After 9 years, my last pair just blew out and I was deeply saddened. Needless to say, I was delighted to know that they were still being made without having to pay the price of 'the other guy".  So, I bought this pair.  I still love them and the fit (as always with most Skechers products) was right on and hadn't changed.  What I did notice was that thy are no longer as "heavy duty" as they used to be with a noticeable difference between the hard worn, ranch abused previous pair to the new pair, they were definitely much lighter.  I hope they last half as long as the previous pair!  And please, Skechers, please keep them in your product lineup! PS The round shoelaces absolutely suck.  I actually pulled out the laces from the old pair to swap out. (The new ones are much too short and don't like to stay tied without a double knot).