These boots have been very comfortable to be in all day at work. I work in an all concrete and metal grate environment and these boots have lasted me for seven months of daily wear now. I had other shoes/boots to alternate out with so I wouldn't wear these out so fast, but they are so comfortable that I stopped switching out and wore these solely for the last 5 months. The only thing I would buy different is to buy them with the side zipper, for my convenience only, nothing wrong with the laces.