text: I'll preface by saying I'm a lady - I loved the color combination too much, so I got them. These things are traffic cone orange/red, eyepopping, it's great!<br /><br />I got my corresponding women's size (I wear 11M's in womens and typically 10D(M) in men's) and followed everyone's advice by sizing up to 10.5M. I'm glad I did. So far I've spent 1 day in these, wearing them at the office, so low-impact, casual wear and I can already tell that these shoes are snug. There is so much padding on the sides and toe box that just sitting at my desk I could feel the pressure on my foot and it was a little uncomfortable. I had to unlace them and take them off for a bit to let my feet breathe. Good fitting socks are definitely needed, I think my ankle socks were too tight and just added to the constriction these shoes already have. They do offer a great deal of &#34;spring&#34; to your step and clearly have a very tick/padded sole.<br /><br />I am going to take them out to a trail soon and see how that pans out and leave more details in this review.<br /><br />EDIT:<br /><br />I took these out for a trail walk and this made me change my mind about my rating. They still look awesome but the fit is terrible. Even half a size up it's bad. You should think about going a WHOLE size up. The interior material is pretty rough so if you wear low cut socks, you're going to get blisters and hot spots, like I did. Actually, the whole foot kind of burns because the material is rough and my socks weren't thick enough.<br /><br />The toe box is just too tight. It pressed against my outer toes and I have a pretty standard medium width foot in most shoes, so clearly the sizing is off. I came back from a simple, short walk in pain. Too bad because the shoes look great.