the last pair of shoes I bought online, another brand, was too loose. This pair is a little cozy. The shoes appear to be well made. They're comfortable enough for running and light exercise, so now I just hope the durability is enough to give them four stars. Update: I downgraded them from 4 to 1 star after my second workout. The rear heel grip area does not have any padding at all and started cutting into my heel quite hard causing bleeding. And that after two training sessions. I don't think it would take too long to add enough padding to avoid this problem. Looking at all my other shoes they all have some kind of padding on the back of the heel to prevent this.