These shoes are comfortable, breathe, and good for comfortable casual wear. They wear for a surprisingly long time and the uppers, even though the soles are almost smooth, continue to look great.There seems to be several variations (brands) that are essentially the same shoe.There are two downsides. The first is that there is a round "suction cup" on the heel of each shoe that causes a "plop, plop" sound on every step on smooth surfaces unless you cut a notch in it. The second is that they are VERY slippery on wet smooth surfaces - included painted lines in parking lots.I'll probably buy another pair after these wear out.