These boots are cheap. In every sense.The soles have NO traction in water or oil. The leather is thin, and easily damaged. Strangely, even with the vents, these boots trap sweat - they barely breathe at all.The insoles they shipped with literally disintegrated within 3 days of use. As in they deteriorated into scraps.The "Combat S.W.A.T." labels fell off the boot tongues the first day I wore them, and the labels on the soles came off today, two weeks after purchase.The grommets for the laces keeSee full review