I've been a New Balance fan for easily 20 years. Sadly their quality continues to waiver in my opinion. You can no longer assume that the size you have worn over the years will be close in fit. Now I realize they offer their lower end product to compete and you might expect deviation there but Im speaking of their higher end series shoes.
So do not expect these to come in as a typical 4E width. They fit much tighter and are very stiff. The quality control is just not in place on their imported products. This would not make a good walking shoe.
I made the mistake of hoping they might loosen up a bit and of course they did not. I should have known better.
It was an expensive mistake.