When I first got these shoes I was really concerned about the fit. They were correctly sized but fet really tight on the sides. I have never had good luck with shoes wearing in to become comfortable when starting out with them this tight. I literally thought I would be running home mid-day to change my shoes but tried it anyway. It worked. They felt tight most of the morning but gradually loosened up. I wear them everday(about a month now) and don't even have to think about the fit. They have great traction and ventilation so no complaints about that. The only issue is the lace eyes.(zoom in if you can) Notice that they resemble webbing material. Since the strings are kind of short that come with the shoes they easily come out of the eye and are tedious to get re-laced. Yeah, yeah I can buy longer laces but regardless, i've already decided that these shoes have a poor design for lacing eyes and I suspect that next issue will be either the eyes will cut the laces or the laces will be cutting the eyes. Granted this is still speculation, but I still expect this will be a problem.  However it shakes out if I manage to get a year out of these I'd say they were worth the money. Normally I buy either Redwings or Wolverines which are generally twice the cost but the look and the price got me to try these out this time. If they start falling apart on me in less than a year it'll be back to the tried and true.