When I unpacked and inspected the shoes, I was immediately impressed with the design and quality of the shoes. I put on a clean pair of white socks that I usually wear when I walk and tried them on the carpet in our bedroom. The fit and feel was fine except for one thing: they were too long, longer than the very wide size 10 shoes I was wearing. I've encountered this problem before where one manufacturer's size 10 differed from another, sometimes I could get by with it. But since I will be using these shoes for long walks, I prefer to swap them for the next smaller size 9&1/2 XX. I repackaged them as soon as they arrived and it doesn't look like they were even tried on. I really appreciate getting the right size.