Original S.W.A.T. Men's Classic 9" Light Safety Toe Work Boot

I rounded my size up a half step and went for the wide option, and my small toes are just barely pressing up against the outside of the boots. Not enough to blister or even really hurt. Just enough to be a little uncomfortable. I'm pretty sure that after they are broken in and I develop my callouses for these boots, I'll be fine. Otherwise, these are excellent boots.

These are my second pair of these reinforced boots, and the third pair of the S.W.A.T. brand 9" side zipper boots. I bought my first pair after being impressed by the side zipper - put them on with the laces loose, zip up the boot, then tighten the laces to fit the ankle - and I didn't have to tie them ever again. Comfortable? Yes. Durable? Yes. My first pair of these boots lasted 1 year, 5 months and 23 days. I wore them every day, all day in light duty environments: office, factory floor, store and home. After 540 days of constant use, I finally had to replace them because the side separated from the sole. The per day cost worked out to just under 13 and a half cents a day.Negatives? Not to me but maybe you need to know: The ASTM F2413 compliant safety toe is not steel, its composite. In addition to protecting the toes from crushing weight, the boots feature a non-metallic textile insert made of multiple layers of high tenacity fibers - which tells me if I step on a nail, I'll be protected, but I better not jump on a nail.I must make mention of the zipper function - and potential fail mode. From my experience: The zipper slide has a lock mechanism that prevents unwanted zipper slide. The lock mechanism defaults to locked. It's release by the pull of the zipper's tab. If you take your fingers and try to move the slide WITHOUT using the pull tab, the slide won't move. Good design. However, the pull tab is the weak link in the design - after daily use for a year, the metal on the tab fatigued and broke. Suddenly I had a boot that would no longer zip because the slide lock defaults to locked. Time to buy new boots?? NOPE. My key chain has a bunch of the thin gauge wire loops, the kind you have to spread to slide a key on. Perfect fit on the boot slide and it released the locking function when pulled. I then added a new, heavy duty pull tab to the loop I attached to the zipper slide (fabric stores carry replacement zipper pull tabs) - and I had a good as new zipper slide and my boots were operational again.Word to the wise. SO, when I bought my replacement boots, the first thing I tried with a critical eye was the ease of zipper slide. Turns out one boots zipper was binding - which could have meant that the slide's lock mechanism was faulty. SO I immediately took advantage of Amazon's return/replacement policy, sent back the pair with the binding zipper slide, and just received the replacement boots - which have checked out A-OK.

This is my 3rd year of wearing these shoes for work. I really like them. Thank you for asking. They are comfortable.

Perfect like always

These boots didn't last one disaster deployment. The toe area is too small compared to similar boots. The leather ripped and scuffed easily. Even the shoestring broke with only 5 days of wearing them. I won't buy this brand again.

good

The seat boots left blisters on the sides and bottom of My feet Amazon did not want to return them.Very unhappy with boots and service.