I owned the first version of the Eclispe (the dark green) and they were literally the most comfortable shoes Ive ever worn! even more so than my nike trainers. There was no break-in period, they were just awesome straight out of the box. I bought these (V3) thinking they would have improved on that already awesome platform, instead they have ruined them. These were hard, clunky, heavy and the sole was very inflexible! They are well made as I would expect from Garmont but I couldn't imagine walking or especially running in these! Terrible work Garmont, you ruined something great!