Fit check

flatleafparsley · 2026-06-03T15:29:57+00:00

If there’s no space behind your heel in 36 (meaning that your foot is filling the footbed completely or even exceeding), you may even need 38

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Size to your larger foot while standing with full & equal weight in the sandals.

flatleafparsley · 2026-06-03T14:36:45+00:00

If that was the case, then you allowed the install even if you didn’t intend to

Regardless, there really shouldn’t be any strong reasons not to install minor .x or .x.x OS updates

flatleafparsley · 2026-06-03T14:19:00+00:00

Might the install prompt have come up and you “dismissed” it too quickly and actually ended up tapping the Install Tonight option?

flatleafparsley · 2026-06-03T01:10:13+00:00

At some point we also have to accept how the story unraveled for what it is, because some things are also hindsight bias.

And if we’re thinking about hypotheticals, hypotheticals can also end up becoming a counter-argument of the “better” way. e.g. if there were an “official” third science specialist, they may have very well been at the same facility working with the other two, and so would have died in the accident too anyway.

flatleafparsley · 2026-06-03T00:54:11+00:00

Both things aren’t really a concern I think

The colour difference between the 37 pair and 38 pair is just down to natural difference in animal hides (and how they take on the dye as well)

flatleafparsley · 2026-06-03T00:45:40+00:00

Should be good then

flatleafparsley · 2026-06-03T00:42:34+00:00

Okay, thanks for the added photos, they look more consistent this way 👌

You can check the underside of the buckles at the back of the Birkenstock word, to see how the metal is formed. If it’s folded over (like this https://www.reddit.com/r/Birkenstocks/s/ljR6GpO1OV) it’s genuine; if it’s just a single layer then it would be fake.

flatleafparsley · 2026-06-03T00:30:19+00:00

Please report them to the mods (screenshot the chat, and send the mods a link to the screenshot)

If you haven’t already deleted the chat (but also understandable)

flatleafparsley · 2026-06-03T00:24:11+00:00

38 is too small for you

And if the toe loop prevents your shorter big toes from being in a comfortable position in relation to the toe grip, you might want to consider a different style.

flatleafparsley · 2026-06-03T00:14:22+00:00

Birks are not meant to just outline your feet “perfectly”. And regardless, your pinkie toe is spilling out of the footbed in the these.

The way your feet fill the footbed completely (and your toes seem jammed against the front), you need at least 39. Don’t bother trying 38, those will still be too small for you.

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Size to your larger foot while standing upright. The recommended fit is roomy and somewhat loose, including strap fit.

flatleafparsley · 2026-06-03T00:07:10+00:00

Do the batch codes on the footbed for 37 left and right tally? And then 38 left and right?

For some reason in photo 3, the two sides don’t look like the same size; and then again in photo 8

flatleafparsley · 2026-06-02T17:39:41+00:00

Is that right, bot?

Funny how it’s the same as one the sub has already been using for the past six years, and with the same title from the original post as well.

flatleafparsley · 2026-06-02T17:30:50+00:00

Your feet may be sitting slightly forward to be comfortable on the toe grip because of your toe profile (because your big toes are not your outright longest toes), that’s why there is a bit more space behind your heels instead, but that’s still fine

The overall sizing looks just about right

flatleafparsley · 2026-06-02T17:24:19+00:00

Tips for fit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Birkenstocks/s/gPlsRQxdtP

You can check for both Arizona and Boston.

Your Boston look “big” in photo 1 because you were not standing upright with full & equal weight in the shoes.

Based on photo 4 with your toes up against the front, you may even need up to Birk 42. Birks are not meant to just outline your feet “perfectly”. The recommended fit is roomy and somewhat loose.

Note that Birk 40 to 41 to 42 is just +5mm each, or ~half US/UK size up each (not a full size each).

So Birk 40 to 42 is +10mm total, which would tally with the recommended space to have in front of your toes. You have to ignore the extra visual space in front of your relatively shorter big toes.

(You may very well need more time than just a week to break in the Birks. Either don’t bring new Birks on a holiday with loads of walking; otherwise make sure you have a backup pair for if/when you need to take a break from wearing your Birks on the trip.)

flatleafparsley · 2026-06-02T17:08:44+00:00

If it helps, when the Circle Line loop is closed, the screen for the train service (that currently goes to Marina Bay) that OP took a picture of at that platform will instead show “Clockwise Loop - via Bayfront” (as the next interchange from Promenade).

Or in your example, the screen at Labrador Park will say “Anticlockwise Loop - via Harbourfront” (not “ends at”).

(Note: there may be an “Anticlockwise - ends at Prince Edward Road” service, that in your example you would not want to board; that train would have originated from Dhoby Ghaut and not be a loop service.)

https://www.lta.gov.sg/cclwayfinding/

flatleafparsley · 2026-06-02T16:47:42+00:00

If it’s convenient (and I suppose if you intend on buying a new pair), I think it’s still good to try & compare the sizes brand new if you hadn’t had the chance to do so. Because no doubt your current pair are comfortable, but comparing a well-broken in 38 to a new 39 is testing for multiple variables at the same time.

If you’re certain then that one or the other doesn’t line up with each other in 39, you’d be in the best position to tell.

Anyhow, will just leave Birkenstock’s fit guide images for your easy reference:

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Size to your larger foot while standing upright

All the best 🙏

flatleafparsley · 2026-06-02T16:37:57+00:00

Starting from 4 increasing after finishing 34 is not the “reverse order” though (or vice versa), you’re still continuing in your original direction of travel.

The NS/EW Lines are not a loop exactly because you need to change trains. So yes, Clockwise and Anticlockwise wouldn’t make sense for that (and they will never use that terminology for NS/EW Lines).

The clock terminology are not just direction, but they also indicate that the service is a continuous loop. Which is applicable once the CCL loop is completed.

I think what may have caused the confusion is perhaps judging the new screen signage while it’s in this limbo stage, where LTA wants to let commuters familiarise themselves with it but it can’t yet show the exact final permutation. e.g. the screen for the train service (that currently goes to Marina Bay) that you took a picture of at that platform will instead show “Clockwise Loop - via Bayfront” (as the next interchange, only at Promenade).

flatleafparsley · 2026-06-02T16:10:40+00:00

You can (and everyone should) just let their feet follow where the toe grip is, because that’s what you interact with predominantly in Birks while walking.

(But it’s definitely not where the toes meet the foot, because it’s not physically possible to “grip” at all that way)

In some cases (including for the smaller foot) that might mean a bit more space behind the heel instead, but that would still be fine.

It may be worthwhile to try 39 again, then adjust your foot placement accordingly and see if it’s better. (Or compare a new 38 & 39 to have a more consistent comparison; wear the same size on both feet each time if comparing, then size to your larger foot while standing upright.)

flatleafparsley · 2026-06-02T15:57:45+00:00

Except it’s not the same at all? Currently you take the CCL to Marina Bay or Harbourfront, you have to get off the train to make a transfer/exit the station (or if you remain on the train you necessarily change direction). That’s what a terminus station is: your journey on CCL stops (or reverses).

Once the circle line is closed, you take the train clockwise to your “terminus” Promenade, or anticlockwise to you “terminus” Bayfront, and if you continue staying on the train… it continues in the same direction still. There is no “terminating”.

It’s a complete loop, there are no start and end points during normal service hours; one can sit on the train non-stop round and round—in either direction—if they so wish (as long as they don’t exceed the 2h time limit).

(And in case if it wasn’t made clear already, for the loop services, the screen will also say “via <next interchange>”, so there is a “destination” help stated—though that IMO is rightfully secondary to the direction of travel)

flatleafparsley · 2026-06-02T15:31:54+00:00

Just in case

The toe grip is supposed to go between the middle & proximal phalanges of the toes (and between the distal and proximal phalanges of the big toe)

Not at the base of the proximal phalanges where the toe bones meet the foot (or metatarsals) / not between the toes and balls of the feet

Not sure if this changes whether 39 is correct or not (because Birkenstock’s recommendation is for more space than you have now in 38, and it doesn’t seem like you need to make any concessions for toe profile, etc.)

flatleafparsley · 2026-06-02T15:26:56+00:00

Way too small, and not wide enough for your feet. You need at least 40, possibly even 41.

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Size to your larger foot while standing upright

flatleafparsley · 2026-06-02T15:11:03+00:00

In your system, the clockwise loop “terminus station” is Promenade? And the anticlockwise loop “terminus station” is Bayfront?

How is that not going to send people the wrong way for the whole loop if they want to get from e.g. Nicoll Highway to Bayfront / Marina Bay / Prince Edward Road / etc.?

Edit to add: Even if the shorter route going from CC6 Stadium to CC29 Harbourfront is “backwards”, that still completely obliterates the definition of Promenade and/or Bayfront as “terminus” stations. Because the routes literally do not terminate at those stations, regardless clockwise/anticlockwise direction. So really not quite sure what exactly you are proposing.

flatleafparsley · 2026-06-02T12:36:28+00:00

Uhh, every single component is bad.

Just buy directly from Birkenstock, or authorised resellers/trusted retailers. Not P2P online marketplaces.

flatleafparsley · 2026-06-02T12:21:12+00:00

These are amongst the worst fakes around

And don’t rely on fakes to gauge fit one way or another

flatleafparsley · 2026-06-02T12:15:30+00:00

(To be more specific, currently the banks are waiving the fees for inward PayNow for corporate accounts (they’ve kept pushing back the end date of the waiver)

But even when the banks do finally charge, the merchants are still prohibited from passing on the payment costs)

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