My boyfriend has had these brown Laredo boots for like, a decade, and the heels are finally becoming worn down and falling off. After ten years of every, every day use. So I decided I was going to buy him another pair of the same brand. Guess what? The only reason I returned these boots (which were exactly as promised by the seller) is because he went and got himself the EXACT same pair before the ones i ordered came in the mail. These boots must be good.