text: These shoes are punching way above their weight class.  They are essentially cheap footwear but they compare to shoes costing at least double the price I paid for them ($51).  I do see a couple of places where the stitch lines are wavy, but nothing that compromises integrity or longevity.<br /><br />I'm not sure I'd call them 'boots'.  They are more like a heavy duty reinforced sneaker.  And thats a good thing as far as I am concerned.  The sole is heavy duty. The insoles were good (I still replaced them with gel after a week or so but only because nothing is better than a thick gel insole).  Haven't had the chance to test their water resistance but I can say for sure that in deep silty dirt and rocks they are well up to the task.  In fact I expected them to be trashed visually but I was able to take a wet cloth towel and a brush and bring them back to almost-new appearance. The metal eyelets are a nice touch.  So far no premature wear or problems.<br /><br />UPDATE:  Well its been just under TWO MONTHS since I purchased these lightweight boots.  After wearing them perhaps a dozen times, (mostly to outdoor firing ranges where you are walking on dry but open ground - dirt road consistency)... the material behind the two bottom-most eyelets developed a tear that is about 1 inch long on one shoe.  It happened when I was lacing up the boots for a morning out - and this is down in the toe area where not a lot of strain is being put on the eyelets - so we aren't talking some kind of undue strain.  I was feeling good about the use of metal eyelets to reinforce a high strain area, but all that did apparently was provide a solid anchor point so something else could tear instead. The rest of the shoe looks almost new.  They were holding up great until they didn't.  Now, while I can still wear them I can see the end is near.  Reducing to one star from five since a heavy duty shoe is not up to its core intended purpose.