I've only had these shoes a few days but find them to be a great buy.  Very comfortable from the moment I put them on.  Needed no break in period.  Took them on a nine mile hike the second day with no problem.  Cons: As always with New Balance you need to go up a size and perhaps a size wider too.  If you do this you won't have any problems.  I'm normally a 10.5 2E wide.  For these I bought size 11 and 4E, probably 2E would have been fine but with NB it's best to err on the side of a bit larger size.  Also I don't find the shoes especially attractive.  They looked better on my screen than they do in person.  But a good, comfortable walking shoe nonetheless.  I would definitely buy again.