I bought these boots and have been buying zip boots like these for over five years. I love the fact that I can just zip up and go. With this brand of boots, now I have to zip, lace, and tie these boots because of a design flaw. The top two lacing points do not have eyelets but cheap hooks. When you unzip, the boots become unlaced from the looseness created when you unzip.<br /><br />These boots have the potential of being great boots but now I have to zip, lace and tie. This defeats the whole purpose of buying zip up boots to avoid having to lace up and tie your boots. The person that designed these boots obviously never wore them to understand this issue I have described.