I have a hard time finding shoes. I need simple, thin full-length orthotics and a small lift under my right heel to help deal with chronic pain. These shoes are deep enough to accomodate the corrective measures (this is what makes shoe-finding hardest), stable when walking, light, durable, and offer good traction on road, gravel, packed snow, and grass, and they seem to be living up to water resistance. I feel relief when putting them on and have a much longer period of activity than with other shoes. I have had them for about four months and used them usually only for walking and traveling, and they are wearing well. Definitely recommend.