I have never purchased shoes/boots before online so I was skeptical at first. But, I am happy to say that I love these boots. Here are the pros and cons and why:

Pros: I purchased these on Monday, November 26 and received them on Thursday, November 29 (and I picked the free standard shipping - so I thought this was super quick for free shipping).

I have wide feet and I LOVE the fact that these fit comfortably. Also, I love the fact that after I loosen the shoe strings, put the boots on, then tie them up again, I can leave them tied going forward and just use the zippered sides to put these on and take them off. With having three kids, it's nice to know I don't have to fart around with lacing these up each time I want to put them on and go. I just have to unzip and zip then I'm out the door. Nice.

I have fatter calves (as I'm a plus-sized girl) but yet these fit very nicely. Again, having never ordered shoes/boots online before, I was skeptical and extremely concerned that these would be too tight for my feet/legs but I am happily surprised to know that these fit - and fit well. Most of the times when I try on regular sized boots in the stores, they are too tight for my feet. But these aren't, once I loosened the shoe strings and then tightened them to fit my feet.

There is faux fir on the inside of these boots to keep my feet warm. Also, it is nice because the insides of the boots are not scratchy or hard against my feet and legs. I am moving to a colder climate next month and am pleased to know these will provide an added degree of warmth and comfort for my feet.

The materials used to make these boots are not cheap, even though the boots are rather inexpensive. So far they appear to be really well made and I can believe that they will hold up nicely (but I will edit my review later if they start to fall apart or something).

Cons: Not sure if this is a con or not, but there is a lot of room in these boots by the toes. I'm used to boots being very constricting on the toes when I wear them, but these do not have this problem. I haven't worn them for long periods yet, so I'm not sure if I'm going to be bothered by this detail or not, but I'm hoping this will end up being a pro (because there is more than enough wiggle room for my tootsies).

I wear either an 8 or 8.5 shoe size normally. I purchased the 8.5 and these fit perfectly.

I would recommend them to anyone interested in some nice, well-made, combat boots for women.