Tool
Closure Finder
Closure is the construction fact a listing is most likely to withhold. Across 66 listings, 34 of them say nothing at all about how the shoe stays on.
What the catalog states, in full (7 kinds)
- 1
- Laces
- 12
- Slip-on or slip-in
- 2
- Elastic laces
- 10
- Buckle
- 1
- Adjustable straps
- 6
- Toe post
- 34
- No closure stated
Those 7 numbers add up to 66, which is every listing in the catalog.
Closure Finder
Three questions about how a shoe has to behave, answered against what the sixty-six listings actually state about closure. It returns kinds of closure and the listings that name them, and it tells you what each kind does not give you.
Do your hands need to be free when you put it on?
Yes keeps slip-on and elastic constructions only.
Do you need to be able to adjust the fit?
Yes keeps laces, buckles and adjustable straps only.
Will it be worn on a wet surface?
Yes keeps only the kinds a listing here pairs with a water word.
Result
7
kinds of closure match, covering 66 of the sixty-six listings.
Laces
1 listing states this
What it does not giveLaces adjust in many places at once, and no listing in this catalog says how many eyelets or how long the lace is.
- Project Cloud Nita Platform Sneakers
Slip-on or slip-in
12 listings state this
What it does not giveA slip-in gives you no adjustment at all after purchase. The size chart is the whole of the fit decision.
- Hike Footwear HF Stride Barefoot Shoes
- Skechers Slip-Ins Go Walk Flex Hands Up
- Skechers Slip-Ins Go Walk Flex No Hands
- FitVille Extra Wide Slip-On Walking Shoes
- YRLTYO Men’s Slip-On Sneakers
- Skechers Summits Dazzling Haze Sneaker
- Gaatpot Garden Clogs
- ChayChax Garden Clogs
- Obtaom Pointy Toe Loafer Flat
- TOMS Alpargata Classic Slip-On
- CUSHIONAIRE Lab Jelly Flats
- Vespiero Slip-On Work Flats
Elastic laces
2 listings state this
What it does not giveElastic stretches to admit the foot and returns. It changes shape under load and does not stay changed, so it is not adjustment.
- HEYDUDE Wendy Stretch Canvas Slip-On
- HEYDUDE Wendy Stretch Sox Loafer
Buckle
10 listings state this
What it does not giveA buckle adjusts in fixed steps, not continuously, and no listing here states how many holes or how far apart they are.
- KIDMI Suede Clogs with Cork Footbed
- ODOLY Suede Clogs with Cork Footbed
- CUSHIONAIRE Lane Cork Footbed Sandals
- ODOLY Cork Footbed Slide Sandals
- CUSHIONAIRE Fame Recovery Sandals
- Goosecret Platform Sandals
- FUNKYMONKEY Comfort Slides
- CUSHIONAIRE Pool Slides
- CUSHIONAIRE Lane Cork Footbed Sandals for Men
- FITORY Cork Footbed Sandals
Adjustable straps
1 listing states this
What it does not giveStraps adjust where the strap sits, and no listing in this catalog states the strap material or its range.
- CUSHIONAIRE Luna Cork Footbed Sandals
Toe post
6 listings state this
What it does not giveA toe post holds the sandal on and adjusts nothing. The post itself is described by one listing out of ten.
- OluKai Ohana Sandals
- REEF Phantoms Flip Flops
- Reef Cushion Phantom Flip Flop
- FITORY Flip-Flops
- KuaiLu Sport Flip Flops
- GUBARUN Sport Flip Flops
No closure stated
34 listings state this
What it does not giveNo closure stated covers two different situations: a listing that omits the information, and a shoe with no fastening at all. The text cannot tell them apart, and this site does not pretend it can.
- WHITIN Men’s Wide Barefoot Sneakers W81
- WateLves Barefoot Water Shoes
- BRONOIR Grounding Barefoot Shoes with Copper
- Skechers Go Walk Max Effort Sneaker
- VAMJAM Men’s Running Shoes
- Srenket Men’s Running Shoes
- adidas Women’s VL Court 3.0
- adidas Women’s VL Court Bold
- Converse Chuck Taylor All Star Low Top
- Vans Women’s Brooklyn LS Shoe
- LUCKY STEP Retro Gum Sole Sneakers
- SERNIAL White PU Leather Sneakers
- Skechers Bobs B Cute Sneaker
- New Balance Women’s 608 V5 Cross Trainer
- Dr. Scholl’s Women’s Time Off
- New Balance Women’s 327
- Crocs Classic Clog
- Crocs Crocband Clog
- Crocs Echo Clog
- Crocs Classic Marbled Tie-Dye Clog
- Crocs Bistro Work Clog
- Project Cloud Brooklyn Leather Clogs
- WHITIN Garden Clogs Y71
- PIMIO Garden Clogs
- Artisure Leather Penny Loafers
- KORDAL Leather Penny Loafers
- Cvistpieo Penny Loafers
- Vionic Women’s Uptown Loafer
- Amazon Essentials Women’s Loafer Flat
- Project Cloud Venita Leather Slides
- Joomra Pillow Slides
- KuaiLu Orthotic Slides
- Reef Twinpin Sandals
- Project Cloud Heritage Leather Slides
The rules this tool runs on
- Hands free when putting it on = yes keeps only the kinds a listing describes as going on without hands: slip-on or slip-in, and elastic laces.
- Adjustment needed = yes keeps only the kinds that move and stay where they are put: laces, buckles and adjustable straps. Elastic stretches and returns, so it is not counted here.
- Wet surface = yes keeps only the kinds that at least one listing in this catalog pairs with a water word. That is the whole of the wet-use language the catalog contains, and it is a fact about vocabulary rather than about grip.
- Answering no to a question applies no filter at all. Three answers of no return every closure kind in the catalog.
- The three filters intersect. Some combinations return nothing, and where that happens the result says so rather than relaxing a rule.
The wet-surface filter resolves, from the catalog itself, to these kinds: no closure stated, buckle, toe post. That list is computed from which listings use a water word, not typed in by hand.
Both tools, and the rules they follow: Tools