The shoes are comfortable and my feet feel great with healthy toes after long walks. However, these boots use lace hooks, which means they're not good for anything other than walking on fairly flat ground. When you're running or climbing a steep climb, don't trip and fall if the laces of one shoe get caught on the lace hooks of the other shoe. Even if you tuck your laces in, they might work like we do, or if you use zippered laces, it might still happen. The grommets and loops work great, but I'm guessing Altra saves about $0.05 on shoes by misdesigning them.