These shoes are heavy echo and comfortable (thankfully I am with the recommendations and ordered it a bit bigger); I have now of the second pair. When it rains, I did not get wet feet, but I have not tested the water resistance under extreme conditions. So far so good; but there is also a negative side. The first pair of the upper lining of the seam from the bottom has after six months in both shoes in the heel solved anything. The second pair joined to a shoe the same problem after 3 months on amplified, here, the upper lining is dissolved in a length of about 2 cm from the seam. This shoe can thus no longer be worn. In my opinion it is a poorly executed stitching. I've complained about the merchants but received a reply that a guarantee does not come into question: the cause was improper treatment, it would have a shoehorn must be used.