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In more detail: durability, longevity, flexibility, perfect fit, and healthy comfort. What more do you want?
At besser gehen you can be sure that your favourite shoe still looks great and maintains its comfortable wearing characteristics after years of wear.
Here, you can find out everything important about upper materials, sole and footbed types, footbed liners and buckles that we use for our models.
This information can be called up at any time by clicking on the button “Material Information” on the right.
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Our brands exclusively use leather of a thickness of up to 3 mm. This way the natural product remains fully flexible, soft and supple in spite of its good stability. Natural leather is easily recognisable by its structured grain pattern on the top side and by the shimmering colour display of the skin texture. These are signs of nature and visible characteristics of outstanding quality. Therefore we do not use synthetic covering colours which would hide these differences. The leather remains porous and breathable.
In contrast to smooth leather the surface of suede leather feels softer. The softer structure occurs due to the removal of the topmost leather layer and subtle sanding of the surface with pumice or sand paper. This way suede becomes particularly supple.
In order to underline the natural colour tones and highlight the exclusive quality we put special emphasis on the grain pattern. This pattern is emphasised by special embossing techniques.
Nubuck leather is the term for finest full-grain leather. Sanding the grain side of this leather lends the surface its velvety character. Nubuck leather is solely made of calf leather.
As with the leather we use, the same high quality standards apply to our choice of pure wool. Only the best wool is used. Pure wool has highly functional characteristics: in the winter it keeps feet pleasantly warm and in summer it has a nice cooling effect.
When looking at the individual strand of fibre, microfibres are noticeable finer than silk, cotton, or wool fibres. At besser gehen you find extraordinarily soft and dimensionally stable microfibres with a delicate nubuk-like look. The fibres are particularly light, durable, skin-friendly, and breathable.
Alpro-Leather combines the positive characteristics of natural leather with material innovations thus meeting the highest demands of work and leisure time. Due to its special refinement Alpro-Leather is insensitive to oils, chemicals, and grease – they simply roll off the surface.
Boxcalf-Leather is an especially fine type of calf leather. This type of leather distinguishes itself in that it is noticeably soft to the touch and features an exclusive look.
Maintaining all positive characteristics of natural leather the topmost layer of patent leather is given a high-gloss shiny finish.
As vegan alternative to leather besser gehen offers you a wide range of products whose upper material is Birko-Flor. Birko-Flor is a skin-friendly, non-tearing, coated, easy-care synthetic fibre fleece. The top layer has a leather-like structure which can be produced in an unlimited variety of colours, patterns and designs. The inside fleece is soft and supple and perfectly adjusts to the foot. The outer layer can be cleaned quite easily.
By sanding the upper Birko-Flor layer this type of upper material receives its velvety soft character. This way a precious high-class look is achieved.
By treating the surface structure with sanding paper or pumice the upper layer of Birko-Flor is roughened up and receives its distinctive suede-look.
Birko-Felt consists of a blend of spun rayon and durable synthetic fibre felt. This combination makes this upper material virtually untearable. At the same time skin-friendly Birko-Felt is very absorbent, easy-care and permeable to air.
Synthetic is a generic term for all artificially developed materials which distinguish themselves by durability, longevity, and versatility.
Alpro-Foam is mostly used in the production of bath and leisure clogs/sandals. The raw material consists of a granulate which is liquefied by heat and then poured into the desired form. This production step renders Alpro-Foam particularly soft and elastic; it follows every movement while keeping the foot safely inside the footbed. Moreover, Alpro-Foam distinguishes itself by characteristics such as shock absorption, oil and grease resistance, and slip-resistance (depending on the type of cast used). Alpro-Foam is also used in the production of soft footbeds especially due to its high degree of shock absorption properties.
Alpro-Cell is featherlight, flexible, and versatile. Normally Alpro-Cell is used in the production of bath and leisure sandals/clogs. Due to its low weight Alpro-Cell is hardly noticed when worn. On account of this Alpro-Cell products are ideal for use at the swimming pool, on holidays and at the beach.
Polyurethane (PU) is normally used in the production of bath and leisure clogs/sandals. PU is particularly soft and elastic and follows every movement yet keeps the foot safely aligned within the footbed. PU distinguishes itself by characteristics such as great shock absorption, oil and grease resistance and slip-resistance (depending on the type of cast used).
Ethylene Vinyl Acetate (EVA) is very light and flexible. EVA is mainly used in the production of bath and leisure sandals/clogs. Due to its low weight products made of EVA are ideal for use in all areas where hardly noticeable weight is important.
Neoprene is the term for synthetic rubber in which innumerable tiny gas bubbles are evenly distributed. Due to this material composition Neoprene is extremely elastic and has outstanding insulation characteristics. At the same time Neoprene is resistant to a variety of chemicals, oil and sunlight.
Alsa-Flor/Albero-Flor is an alternative to leather and is made without the use of animal products. The inside consists of a synthetic fibre fleece, the outside of a special coating. Alsa-Flor/Albero-Flor is a skin-friendly, non-tearing, and easy-care material which can be produced in all kinds of colours, patterns, and designs. The inside fleece is soft and perfectly adjusts to the foot. The outer layer is easy to clean.
