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4.5
Wore these for 10 hours delivering mail on a very rainy day.PROS:Great fit. Kept my feet nice and warm and dry! The two crossovers shoelace buckles reduced the pressure on my ankle. Didn't slip once all day, and I walked through puddles, grass and mud. Very comfortable, especially for wide feet.CONS:If there's a gap between your toes and the upper inside of the shoe, it tends to flex the rubber down into tour toe knuckle. After hours of use, the constant pinching/poking of the rubber caused a lot of toe pain, and my feet, at the toes was swollen from the pounding all day. Secondly, the I sole needs work. I'm sure it'd be great if replaced, but it's a pain. I wore them around the house for 20 minutes to make sure they'd be food for work, then used them the next day. The heel of the insole worked well enough, but, after almost 1.5 hours, I notice my heels were sinking into a notch of some sort, and both feet were affected. As these were the only footwear I had in the field, I had to keep going, but could feel the depression getting deeper. At the end of the day, I removed the boots to inspect them and the damage to my feet. Both feet had large rectangular blisters at the heels which matched the 1"×2" 2mm depression at the heel of the insole.Of using two layers of socks, the issues I had MIGHT not occur. However, you'd then be dealing with a very tight fit. If these boots hadn't pinched my toes all day, and if I replaced the insole with a thicker, gel type, insole, I would keep them.For the price, they're an excellent buy!
