I find them to be quite heavy and clunky and I prefer lighter shoes or whatever they are called. But that's not the fault of the shoe itself, it's clearly a different style of shoe. But I feel like it's pretty thick and inflexible and I don't like it. I think the shoes need a certain amount of flexibility and these don't offer that to me. There just aren't many options for this shoe size, and at least they come in one size. I wish they started smaller, I really needed 7-7.5 but they start at 8. It doesn't matter if I wear socks though. The width fits perfectly. They are fairly new so there is no information on how they are holding up.