Bear with me...I've been wearing 8.5D - Danner Striker boots for awhile now. When I started wearing them they were great quality boots. Then they started cheapin' out...got another pair that were ok but noticeably different than what they used to be (the ones with the crappy eyelets/sole problems). Now Danner seems to have just done away with the Striker and started making Bates/Magnum 'quality' junk but still charging Danner prices. It's a shame what Danner is putting their name on these days. The reason I say this is that these Acadia style boots are the duty boots that seem to have maintained some semblance of quality. They tend to run narrow and the sizing is nothing like the Strikers. I went tried several sizes down to a 6.5EE, but sent them all back and decided to stick with the Strikers (my feet just don't accomodate them well). Also, based on others that have them, the bigger sizes you get into the less discrepancy there is. If you can figure out your size, then these are great boots. They are constructed well using quality materials. Outside of Amazon, they will run close to $300 (referring to the Acadia, not the more expensive Recon)...even though they are great boots, the price has skyrocketed and gotten a little ridiculous over the years.