Purchased as a gift for a friend. I have the regular calf boots and she needed the wider. We've both treated these boots with waterproofing spray and I kick around Maine (soldium chloride on the roads, walkways, eating your cars to a rusty death) and she wear hers in Pennsylvania winters and we both have been able to wear ours multiple seasons, even if they are somewhat cheaply made. I'm on season 3 with these boots and I'm happy as a clam ! Treat them right and they'll last.