text: Pro: Lightweight, moccasin-like feel, look sharp, sturdy laces, odor-control seems to work.  Were excellent to wear on paved and smooth/soft surfaces. Con: Flexible sole means you easily feel rocks/pebbles/rough edges.  I bought these a couple weeks ago, and wore them on a nine day vacation to Hawaii.  I've worn them nearly daily since I bought them.  Overall I am very pleased with them -- I was looking for a lightweight casual shoe with leather tops to replace some athletic shoes I had been wearing as casuals, and these were a perfect replacement.  I have wide feet, so ordered the 9EEEs.  The length was perfect, and the horizontal width is also good, but the shoe was ever so slightly tight across the top of my foot.  Since the uppers are thin leather, I decided to keep them and give them a chance to stretch a bit, which they did.  The result is the shoe fits exactly to my foot, no extra space, but no cramping either.  Altho advertised as a &#34;chukka boot&#34;, they are very moccasin-like in their feel.  The moccasin-feel effect is furthered by the fact that the soles are very flexible.  This feels great on flat or soft surfaces, such as pavement or sand. This also means that  on Hawaii's trail where the surface is uneven volcanic rock with pebbles and rocks you can easily feel them through the sole.  I would not wear these to hike in unless I knew the trail was beaten smooth earth or sand or paved.  If you're used to going barefoot or with thin soles anyway, this would not be a big deal, but if you are used to the more sturdy soles of hiking or work boots/shoes, you might not want to cross-country in these.  Rockport advertises these shoes have DEWIX anti-microbial lining to reduce odor and wick away sweat.  I gave this a pretty good test, because unfortunately Hawaii was beastly humid and hot while we were there.  Everyone was dripping sweat from the humidity, and I could feel my feet sweating inside the shoes.  However between the shoe lining and the Wigwam socks that were also supposed to be wicking and anti-microbial, at the end of the day the shoe and my socks were actually hardly damp at all, and the shoes have no odor whatsoever, except maybe a residual &#34;new&#34; smell.  I bought these specifically because they were higher-topped &#34;chukka&#34; style,  a little taller than low-quarter/oxford style.  I think some reviewers have complained that the tops rubbed their ankles, but in my case this was not a problem.  The padded tops fit very well.  The laces resemble paracord, and I like them very much -- they seem very strong, unlike a lot of laces that seem to come with &#34;fashion&#34; shoes.  They are nylon, so may require double-knotting to keep them from coming untied, but that's the way I wear my boot laces anyway, so I just continued the practice with these.  I bought the tan color (IIRC they were the only ones available in 9EEE) and was worried they might mark and stain easily, but in two weeks so far so good.  ETA:  I forgot to mention earlier that I also liked the fact that they lace up with four pairs of eyelets -- I like shoes to lace up a securely.  There are some variations similar to this shoe that have only two pairs of eyelets.  I much prefer these.  Also, as noted in other reviews there is no real arch support, but this was not a problem for me.  If you need arch support, this shoe is not for you.  Overall, very pleased, especially since I bought them on sale.  I think I will order another pair in a different color if I can get the right size..