Since I am a dog owner'm traveling a lot, I've been looking for the right shoe and found him herewith. Carrying usually size 42 and ordered him to size 43 and it fits perfectly. Carrying this always slightly thicker sneaker socks. From Day 1 has nothing forced or scrubbed. The shoe looks hard out, but he is not at all, the feeling of walking is very nice and also dampened by longer trips (2-4 hrs,) there is no aching feet and sweating is not. The lateral stability is also fully in order and there will not be bent over at every branch. You can walk through a wet meadow without flooding and a rainstorm keeps the shoe also stood. Thanks Goretex. The build quality is also top, up to now, everything is still there where it belongs. The only downside is that a little lost on wet asphalt of the shoe to grip, but that's really not wild. Have seen many walking shoes (New Balance, Adidas and so on) and had durchgelatscht, but these are so far the best trekking shoes that I have done to me. Would I buy again at any time.