I can wear my shoes for 20 hour stretches, so they need to be comfortable.  These shoes fit the bill.  I had spent a couple hours at the mall shoe shopping, and 80% of the shoes pinched my feet between the tongue and the toes or dug into my heel.  The pair I bought had to be returned after a day of walking because they developed a problem in the heel.  After wearing these Rockports for a couple days almost nonstop, they have none of those problems.  I was very nervous at first about buying shoes online because of the hassle of returning them, but it's tough to go wrong with this pair of Rockports.  The only thing I would improve is making the insert a little more cushioned, but it's not a big deal.