I bought these shoes after unsuccessfully finding Puma Soleil's in my desired color scheme. I've had them over a month, and I am thrilled with these shoes! I read a lot of reviews about Puma's and I don't think I have had any of the problems I read about in other shoes. I have fairly narrow feet, but my toes have some wiggle room without the whole shoe feeling like a canoe on my foot. The size was very accurate and the quality seems just fine. Some folks griped about the wide, flat laces, but they are holding up great and and they're perfect if you're the kind of person to just tuck your laces in your shoe in a hurry. The problem I can think of is that the top of the back may wear on your achilles tendon at first, but once broken in I didn't notice it.