Yet another pair of New Balance shoes that give me blisters.  I'm always hopeful that I'll find something in the New Balance line, as I have a wide foot (7.5EE), and there are not many shoe vendors out there that stock for me.  I have purchased a number of New Balance shoes over the last 10 years and I have the same problem, ultimately.  The heel of the shoe rubs against the back of my foot and gives me blisters.  Not sure what is happening in shoe design with the company, but it's extremely painful.  The way the heel curves back in toward the ankle is not a great design and makes for a painful walk.  I wore these for less than 30 minutes this morning and had blisters on both heels.