Right off the bat, I am keeping these boots. I'm currently in NH in middle of a wet, snowy winter. Many of the reviews are right on about the pluses and minuses of these boots. Pluses: comfy, runs roomy and very stylish. Minuses: two major ones: as many have stated these are pain to take on and off as the insulating layer keeps coming out and is very very hard to just slip on. If you lack patience these aren't for you. Sorel needs to figure this out as you don't need to put on and off like this with the bulkier Caribou boots. Another major miss is that these are no way rated for -40 degrees. Not sure how they determine that and what layers you're supposed to have, but with regular socks, in NH winter, in my car, my feet get cold and I normally don't get cold feet (huh). Again, keeping them but they do have two major flaws.