard"},{"date":"July 26, 2024","title":"Très satisfait","rating":5,"content":"Livraison rapide et excellent service","reviewer_name":"Guy M."},{"date":"August 6, 2024","title":"Great sandals","rating":5,"content":"I had a pair back in the 80s and these are the same sandal. Love them!","reviewer_name":"Tracey V."},{"date":"September 20, 2024","title":"Parfait","rating":5,"content":"Parfait","reviewer_name":"Sylvie P."},{"date":"May 27, 2020","title":"Satisfait","rating":5,"content":"Satisfait","reviewer_name":"Anonymous"},{"date":"April 29, 2024","tags":["Comfort"],"title":"Confort","rating":5,"content":"Super confortable après avoir été porté quelques fois, pour être bien moulé à nos pieds!","reviewer_name":"Catherine B."},{"date":"June 26, 2023","title":"Parfait","rating":5,"content":"Parfait","reviewer_name":"Chantal K."},{"date":"July 18, 2021","tags":["Fabric","Comfort","Quality","Value"],"title":"Qualité et confort","rating":5,"content":"Qualité et confort","reviewer_name":"Helene"},{"date":"October 9, 2025","tags":["Fabric","Comfort"],"title":"Birkenstock","rating":5,"content":"Vraiment confortable.","reviewer_name":"Sylvie D."},{"date":"July 28, 2024","title":"Sandale","rating":5,"content":"Les meilleures sandale","reviewer_name":"Josee C."},{"date":"June 28, 2024","tags":["Value"],"title":"Bon achat","rating":5,"content":"Acheté en solde. Très bon rapport qualité/prix.","reviewer_name":"Lyna C."},{"date":"June 5, 2020","title":"Très bon produit,","rating":5,"content":"Très bon produit,","reviewer_name":"Anonymous"},{"date":"December 1, 2022","title":"Elles sont parfaites mais j’ai","rating":5,"content":"Elles sont parfaites mais j’ai pris 1/2 à une taille de plus.\nMon chum porte 10. 101/2","reviewer_name":"Maryse P."},{"date":"May 27, 2020","tags":["Comfort"],"title":"Extrêmement confortable pour marcher","rating":5,"content":"Extrêmement confortable pour marcher","reviewer_name":"Anonymous"},{"date":"March 20, 2024","title":"Très bon produit","rating":5,"content":"Très bon produit","reviewer_name":"Chantale P."},{"date":"May 21, 2021","title":"Pour cette fois, ces sandales","rating":1,"content":"Pour cette fois, ces sandales furent retournées. Pas de confort pour celui qui devait les porter, c'est-à-dire, mon mari.","reviewer_name":"Michèle"},{"date":"July 3, 2023","title":"You can never go wrong with basic Birkenstocks!","rating":5,"content":"My boyfriend loves them !","reviewer_name":"Julia N."},{"date":"May 30, 2020","title":"Super cool!","rating":5,"content":"Super cool!","reviewer_name":"Anonymous"},{"date":"June 19, 2025","tags":["Fabric","Comfort"],"title":"Very comfortable and good support!","rating":5,"content":"Very comfortable and good support!","reviewer_name":"Dianne W."},{"date":"March 8, 2020","title":"J'adore ce produit, C'est ma","rating":5,"content":"J'adore ce produit, C'est ma quatrième paire!","reviewer_name":"Anonymous"},{"date":"May 24, 2020","tags":["Fabric","Comfort"],"title":"Très confortable","rating":5,"content":"Très confortable","reviewer_name":"Anonymous"},{"date":"July 1, 2020","title":"Très beau produit","rating":5,"content":"Très beau produit","reviewer_name":"Anonymous"},{"date":"May 20, 2021","title":"It was exactly as ordered","rating":5,"content":"It was exactly as ordered .","reviewer_name":"Grace"},{"date":"March 10, 2020","title":"Parfaite","rating":5,"content":"Parfaite","reviewer_name":"Anonymous"},{"date":"February 2, 2025","title":"Parfaite","rating":5,"content":"C’était un cadeau et mon conjoint fut très content . Elles sont parfaites et confortables !","reviewer_name":"mélanie s."},{"date":"June 5, 2021","title":"Bon produit, par contre, je","rating":5,"content":"Bon produit, par contre, je porte habituellement des 9 pour homme et celles-ci étaient un peu trop grandes. Je recommande de prendre une taille en dessous.","reviewer_name":"Joseph"},{"date":"March 9, 2026","tags":["Fabric","Comfort"],"title":"Very comfortable.","rating":5,"content":"They are comfortable and they look like real leather.","reviewer_name":"Michael C."},{"date":"May 10, 2023","title":"Parfait","rating":5,"content":"Parfait","reviewer_name":"Sylvie N."},{"date":"August 19, 2025","title":"Bien","rating":5,"content":"Nous apprécions cette marque. Deuxième paires!","reviewer_name":"Josée P."},{"date":"March 24, 2025","title":"Best sandals","rating":5,"content":"Excellent sandals, delivery was fast.","reviewer_name":"Olga R."},{"date":"January 18, 2024","tags":["Sizing & Fit"],"title":"Too big","rating":5,"content":"I thought I got the European sizing correct but no. They were huge. Had to return.","reviewer_name":"Jo-Ann F."},{"date":"June 19, 2023","title":"J'aime cet article. Je l'ai","rating":5,"content":"J'aime cet article. Je l'ai retourné pour commander plus petite pointure.","reviewer_name":"Marcelle B."},{"date":"August 2, 2023","title":"Sandal trop grsnde","rating":4,"content":"Sandal trop grsnde","reviewer_name":"Natali D."}],"target_countries":"US","canonical_url":"https://www.simons.ca/en/men-footwear/sandals/arizona-birko-flor-sandals-men--16708-20101?colourId=0","reddit_insights":{"match":{"notes":"Multiple threads explicitly discuss or compare Birkenstock Arizona Birko-Flor sandals, making the match highly confident.","confidence":0.95,"matched_terms":["birkoflor","birko-flor","Birko-Flor","Arizona Birko-Flor","Arizona"]},"status":"ok","coverage":{"subreddits":["Birkenstocks"],"threads_used":5},"evidence":{"items":[{"url":"https://www.reddit.com/r/Birkenstocks/comments/1e1n740/birkoflor_or_leather/lcw25qb/","type":"comment","title":"General consensus leaning towards leather over Birko-Flor unless discounted","author":"FluffyRelation7511","ref_id":"r_e_1","thread":{"url":"https://www.reddit.com/r/Birkenstocks/comments/1e1n740/birkoflor_or_leather/","title":"birkoflor or leather","subreddit":"Birkenstocks"},"excerpt":"Answer is always leather unless you find the others on a killer sale then yes!","subreddit":"Birkenstocks"},{"url":"https://www.reddit.com/r/Birkenstocks/comments/1m25khf/thinking_of_selling_my_new_arizona_birkoflor/n3nzc5y/","type":"comment","title":"Advice to try regular/wide width for better fit and comfort","author":"flute394","ref_id":"r_e_2","thread":{"url":"https://www.reddit.com/r/Birkenstocks/comments/1m25khf/thinking_of_selling_my_new_arizona_birkoflor/","title":"thinking of selling my new arizona birkoflor","subreddit":"Birkenstocks"},"excerpt":"I know you said you don't love the look of them, but it really does look like your foot would fit better in the \"regular/wide\". 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Then they started to smell, washed them and cleaned them and I also rotate between 3 or 4 pairs, the rest are all leather and one pair of EVA for the pool. 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