The only thing holding back a 5 star - Nothing is perfect but these boots come as close as I can get as far as out of the box comfort and fit although I did add a sheep-skin insole which filled out the boot to my liking. Plastic zippers opposed to steel, are sticky in some spots but you can do a little W-D on'em and it helps or go to the 'Old' school route and use some bar soap and that usually takes care of the problem --- unless it rains? -- For an inexpensive seasonal boot that will fit inside the pant leg of some of my slimmer jeans, I recommend these. Unless they Explode somewhere.