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Greetings fellow flipper Friend! I wear a 6E in Dunham brand boots, and for general sneakers / "running" (gym) shoes i wear a brand called "xelero". New balance makes exactly one 6e width shoe IIRC, the 990 i think? It used to come in multiple colors but now just the one color if its a wide shoe.
If it helps, I'm also stuck with very thick feet so my picks also account for that. Center of my sole to top of foot is 3 inches.
Thank you!
NP! If you're anywhere near Ohio, there's a place called Roderer Shoe Center; they've got a lot of the "specialty" sizes to try on in-person.
I've been wearing 990s in a 14 or 15 6E for a while (12 years or so) for work and exercise, but the newer 990v6 just doesn't hold up or fit quite the same. I'm still wearing a (tightly laced) 15 in them, but I've had trouble finding alternatives, and I definitely feel like I need more of a 14/14.5 with more width (which doesn't exist).
Given how expensive NB has gotten, I'm eyeing whatever other options turn up and wondering if I'll have to go custom. I'll give xelero a look over, though, thank you for sharing this. :)
For boots I just wear thick socks in my red wings, but that's not too often.
I felt the same on the 990v6, they just didnt fit right and i returned them immediately because of it. Not much better than NB in price but well, thats 6E tax lol.
Xelero ive got the X-GPS in 11 wide (its absolutely wide enough, trust me)
I almost exclusively wear the Dunham boots, they've lasted about 2.5 years now i think? Still going strong. I've replaced the laces once.