These boots are nice.  Before I placed the order, I went to a store to check out several brands.  I liked Chooka the most.  I noticed that their sizes are smaller than that of other brands.  I'm size 8.5, and I could easily put on size 8 of the other brands, but Chooka was a little too tight.  So I placed an order for size 9, since they don't have half sizes, and it is a little too big.