These boots are very comfortable, durable, easy to maintain, keep out water, and keep my feet safe. They've survived hundreds of miles while biking and many miles while walking as well. My one and only complaint of them is that they do not come in wide sizes, and as such I had to move up a size to have them fit correctly. This meant they were extremely loose on my feet until I got some thick inserts to keep my feet snug, now they barely move at all (sorry I can't find the brand, but they were yellow, made for work boots, and I bought them at sound feet shoes in NC). I have no real complaints about these other than that one sizing issue, but I have yet to see how they handle the cold (though double-layering socks usually mitigates that anyway.) They've stood up to my fairly relentless abuse (kicking stairs sometimes as I walk up them, getting wet, getting muddy, getting them dirty) and I can clean/polish them in 30 minutes to then have them look good enough for a formal event.