text: very satisfied by the way they look and fit. when you first get the shoes, put them on and lace them up while you're wearing them. lacing them up will take a while either way, but this way it will comfortably adjust the upper half of the shoes to your calf size. hopefully you shouldn't have to lace them up again after that since they zip up. my one and only problem with these shoes is that the day after i got them, i was putting them on for the second time ever and one of the zippers broke. really frustrating, but i can still zip it up with whats left of the zipper, although its a lot more time consuming.