I am planning a trip to a cold place and decided I would need boots to use while up north and they would also need to incorporate a steel toe. Since I would use them only occasionally I bought an inexpensive pair from Walmart but they were just that and had to return them. I found these and tried them on and they feel great, look good and go on easily. The true test will be in a few weeks but so far so good. Maybe they'll be a 5 star rating then.