This is a great shoe -- very comfortable, and it looks good. I only gave it 3 Stars overall, though, because I've been through 2 pairs of these. The first pair lasted 2 weeks before they developed a squeak under the ball of the right foot...right when I was walking through an airport. By the time I got back from vacation a week later, the squeak was so loud and annoying that I stopped wearing the
shoes for a few weeks. Zappos Customer Service was great when I contacted them, and I received a replacement pair. This new pair only lasted 4 days before they developed the same squeak in the ball of the right foot. This time, Customer Service has assured me that it's probably just moisture trapped in the shoe, and sprinkling some powder in the shoe should stop the problem. I'll try it out, and
report back in a few days. Still, though -- aside from a pair of Converses that had a mysterious squeak in the heel, I've never had this problem before. And certainly not from a pair of sneakers this expensive.