They smell like cheap glue but they aren't the most awful converse knock offs I have ever had.  At least the glue isn't smeared all yellow over the show.  They are put together pretty well.  I wore them to walk today and have some pretty bad blisters from the narrow toe box.  I have a narrow foot so the rest of the shoe fits but these won't work for regular or wide width folk.  Also, I normally wear an 8.5 but ordered a 9 and they are still just a smidge too small.  Good enough for 10 bucks though.