I needed some good shoes for winter, ones that wouldn't be effected by slushy/wintery conditions. Picked these up because of the Keen reputation I've heard so much about and the look of the shoes themselves, which I think is great.

First month was alright, the shoe doesn't have a lot of support as other reviewers have stated, but it hasn't bothered me too much. My problem was with the heel, which ripped close to the seam. I didn't notice what caused it, but upon looking at it closer, the interior material has begun to fray and the leather itself had ripped, not the seam which I had originally thought.

I'm not sure if mine had some kind of factory defect or what. I'm going to contact Keen and see if they'll fix it. If not my plan is to overlap the top of the heel with a piece of leather and stitch it over top of the rip, thus giving the entire heel more strength and hopefully preventing future rips.

I'll try to provide an update (and picture) in any event.
Right now I can't really recommend these shoes, even though I would like to.

**Update** 1/27/2013
Keen responded to my email and credited me so that I was able to order a replacement pair of shoes from their online store.
After all was said and done, I ended up with 2 pairs of the Timmons which is pretty cool. I'm still going to try and repair the first pair. The fact that Keen just gave me a credit rather than repairing them was a little concerning, and makes me worry about the overall quality of Keen products.
Time will tell.