These shoes fit exactly as expected and as the reviews said they would. The steel toe piece does not pinch or rub, and I don't see having a problem with "hot spots". I haven't worn them much yet, as I am not required to do so. Docked on star because they came as more of a mint green color and I expected baby blue (may have been a reading error on my part). Not a big enough deal to return them, though. Just a matter of preference.