It is true that the shoe is tight fitting. I perönlich feel this not as a disadvantage but as very pleasant. Many other manufacturers of the front range is so wide cut that you almost can swim in it. If you like it more closely with this shoe makes nothing wrong. However, I had to order more as it turns very small 2 whole numbers. Normal I have 44, I had to take this in 46. Is there because no global standard fit that each shoe would in the same size and regardless of the manufacturer? Unfortunately, no there is not.