Many reviews commented on how light these are, but my first thought taking them out of the box was "Jeeze, these things weigh a ton". And all of it coming, of course from the toe area.

My fault, I guess, since me changing jobs created a need for me to wear steel toes for the very first time and I guess heavy or light is relative to what someone is used to.

The rest of the boot appears to be a fairly high quality hiking style boot that looks GREAT and is very comfortable right out of the box. I do think, though, that Wolverine might had made a better choice if they had used a composite safety toe, instead of steel, because I think the resulting platform would have better balance overall.

Speaking of the hiking design, it does look and feel great, but I wouldn't use them for that purpose, as one review commented on. Everything I've ever read or heard about steel toes in hiking boots says that they conduct the cold and are miserable in cold weather, but as I said, this is my first experience with steel toes. Just repeating what others have shared with me.

But heavy or not, I do like these and am very happy with my purchase.