text: I wear these boots 12 hours a day in a jail and they very comfortable (5 star rating). For a waterproof shoe that states they are oil and slip resistant, they are very slippery on wet surfaces! (2 star rating) Hopefully Bates will make a different shoe sole pattern or just add some siping to the current pattern would help a lot!  But the boots again are very comfortable and no hard break in needed. At this point are seem to be durable just to slippery on wet surfaces.