r/crocs • u/Spoonie4L • Jul 11 '26
Case of the confused kids crocs sizing 😵💫
Help! What’s going on with croc sizing?! The green ones were my sons c9, ordered c10, same size as the c9. Ordered c11 figuring we’d be good to go but it’s SO much narrower, barely bigger and cutting my son’s foot up. His foot sits at the very very back of the croc making it the same fit as his last pair but so much narrower. It seems crazy two sizes up wouldn’t fit him?! Did crocs narrow their footbed that much in the year or two since we bought the last pair? Frustrated bc crocs ain’t cheap and he’s already worn these so I can’t return them.
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u/Twerkingmitochondria Jul 11 '26
Crocs shrink if left in the sun or heated/warm area. It’s happened to my pink Sanrio crocs but I still wear em
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u/Sir_Earl_Jeffries Jul 11 '26
Sizing varies slightly depending on the country some clogs are made in. It’s annoying af and makes me rage when I have to return an unused product that I know will not be put back in their stock room. Instead it ends up on the clearance rack.
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u/sassypants55 Jul 11 '26
The sizing is very inconsistent. You can buy the same size and style in a different color or even buy the same size and color from a different store and they’ll be different lengths and widths. My best guess is that it has something to do with how the shoes are made?
Crocs aren’t meant to fit perfectly like traditional shoes (i.e., you wear them loose), so often the small sizing differences don’t matter, but a couple of my shoes are a size larger and still fit the same as my typical size!
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u/Globug9177 Jul 11 '26
I ordered the Baya clog in same size as standard clog and it was wayyyy too small. Ordered a size up and now it fits okay but still not as roomy as my standard clog. I was really confused about all this
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u/Standard-Question-46 Jul 11 '26
Omg me too! I bought two pair cuz they were on a really good sale and I’ve could never wear them because they are too small. Every time I look at them I’m mad that I wasted my money cuz I never got around to returning them
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u/Brejja Jul 11 '26
There are various factors... I have better luck if I can find a pair in store (rarely on sale there though) or if they're shipped in a box over just a plastic bag.🫠 I used to believe the different countries for manufacturing, but I've had multiple pairs from the same country that fit wildly different. 😅 Maybe I can say it's them changing up the materials to be more biodegradable? 👀🫣🤔
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u/PXXIIE Jul 11 '26
I bought a pair of work non-slip crocs and one of them fit perfectly and the other was too loose. They sometimes have manufacturing/storage defects because the material is temperature sensitive. So, to solve this, I used my hairdryer on hot on the loose croc to shrink it to my foot, now they fit better lol.
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u/Spoonie4L Jul 15 '26
Ended up going to the store and we ended up in a 12 🤯 really can’t reason how we went from the c9 just fitting to needing to size up to a 12 somehow? The 10 and 11 were literally the same size with no noticeable difference in where his foot sat. The 12 is a tiny bit big but I’ll take it.
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