This is a great shoe for me because it has stabilizers built in to prevent my feet from twisting. It is fairly comfortable the first day of wearing, but took several days to stretch out to my feet. I always need to put an orthotic high arch foot support in any shoe that I buy because I have bad feet, and this shoe is no different, but it was easy to take out the ASICS inserts and put some Sof Sole Airr Orthotic Performance Insoles int them. Some have stitched in or glued inserts that are difficult to remove and add your own. When using Amazon's Shoe sizer, it recommended a half size smaller and I am glad that I went with my normal size. Since shoes fit different for every one, I can't give a blanket go and buy. All that I can say is that ASICS brand has been the brand that seems to work best for me and these were no exception to that rule.