I've been wearing the same pair of these shoes for about a year and a half (as my primary shoes... it's very rare for me to go a single day without wearing these), and they're pretty good.  I've bought a similar style shoe for something like 15 years now and have cycled through a number of different brands.  For the most part, this one is a lot better than the cheaper versions I've worn.

The exterior leather is nice, and they don't scuff up.  This was a problem with my other shoes; the big rounded toe woudl wind up with all sorts of ugly marks on it that I'd have to take a black marker to.  These however, only look a little weathered after 1.5 years.  I just bought my second pair of these, and now that I look closely at my old, worn out pair I don't think they're ready to be tossed out yet-- they just need to be cleaned up and they're otherwise still going strong.  They're comfortable right out of the box and I have no complaints in terms of the support.

I really don't care for the zipper pocket, even though I've liked this feature on other shoes I've owned.  the problem is that while the zipper compartment is functional, there's no actual "pocket" separating it from the rest of the shoe.  So if you do use it, you'll have to be careful you don't 'lose' the item and have to cut your shoe apart to get it back out again.

My other big complaint is the construction of the heel counter and collar-- (I don't know shoe terms well, but the part at the very back of the shoe).  I can be lazy and sometimes throw my shoes on in a hurry, which can bend the heel counter.  I only had these a month and the interior construction got permanently bent in half.  I had to cut the shoe open, and remove all the cheap cardboard junk inside (worse than ohter shoes I've had).  So that was annoying, but I do recognize you're supposed to *actually* untie your shoes, and this won't happen.

I've bought these for $35 ($25 when you count coupons), and if I'd paid 60 I would be disappointed.