Took me awhile to realize how well they fit. At first I thought they were too small, but I love SAS shoes, and I'd recently bought another pair of leather shoes, so I only wear these every other day. The other pair, bought less than a month ago, were comfortable right away. These  probably because they're different  took a couple weeks. But they have that arch to support my sagging, aging feet, and now, a couple weeks after I thought I wanted to return them, I like them much more. I still wish they didn't have those strings. Over the years, I've got used to SAS' wonderful Velcro straps, and pulling these goofy strings took me some time to get used to again. But I'm settling into them now.