I purchased this shoe a little over a month before I began wearing them.  I don't always wear new shoes until my old ones give out but because of a  big snow storm in late April they stayed In my closet past Amazon policy on returns. They were way to tight for a size I've worn for years and also had a defective lump in the back of the shoe that made them impossible to wear as they made my foot swell up.  Would think they would stretch the period a couple days but no, they deducted about 20% for returning a defective pair of shoes.  I found this to be unacceptable.  Definitely would not recommend this shoe.