I was very please when I put these boots on. Very comfortable right out of the box. Enough toe room to keep me from bring uncomfortable when going down hill. Good ankle support. Waterproof, I can vouch for that. But these were a bit on the wide side. The ball of my feet and my toes were thankful, but my heels took a real beating. After the second hike in as many weeks, covering only 12 miles, thankfully it was a loop, I had blisters the size of my thumb on the outside edge of both heels. That was 3 weeks ago. They are only just now healing. If you have even SLIGHTLY narrower feet, do not use these boots. They look great and feel great right up till the time when you really need them to do their job.

My wife picked these up for me without me knowing till they showed. I'm a pretty picky shoe buyer and like to try before I buy cuze I have a high instep that doesn't allow me to properly tighten some boots I've tried. And let's face it, if your feet ain't happy then you ain't happy. Anyway I was pleasantly surprised when I tried them on, no problems! Great fit right out of the box. They say you should go a half size bigger for hiking but these are my regular size so I don't think it's necessary with these as I think they might run a little big. The traction is awsome and very aggressive, went backpacking for a weekend over labor day with the fam and the trial went from flat to probly a 45+ degree up hill with switch backs occosionally and they gripped the whole way up. There was also a lot of granite ruble and rocks up there and water and mud and I put them through the paces and they held up just fine. Did I mention that it snowed 4" the night before we had to hike out and back down the mountain? Well it did, I was then thankfull for the little bit of insulation they have, other wise I couldn't tell that they were any warmer than any other non-insulated boot in the warmer weather. They got pretty wet on the way out but my feet stayed dry even even after wading across the couple of streams and hiking through the snow as it was melting. I would recomend that you treat the leather before any serious water abuse as my leather got a little water stained by the end of the trip cuze I forgot to treat before the trip. Otherwise they still look new.
Bottom line. I think these boots are great and would definatly recomend.

I wore these boots for a week in NYC through rain, ice, snow, and temps in the teens. I was very happy with the boots and would recommend as cold weather hikers. They do run a size big though.