I am a technician by trade and have been wearing boots for nearly 30 years, some cheap some really good boots usually when I could afford it I bought Red Wings. In this current economy I really can't afford the Red Wings so I decided after reading the reviews on these boots to give them a try.
We are getting ready for a week long hiking trip so I needed some waterproof boots for the hike thought if I got these a couple weeks ahead of time they would be broke in and ready.
First the positive these boots appear to be well put together nice looking boots. The foot bed is comfortable and the water proofing as best I can tell in a short time is good. I will agree with the other comments they are probably not good hot weather boots. I believe this is due to the tight water proofing, maybe not as breathable as some non water proof shoes, but hey thats the
trade off for good water proof.
One note about size, these boots seem to me to be correctly sized order whatever size you normally wear and they should fit at least that's my experience.

 For the negative these boots are very stiff, the uppers are hard, the leather very stiff. I don't get how some of the reviews can say they where comfortable out of the box, I have been trying for a week to get them broke in there starting to get a little looser but honestly I feel like the leather on these boots would crack before it will soften, we will see.

Update: after slathering mink oil on and wearing them every day the uppers are finally starting to feel  much better, I am
changing the rating and removing some negative comments I first had. A side note on the mink oil is the boots obviously totally
change color from light brown/buckskin to dark brown, fine with me I don't care I would rather have them a little softer.

2/1/16 Update
I had to buy a new pair, the soles separated from the leather and they started leaking water in. I still like these boots I wore them a lot, I would still be wearing them had the glue not let loose. Over all that's the biggest negative on the boots that I have experienced.