I have been wearing ECCO Gore Tex walking shoes for many many years (now on my 5th pair). The shoes had been very comfortable and a pleasure to wear, but I and am sad to report that the styling and quality of the shoes has been declining with each purchase. My most recent purchase ("dyneema" with GoreTex surround) is very disappointing. This shoe has no "tongue", making it impossible to put on the shoe unless you have access to a shoe horn. Even with a shoe horn, ECCO's new tongue-less shoes are a struggle to put on: the logic of not having a mobile tongue in the shoe eludes me. The ECCO quality control has declined: after just a couple months of wear the shoe laces have torn through the relatively flimsy fabric supporting them, so that the shoe (once I struggle to put it on) cannot be properly tied. I will no longer recommend ECCO as my "go to" shoe brand.