I work on my feet 10 hours a day 4 days a week, wearing a pedometer it's about 8-10 miles of walking a day.  I have tried numerous brands and styles of shoes to help ease the pain of tired achy feel after a long day of work.  I have tried the Dr Scholl's pricey shoe inserts, mind you they seem to help but after the shoe wears out (about 3 months give or take) the inserts don't matter.  I go through a part of shoes about every 3 months, some brands less.  When I tried these for the first time I felt the difference.  My feet aren't as tired and achy.  I do not wear the inserts in these shoes, they are not needed to feel the difference so I am not lifted in my shoe like they are if I I was to wear them.  Although I can not honestly say they last longer than any other pair of shoes, but less painful feet are happy feet.  The tread wears about the same as all the shoes I have tried, some of the nubs on the bottom have broken off and the lining has started to come apart.  BUT, like I stated before all my shoes last about the same amount of time.  I'm assuming that when they test the shoes they don't test them continuously for months at a time.  I do not expect magic.  I do not use these shoes for running so I can not state on that.  But as an everyday-always-on-your-feet shoe, I love them.  And they are stylish too.  I have now purchased my second pair because my first are wearing out.  I hope these will be around awhile, not looking forward to work shoe shopping now that I found these.