text: I purchased these shoes 3 weeks ago for work, where I spend a lot of time on my feet. The fit perfect, although they run a half size large (order half a size smaller than you normally wear). The issue I ran into is with only the left shoe. The tongue is sewn to the body of the shoe at the base, and also has a spandex like material attaching it to the sides. The spandex pulls the tongue down (towards the toe of the shoe) creating a fold at the bottom seem, which creates a painfull pressure point on the top of my foot. The other problem with the left shoe is that the arch feels as if it's oversized. The right shoe feels amazing but the left one leaves me feeling as if I'm standing on a pipe, and becomes quite painfull. I believe this to be a manufacturing defect and would like it replaced as these aren't cheap shoes. I have attempted to contact Salomon directly with no luck. As of right now, unless the respond and replace the shoes on the basis of manufacturer defect, I will not be buying any more Salomon shoes, and will advise others in my field of work to stay away from them.   So I have returned the initial pair of these I purchased and recieved the replacement pair today... The replacement pair I recieved have more issues than the initial pair I ordered. The quality control on these must be horrible. I will be returning the new pair, and not ordering another pair of these short of them giving me a pair for free that is defect free.