I got these for an elderly woman who live in my apt. building, who wanted soft warm boots that she could put on and take off easily. These she liked the way they looked and how warm and fuzzy they were and how wonderfully constructed, a good quality product, we could not believe the low sale price on the size 6 that was available, and were thrilled to get these boots for her. But she could not by herself fasten and unfasten the toggles, so they had to be returned. There is a side zip, but you still need to fasten and unfasten the toggles to get in and out of these,  and she was too old to be able to do this by herself, and she was sorry because they were such nice boots, but we had to return them. They fit a tad large in the foot for a size 6 but sole inserts would have helped that.