This was an awesome boot and wish I had another pair. Had this boot while I was in the Air Force. The fit was perfect out of the box. It was an exceptionally comfortable boot to be on your feet all day in kicking airplanes. Light weight and easy to run in. It also had surprising traction on ice and oily floors. Very breathable in the summer and kept surprisingly warm in below 0*F temps. Warmer than the Mil-issued winter boots too! I will buy this boot again for all sorts of other uses. Great flightline boot with a solid composite toe as well. After about a year of use the zipper became useless, but that was also the same time the Air Force started requiring green boots, which bates didn't make at that time, but if they did I would have bought them again. Holy run-on sentence these boots are good