I bought the dark brown ones a few months ago - I love wearing them.

I haven't found nice boots that look like this in black, so I bought black ones a day ago, here on Amazon.

A few people are saying that the sizing is off - its true - so, to help future buyers i'd like to just compare my first pair, which are a size 7.5M.

I don't have a ruler, but i do have an envelope. Everybody gets mail, so you can try this with any of your own shoes to measure the difference.

First, Get a regular white envelope, fold it in half (longwise), and fold it again (the same way).

I placed one side against the edge of the heel. The length of my Timberlands (7.5M) were about 5 folds long of the white envelope, with just a regular pencils width to spare.

When i do the envelope test on my other shoes (sneakers, skate shoes, boat shoes, dress shoes) they are all approximately 5 folds of the white envelope in lenght.

These boots are thinner then skate and sports shoes, so the fit is like dress shoes, there's no stuffin on the inside.

If they fit a bit big, go out and buy some thick socks. Maybe you will have to wear two pairs of socks to really get that sneakers snug fit. But at least you will have the length of boot as your shoes so that you don't look like you have small feet when you wear them.

One more thing, if you notice the pics of these boots, there's a lift on the toe, ...FYI, its not the pic. These boots by design have that lift. (i really hate it) but it sorta decreases after wear.