These shoes are amazing.  I tried so many, including many New Balance shoes, before I settled on these.

2 awesome things:

1) The toe box is ACTUALLY big enough for me.  My feet are very wide at that point, and my little toe always rubs, develops callouses and wears holes in my shoes. OUCH! With these shoes, I'll still get a bit of rubbing pain after a lot of walking, and there's a bit of wear on the inside of the shoe, but not very much.

2) They are the only shoe I've been able to wear without my orthotics (flat feet!).  The arch support is so fantastic in these shoes that I do not need the orthotic, and I also CAN'T use it because then the arch is too high.

However- I'm in my 20s, and they look a bit old lady-ish, but I have them in black and wear them at work and they're fine.  Cute? No, but I value comfort over appearance any day.  If you don't want something wide and clunky, keep searching.  All the cross trainers I tried looked much more sleek and "sneaker like" these are totally wide old person walking shoes, but they feel SO GOOD.

Finally, I'm very disappointed.  I've had the shoes 10 months and walked outside in the slush this morning and discovered a giant hole in my shoe!  I first assumed that they had come apart where the leather is adhered to the sole, but upon inspection, there's actually a big gash in the shoe. I have NO idea how it happened.  I don't know if it somehow was cut on something, or if it had something to do with the construction, but it's pretty much ripped over an inch right at the top of the sole by my big toe.  Seventy bucks and only having them for 10 months is not sitting well with me.  I'm unsure if I will purchase these shoes again since they are so expensive.  They are really comfortable, but at the same time I had a pair of Dr. Scholls from wally world that lasted me 3 times as long before they completely fell apart and they were less than 30% the price of these.