These feel like great quality hiking boots and the foot bed is wonderfully comfortable but the ankle support part KILLS my ankles no matter how loosely or how tight I lace them! They give me this yellow bruise/welt in one spot on the outside of my calves and a sore red ring around where the top of the boot sits against my leg. I wish I could've figured this out before hiking in them, I would've returned them... Mostly because I will have to buy alternative boots before attempting any more hikes.