This is my 5th or 6th pair of Danner boots.  They have all been uniformly comfortably and fit very well.  These, however, are snug- perhaps too small.  Because I wear a 12, and Danner doesn't make a 12.5, I opted to keep these in the (usually fruitless) hope they would "stretch", or somehow come to fit properly.  Still working on that, so I can't adequately address any aspect of the boots other than size.