I love the material of these socks, but the elastic band at the top is just way too tight around the calf.  It's almost like these were made for people with incredibly skinny calves.  If that's you, you'll probably like these socks.  But for the rest of us with a little meat (and I'm not talking about a lot -- just your average-sized calves) these socks are too constricting at the top to be comfortable.