I was a little apprehensive on buying these because of some of the outrageous reviews.  I cook in a busy kitchen, and since my purchase the shoes have held up and are still in excellent shape. The shoes are comfortable, durable, true to size and a really reasonable price. I'm not sure how people are wearing the shoes in order to create the kind of drastic damage posted in the reviews, but you would have to be an elephant playing with steamrollers to get that kind of damage. These are great shoes and very affordable, I recommend!