Biz Lo lasted over 9 months

MOZO President, Stuart Jenkins, wanted to test the longevity of a pair of MOZO shoes prior to the company re-launch last June. Eric Hellriegel, the managing partner of Skeeter Barnes, was the chosen candidate at Stuart’s favorite restaurant in his home state of Nebraska. The agreement was that Eric would send the shoes back for inspection after he had worn them for a few months.

Well, Eric started wearing his MOZO shoes in June of 2008, and we just recently got them back at our office here in Denver. That’s a little over 9 months of testing the comfort, durability, and slip-resistance in the restaurant environment.

How many hours did Eric log on his pair of Biz Lo shoes? Well, Eric estimates that he wore them for 10 - 12 hours a day, 60+ hours a week, for 9 straight months. Conservatively, that’s a whopping 2,160 hours walking and standing in his MOZO shoes! Eric also estimates that he walks somewhere between 3/4 to 1 mile every hour when he’s working at the restaurant. That’s about 60 miles every week. Eric plans on using his pedometer for his next MOZO trial to get a more accurate reading of his mileage.

Eric mentioned that he struggled with with leg fatigue before he tried out the Biz Lo shoes. “My feet and calves would throb at the end of the day”. Well, after wearing his Biz Lo shoes for a short amount of time, Eric noticed a significant decrease in his leg fatigue and he felt much better at the end of his work-day. Crashing on the couch to rest his feet wasn’t a necessity when he got home anymore, although it was still a nice reward after a long day.

Just imagine, one pair of shoes providing both safety and comfort. Now, it should be noted that Eric has worn just about every kind of work shoe under the sun including more recently Skechers, Doc Martins, and Shoes for Crews. The pair of MOZO shoes “were far superior and they held up much better from the upper to the outsole”.

“I am never going back to a pair of Skechers or Shoes for Crews for work”.

The next time you’re driving across Nebraska on I-80, stop by for some great BBQ and say “hi” to Eric for us.

Profile view of Biz Lo size 10

Biz Lo after 9 months of wear


Slip-resistant Executive Line Outsole

MOZO Shoes on eBay

We have been getting some customer inquiries about the MOZO shoes on eBay that cost under $20. How is that possible when the shoes on our website retail for $99 and $149.99? Well, as you know we re-launched our company in the fall of 2008. During this process we upgraded the slip-resistance and cushioning technologies in our shoes. We also changed the branding, logo, and website for our company. The products that you find on eBay are not slip-resistant and they were our older models/products. We sold these shoes to the Deckers Factory Outlet Store in Ventura, CA. These products were sold at a discounted price because we were unloading our old inventory to make room for the new products.

The shoes on eBay are not the same shoes that we sell on our website. Many of the sellers on eBay have also falsified information about the product that they are selling by copying/pasting information directly from our website. The shoes on eBay are not covered by our Unconditional Guarantee and they cannot be returned/exchanged for our newer products because they were purchased at a closeout price.

Some examples of these MOZO products on eBay that “retail for $149″:

- Women’s Four Gore size 7.5

- Women’s Four Gore size 9

- Men’s Brown Guru size 13

- Women’s brown Nib size 6.5

*Please note that we discontinued brown, and the branding on many of the products you find on eBay is that of MOZO before it was re-launched in October, 2008. Also, none of the products on eBay retail for $149, even though many of them state that they are.

Feel free to send us any comments or questions about this issue, and we would be happy to assist you.

- your friends at MOZO

Size 16!

Happy March!

The weather out here in Denver has been in the 70’s and sunny so we can’t really complain about that.

Brett Ankrom, one of our sales guys, recently attended the Taste of Elegance show at Heinz Field in Pittsburgh, PA. At this show, Brett made it his mission to find a person who could wear our biggest shoe - a size 16. Several tried, but only one was a perfect fit.

Ron White played Offensive Tackle for the University of Maryland from 1993 - 1998. He is currently the Owner of Hugo’s Restaurant in Brownsville, PA, and he was the official winner of Brett’s little contest.

Wearing his MOZO shoes, Ron is 6′8” and as you can see from the pictures below, he dwarfs Brett who stands at 6′0”.

Ron White, proud owner of the MOZO Biz Lo - Size 16

Ron's feet

- your friends at MOZO