Not a good purchase at all.  The size runs large, the quality is just fair for the price and to top it off, I saw the exact same boot in the same exact box at a shop in Chinatown, NYC for 25$ less than what I paid. ! I had already returned mine but I was doubly glad when I saw them so drastically reduced. They were way too soft to stay up on your leg, and beware ladies--if you even have average size calf's, these boots will not fit!  I have never had a problem with zipping boots before, haven't considered myself to have large calf's and when I couldn't zip these without pinching my skin, I knew I had to give them the"boot!"