Continuing the discussion from A Perfectly Reasonable Amount of Schadenfreude about Things Happening to Trump & His Enablers:
I don’t wear slippers. I like my feet cool and the grip of bare feet. What am I missing? Should I give slippers another chance? What should I be looking for?
You don’t have to wear slippers if you like walking around in bare feet. But it’s cold here (not just cool but actively cold) and wearing warm fuzzy slippers is a delight as well as a necessity to stay warm in the house. In the summertime I don’t bother and just walk around barefoot.
I’ve linked to my actual slippers of preference in the other thread, because I like ankle-covering fleece-lined slippers. What you like is up to you, although I would suggest not buying them from Mike Lindell.
I did not used to wear slippers, then my gf went to Iceland for a week with a friend from work. I stayed home. She brought me back a pair of slippers hand made from felted wool. This isn’t the brand name, but looks identical.
They are very comfortable.
I go barefoot indoors quite a bit. But for colder winter days, and for casual jaunts to the supermarket or to walk the dog I appreciate my pair of suede fuzzy-lined rubber-soled slippers, which have held up well over the past couple of years.
My feet are almost always (a) cold and (b) sweaty, pretty much regardless of the temperature in our house. So I generally wear some kind of slipper indoors (Canada being a country where one generally takes off one’s shoes when entering a house) with socks on as well, to soak up some of the sweat.
In the winter, I like fuzzy/fleecy slippers but the fuzz will eventually get matted down by my sweaty feet. I got one set of slippers with a foam-style sole; they were comfortable, but they basically never got dry because they were so sponge-like (ew). Ankle-covering slippers sound good from a heat perspective, but I prefer something with no heel that is easier to slip on and off (and also my socks will cover my ankles).
In the summer, I generally wear a Japanese-style slipper with an open toe and bamboo sole.
LLBean Fuzzy Slippers are worth every penny. I own 2 pair - a newer, fuzzed-up pair for around the house and a pair that are almost fuzzless that make great camping footwear for midnight trips to the Little Boys Bush.
I wear sandals or slippers around the house. Keeps me from stubbing my toes or hurting my feet.
Are we talking fuzzy on the outside, or the inside?
On carpet or rungs, slippers are only needed is it is really cold. But during the winter, even here in SoCal, I wear slippers on the stone floors.
Real shearling wool slippers are best, skip the fake crap.
I have two pairs. Fuzzy fleece (on the inside) for bare feet, and foam-soled with more support for wearing with socks, which is 90% of my day.
Bare feet? Cold floors, stepping on things, stubbing toes, dirt. I love my slippers, effete aristocrat that I am.
I wear slippers because we have tile and hardwood throughout the house which makes going barefoot uncomfortable, and wearing just socks puts holes in them rather quickly. So slippers it is.
The first time you break a toe because you weren’t paying attention, footwear becomes a requirement. If you are diabetic and don’t wear something on your feet at home, you’re just begging for a big problem. I was admonished by my doctor about this, and yes, I did break a little toe when I smacked it on the baseboard heater about twenty years ago. It’s a gift that keeps on giving.
I wear a pair of Sperry Topsiders when inside. Fuzzy slippers just make my feet sweat.
Being retired, I wear slippers for about 90% of my waking hours. Besides the cold, I wouldn’t want my bare feet to walk in the kitchen. I can also step outside without putting anything else on.
I’ve never found any nearly as good as those from LL Bean. I like their mocs also, but the damn laces come untied too much.
I wear slippers except when it’s very hot, which is when I break out the indoor only sandals. I don’t like being barefoot unless I’m on the beach.
I have some minor neuropathy and I have a tendency to move my toes around in my slippers and the fuzz gets matted, so I buy inexpensive Dearfoams slippers twice a year.
What’s a foot long and slippery?
Boasting again, I see.
I have ‘my slippers’ they are great!
I wear slippers whenever I’m in the house. (In the summer, I wear flip-flops). I like slippers that are shaped more like a shoe so that there’s a back on them. Whenever I’ve had the kind that are slip-on without a back I’ve found them uncomfortable because you have to grip the insoles with your toes when walking, especially going up stairs or they fall off.
I am almost always barefoot in the house. I haven’t owned a pair of slippers since I was a lad.
So, no, don’t give slippers another chance. 
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I don’t get the appeal – never had a single pair I liked – but I do have a beloved 40-year-old pair of Sperry Topsiders from high school. They are unsightly but very easy to slip onto bare or socked feet, and I use them for trips to the garbage cans or other quick forays into the driveway area. So (talking through this out loud) I guess they are functionally slippers. Huh. I wear slippers all the time. Who knew.