Gear: Chaco Fathom Sandal Review

May 14th, 2013 • BY

Get ready for a tragic story.

I once had the perfect pair of flip flops. Made by Chaco, they molded perfectly to my feet and gripped slippery rocks. They were light but incredibly durable. They were my faithful summer companions for over eight years, lasting way longer than many crappy boyfriends.

Then, on a trip to Hawaii, in one heart-breaking swoop, I stepped off my paddleboard and into a suction cup of deep mud. Off went my right flip flop. I rummaged around, shoulder deep in muck, to no avail. It was lost forever. I almost cried.

Fast-forward six months. A pair of Chaco Fathom flips ($60) arrived on my doorstep. Part of Chaco’s new, highly touted NearGround collection (read: closer to the ground with a 2mm lug depth), they promised to be new and improved, with a 25 percent recycled rubber outsole and an even lighter design, but I was skeptical. I just wanted my old flip flops back.

After I slid these slick new numbers on my feet, it took only a few minutes for me to realize that these are just like my tried and true sandals. There is the same molded footbed, the same arch support, the same comfy webbing and grippy sole. The Fathoms can shimmy up sandstone, cross streams, hold up to hours on pavement, and look pretty decent with a sundress. The only difference is that the new pair is a tad lighter, prettier, and—huge plus—doesn’t have eight years of built-up foot sweat. I can already tell we are going to live happily ever after.

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Kate Siber

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Kate Siber has worked as a pastry cook, a small-time farmer, a ski-rental tech, and a thankless-accounting drone, among other distinctive vocations, but the career she tried on and kept was writing. For the last eight years, Siber, a freelance writer and correspondent for Outside magazine, has traipsed the globe in search of stories, shooting blowguns with Amazonian tribes in Ecuador, tracking rhinos in South Africa, and diving with— More about this author →