Before trying these boots on I really liked them, even though the color was a lot darker brown than what is pictured. I like that there is a zipper as well as laces, so they fit nicely with jeans tucked in or left out. However, every time I used the zipper, both up and down, it got stuck. (On both boots) Fiddling with the zipper so much made me feel like I was going to break it.

There is also a little flap of material inside the boot at the bottom of the zipper that bunches up when the zipper is closed. This, along with the rigid material of the boots,  pushed into my ankles and made walking just up and down my hallway painful. I do not have wide ankles (the boots were actually a little loose around my ankles) so the problem wasn't due to tightness.

It was a pretty easy decision to return the boots, which is disappointing because I like the look of them so much, but it's not worth walking in pain.