Bought these for my boyfriend for Christmas, he was looking for black slip ons, and gave me the job of picking them out. I was worries he wouldn't like the look of them because he's only 24 and is the kinda guy that wears sweatpants every day, he just wanted slip ons cause he's lazy. I read a bunch of reviews and decided on these. He really likes them, and was really happy with them. He said it was hard to get his foot into them right away, because there is padding around the heel and top, but we both figure that it will smoosh down after wearing them for awhile.. So they are stylish, comfortable with lots of padding, as far as I know they do pretty good on the ice, and they are made out of nice leather.