I bought these shoes for my husband. What he noticed right away was how heavy the shoes are; his comment--I feel like I'm wearing Frankenstein shoes. They are also a little stiff but he feels they will hopefully relax with wear. His overall opinion is that he likes them okay. So far, he doesn't wear them all day and carries a change of shoes for when he does use them. We bought them because they are steel toed but don't look like a steel toed shoe. He does sometimes need the protection of the steel toe so they will work.