The leather, soles and stitching all looked top-notch and I love the classic styling, but the shoes squeaked so embarrassingly that they were essentially unwearable; I finally had to return them.

There seem to be two sources of the squeaks: walking surface and foam innersole. Most surfaces are fine but the soles squeaked like crazy on the polished concrete at work no matter how carefully I tread.  I liked the shoes so much I simply stopped wearing them to work.  The big problem relates to the inner soles: there seem to be pockets that trap air.  If I step slowly, there is a sigh of air escaping. The harder and faster I step, the higher-pitched the squeak.

I wore socks and the shoes never got wet. The shoes were worn regularly for several weeks in hopes the problem would go away but it did not. The left shoe wass especially bad as you could push hard with your fingers and get the squeak. I never had this issue with the Sperrys I bought in the 1980s-90s so am unsure how widespread the issue is, though I have read similar complaints on various websites.  (NOTE: I had bought from a non-Amazon supplier.).