This shoe was acceptable.  Not near as good a feel as the 609's that I previously had that they no longer make, but hopefully they will do and last as long as the 609's.  I have read other reviews of Newbalance in general and it sounds like quality has decreased since I bought the 2-pair of 609's almost 5 years ago.  They wore like iron and were very comfortable.  While my initial review as acceptable, in the recent past I discovered that Newbalance had simply glued a tred that is a little over 1/8th inch thick to the bottom of the shoe.  This tred is also a two piece tred and it can and does come loose.  Since I have junked the 609's that served me well for years I cannot look at them to see if they also had a glued tred.  In any case I am very disappointed in the 411'S and would not recommend that anyone buy them.  My initial review of 4 stars has been reduced to 1 star.  New Balance should look at this approach to selling cheap, low quality shoes that fall apart and determine if the loss in customers that will occur for making a poor produce is what they want to achieve as a company.