# Are bigger shoes better made?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-bigger-shoes-better-made/371177>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 2, 2006, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-bigger-shoes-better-made/371177 "2006-09-02T06:39:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![Placid\_Liver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e99b99/32.png) [@Placid\_Liver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Placid_Liver)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2006, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-bigger-shoes-better-made/371177/1 "2006-09-02T06:39:41Z")

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Are larger sized shoes better made then smaller shoes? What I mean is, a person with a larger foot is likely to be heavier then someone with a small foot, so there’s more wear and tear on the shoe. Do manufacturers take this into consideration or do all shoes get the same stitching/glue/whatever?

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**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2006, 8:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-bigger-shoes-better-made/371177/2 "2006-09-02T08:52:30Z")

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[QUOTE=Placid Liver]  
Are larger sized shoes better made then smaller shoes? What I mean is, a person with a larger foot is likely to be heavier then someone with a small foot, so there’s more wear and tear on the shoe. Do manufacturers take this into consideration or do all shoes get the same stitching/glue/whatever?  
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13E & 14 D wearer - The answer is no re construction quality. Styles are scaled identically. While larger feet = more weight it’s also spread out across a greater surface area.

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**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2006, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-bigger-shoes-better-made/371177/3 "2006-09-02T16:30:18Z")

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I wear a 13 EE, and I agree with **astro**. I have compared my shoes with the same model in a smaller size, and the materials and stitching seem to be the same.