The boots looked black and shiny great. Did they then separate again and again cleaned with glycerine. Here shows the boots after 4 years, so I was in the garden and at a festival, so relatively rarely worn and not use on asphalt. Only in rainy weather My initial enthusiasm is gone, but because of the boots still looks great on inner foot below the water penetrates. Very nice, spacious, suitable for insoles, but - given after 4 years, no tightness.