text: Very comfortable walking in all sorts of terrain.  BUT after three weeks, I have a loose shank in the right shoe and it squeeks like a billion crickets.  I had problems with a pair of Asics Gels, due also to faulty workmanship.  No more shoes made in Asia, S America or Eastern Europe.  QC should have caught both these defects.  If shoe marketers want to charge $80 to $200 for shoes, they 'damn well ought to put out a product of consistent high quality.