My wife works on her feet in the service industry, I was looking for a pair of shoes that wouldn't hurt her feet the way all her other ones seemed to. I got her these ones and after about 15 hours to break in they are perfect! Happy wife happy life Happy Feet happy shoes! LOLNote: the first pair that we purchased we're a little narrow for her she could tell they were quality shoes but they did not fit like they should we return them and bought the next size same number size but wide or normal I can't remember. But these shoes are manufactured well and the sizes have more precise incremental variance. She is well pleased with them and I will be buying another pair. Worth every penny!