text: I'm pretty disappointed with this shoe.  I bought it because I'm experiencing metatarsal pain in one foot and this shoe is reportedly one of those that will help alleviate that.  I read a lot of reviews on this shoe, including those contained in other sites related to shoes that are good orthotic type shoes.  I was also looking for a shoe made in the USA.  New Balance is the parent company and many of their shoes are made in the USA.  This one isn't.  Given the data accompanying the description on Amazon, I thought it was. This shoe is made in China.<br /><br />If you've worn the fine running shoes made in the USA by New Balance as I have, one may have a tendency to compare those shoes to this one.  Don't.  They're not at all alike.  This shoe is light weight, but in my opinion that's where the &#34;good&#34; stops.  It looks to me to be a hard formed plastic sole attached to a not so comfortable leather upper.  It fit longer than expected even after I carefully measured my feet and compared the &#34;how does this shoe fit?&#34; on several web sites.  The insole is very thin and provides next to nothing in the way of cushioning and arch support.<br /><br />Bottom line; this shoe gets very good reviews from a lot of people, but it's not doing the job for me.  If I hadn't worn it to work for a full day after trying it on, I would send it back.