I'm a huge fan of Salomon shoes...I have four pairs of them to date and this was my 5th.  Unfortunately this shoe just didn't measure up to the others.  I have high arches and I'm a pronator so I require a good amount of arch support in my shoes.  The Salomon Crossmax Guidance and the Mission XR both have fantastic arch support, so I figured that these would as well.  I was wrong.  Instead of a nice sloping arch support, there was a little bump.  It feels weird when I first put the shoes on, and it feels uncomfortable the more I wear them.  It's like the arch support is situated too far back, in addition to being too small.  These shoes also run ridiculously huge.  I wear a 6.5 in everything Salomon, and I should have gotten a 6 in these.  The first time I wore these out I returned with horrible blisters on my heels.  I'm not sure if it's because they might be a bit big, or if it's because the back of these shoes comes up a lot higher than the others and it seems to be stiffer and have less padding.  I'm glad I got these at more than 50% off, as I have to keep them now that I've worn them outside.  I guess the'll just be "bum around" shoes from here on out.