I bought these because for years I heard about how comfortable Rockports were. I was throughly disappointed in these. They are way below average in comfort. As for looks, there is something very cheap looking about the leather. It looks like someone took a wire brush to it. You can see this a little in the picture, but in person it is much more pronounced.

I have had these for a year now and wanted to update my review. After several months of wear they actually looked better. the wire brush marks disappeared and they began to look like the picture. They also became more comfortable. I also increased the stars from 2 to 3.