Immediately one notices that these shoes are somewhat cheaply made. Not the worst things I've ever seen, but sure a heck not worth the price these cost. I'd really only uy them from someplace like Payless (for an equivalent price).

Then there's the problem with their sizing. The 5E isn't even CLOSE to a 5E, they're just regular wides. And then the fact that the length is more like the length of basketball shoes (the size 11's are as long as my mate's size 13 boots). I realize this is more the fault of a lack of standardized sizing than anything else, but it is also just a bit ridiculous. Mostly, anyone who is going to sell something as 5E -- given that anyone who would buy them is doing so because they HAVE to -- should sell a bleeding 5E shoe.

Still, my primary concern is that these shoes wouldn't have lasted 3 weeks on the trail even if they had fit - so as annoyed as I am with them being painfully wrong about their shoe sizes, I can't be too mad, I couldn't have kept these anyway because they just aren't very good.