I love Eastland shoes and I love this style.  The thing is, I only had these shoes for about two weeks when the soles split on both shoes at the same location....right at the ball of my foot.  Rather than going through the hassle of returning the shoes, I continue to wear them periodically and they are still together.  Other than the disappointment of the soles splitting, they are great shoes.  If they had not held together the rating would have been a 1.