I bought these boots based on the glowing reviews, especially wrt their comfort. The comfort was decent but not nearly as good as some reviewers would lead you to believe. Also, they didn't hold up as well as I would have expected and about 1 inch of the seam on the front toe of the shoe unraveled in less than a year under light to medium use. Replaced these with a par of Hi-Tec boots at half the price and they are definately more comfortable and built much better.