text: Bottom line:  I love the style / functionality of my Keen shoes, but quality / durability is disappointingly not up to standards.<br /><br />I've owned a number of Keen shoes and sandals over the past few years. After my first two pair of shoes didn't live up to the &#34;epic durability&#34; I had heard about I switched to another brand, but eventually came back and grabbed a pair of these shoes. Four months later and they are in need of replacement - the sole is still serviceable, but I'm starting to see separation around the toe box(right shoe, front left corner to be exact), and somehow the way everything is attached at the toe, it has left a &#34;sharp&#34; feeling spot over my big toe where the material is wrinkling / separating. Most of the wear was around work, day-to-day stuff, and walking the dog (sidewalks), so nothing too tough. I went hiking with them a total of once (for only a few miles, and this was after they started failing me recently), so it's not like I have covered half the Appalachian Trail with them. I love the look, I generally like the fit, but lasting only four months is ridiculous. I think for the price, I could deal with 6-8 months of use (based solely on the sole wearing out - the seams failing is never acceptable in less than a year), but not 4. I can run down to the nearest store and get two pair of shoes for the same price as these, and I at least know that would cover me for a year.