The hooks for the top two laces is a huge negative for these boots. These are low top boots. I drive a lot and I like to unzip my boots while driving. When I do this, the lacing comes away from the hooks.<br /><br />Since I have worn these boots for a few weeks now, just to get some use out of them, I have a more experienced opinion of these boot and I have lowered my rating to one star from two stars.<br /><br />I had to buy arch supports for these boots because they are totally devoid any arch support. By having to do this, it is now very hard to get these boots on and off. I laced the boots tighter to keep them from coming unlaced. That tighter lacing and now the arch supports make it really a hard effort to get these boots on.<br /><br />If I could loosen the laces, I could get these boots on and off more easily. The bad design of having hook lacing makes these boots not worth even trying to get some use out of them. I wasted my money......PERIOD!<br /><br />Sorry, I have to find another brand that does not have the hooks.