I ordered and received these boots this Saturday(11/10/12).  I was so glad they came in good time.  I have terrible pain in my right foot and the foot dr. has asked me to wear the big-fat boot (quite a huge inconvenience).  Since I can't drive with the big boot, I needed shoes that can still give me ample support so I don't have to wear that boot all the time.  These boots have the support, you can feel the layers of good support when you walk in them.  I'd love to give them five stars but I can't.  I wore them Sat, Sun and Monday -- every time I wear them (even with the zipper, they are pretty rough getting in). I'm not old, I'm only 30 and I do not have arthritis or anything crazy to make it difficult to get in these boots.  If you know you might have issues with your hands, you may need to reconsider buying these boots.  Secondly, these boots get mighty hot.  So if you think you might have some issues with getting too warm, this is probably not the shoe for you.  I do have to say though that they are still much better than the FitFlops I'm wearing today (The Superboot).  Tried wearing these for 20min. this morning.  The right foot gets in just fine, but had to fight with the left foot and just as I was deciding to ship back, my foot finally went in.  Are these Fitflops not made the same size?!  Uggghh!  I have them on at work, got too warm, had to take them off and now I can't get the left boot back in.  I hope I'm able to get it back on before it's time to leave at 4pm. I am usually a size 7 1/2 but had to order the 8.  The boot has plenty of room in the front of the shoe, just toooo narrow where the actual foot goes in.  What the heck?

My take--the person who designed this SHOULD have done more "trial studies" for the audience of these boots".  I wanted to give the boots a chance (inspite the reviews that said it was hard to wear).  These are SUCH nice boots/TOOO expensive to have such an issue in my opinion.  I wanted to like them, but sadly -- I'm sending them back.