Total Support Max

Great! At the time I purchased these inserts I was working on my feet all day. The inserts made a big difference, my feet did not hurt as much.

My feet didn't hurt on our 2-week trip! What more can I say!

I purchased a 16 4E. And it was sized more like a 18 6E. Even though they were size to fit I was in such pain I trimmed him down I couldn't wait another day. Initially they felt uncomfortable so I put the original shoe pads in under them. Give me a lot of cushion but really wasn't alleviating a lot of pain. So I took the original Sue cushions out and use these alone and even though they were kind of hard and took some getting used to (especially the hard plates in the heel). After that I started noticing pain relief in the first week. Whatever discomfort you have initially is small compared to the amount of pain that they relieve. It took about 3 weeks to relieve the plantarfasciitis but whatever you call it 🤣 and it took another week before I started feeling relief in the hill. I'm 6'2 and weigh 300 lb. I spend most of the 8-hour day on my foot in construction work and I'm 61 years old. If your feet are too big for Dr scholls then I highly recommend this product. If you're a lighter individual and undersized 14 I would suggest trying Doctor Sholls. But if you're a big heavy guy like me with big feet and in a lot of pain these get the job done. There is some discomfort for the first week or two but I'm telling you once they start relieving the pain you forget about the discomfort and then after a while you get used to them.

These help tremendously with plantar fasciitis and knee pain. I wear my tennis shoes every day, so these get replaced every 6 months.

VERY GOOD ORTHOTICS

Best inserts I have had in the last 35 years. They are firm; they have a great arch. Size is true to shoe sizes. Arrived in a week and was well packaged.

3 is generous considering i bought them for added metatarsal support to fight against capsulitis of a couple toes. There's a tiny tiny bump that's no where near enough support to take weight off the ball of my foot. I'll stick with pinnacle powerstep.

Although they don't work for me, I gave them 5 stars because they are very well constructed, and MUCH nicer than the rip-off $44-$54 Superfeet insoles. (I think the people who make Superfeet are no different than the Epi-Pen makers!) The reason the Spenco Total Support Max don't work for me is because this model is more like an orthotic. It is very rigid for my neutral/medium arches. They work great when I am walking, however, when simply standing, I can tell there is too much arch support for me. I called Spenco, and the customer support rep said that the Max is indeed more of an orthotic, and that if I liked the support, but don't need an orthotic, I should exchange them for the Total Support Original, which flexes in the arch. They also alternatively offered me a full refund, even though I didn't buy them from them directly, because they have an unconditional guarantee. Wow! That's the way shopping should be!When I bought these, I also bought Superfeet Green at the same time, because they are all the rave at places like REI. But, there really is no comparison. Superfeet Green simply has a top fabric over closed-cell foam, with the addition of a plastic mold under the arch and heel. That's it. The Spenco Total Support Max has three layers - an anti-microbial top fabric, foam, padding, and a plastic mold under the heel and arch. They also have 3 strategically placed pads on the very bottom below the plastic.Another nice thing about the Spenco insoles is that they have vent holes under the ball of the foot, and I can tell you that these made a huge difference in my leather Keen Citizen boots. The stock insoles, like the Superfeet insoles, had no holes under the ball portion, and when I removed the insoles after wearing them at work all day, they were soaked with sweat. When I ran my fingers across the footbed of the shoes, my fingers were dripping. While I did not wear the Superfeet insoles for that long, I could see they would do the same thing, and I can see how the moisture would affect the close-cell foam of the insole, as well. But, this did not happen with the Spenco insoles. The footbed of the shoe was not wet at all when I removed them, and the insole itself was not soaking wet, either. I honestly can't believe having holes in the insoles would matter that much, because I would think the moisture of the sweat would still be there, but apparently holes in the insoles make a huge difference.How the makers of Superfeet can justify charging so much more for their product when it's easy to see how much cheaper it must be to make than the Spenco product smells like pure greed to me. I prefer to support Spenco because they produce a better product AND at a fair price. I returned the Superfeet Greens I ordered, and am in the process of an exchange with Spenco the Total Support Max model I bought for the Total Support Original model, as Spenco's customer service rep suggested.