First, these are not a semi-chuka design, as the photo suggests.  No big deal to me, but they are shaped like a normal mocassin.

The problem is the fit.  They are loose in the heel and tight in the toe.  I bought one to one-and-a-half (different sized feet) over size after reading the reviews, and they are oddly enough, tighter in the toe area of my smaller foot than on my larger (right) foot, and they flop around on my heels like shower togs.  When I walk in them I make two footsteps per foot - the loose heels hit first and then my toes clack down.

They are warm.  I can walk in the dew-soaked grass without getting wet feet.  They are well enough constructed... But can't someone please send the Chinese true North American lasts?  Even British lasts?  Everything manufactured in China, from shoes to socks to slippers, are just stupidly and terribly inconsistently sized.

You see a lot of folks complaining about Chinese-made goods.  I'm going to join the chorus here: it's not that the products are poorly made, it's that they are poorly made AND don't cost us less.

You just want to get what you pay for.

I could not recommend these to anyone, even if I didn't like the person.