I have wide feet and always have trouble with finding comfortable shoes, let alone hiking boots. These Propet boots were completely comfortable right out of the box. I had very little breaking in time before leaving on vacation (that included lots of hiking) so I'm very pleased that no breaking in was really needed. These boots stood up to treks in Death Valley and Yosemite alike, with no problems! I bought them to hike in but will be wearing them for much more than that . .  just too comfortable.