These boots run at minimum one size too small! not only are they short in length, but they are narrow. on top of being a narrow footbed, they have an attached tongue which means if you have a wide foot. good luck getting it in, and then on top of it the shoe bed is going to be too tight for you. I do not have wide feet, but the sides of the shoe put a little bit of pressure on the ball of my foot because it is too narrow and despite returning and reordering one size larger, my toe just barely doesn't hit the front of the ship. I desperately needed to get new hiking boots, so I ended up keeping the larger pair that I ordered and I am currently wearing them now as I write this review. they seem well made, but my it feels like the tightness around the ball of my foot might actually cause me to get a little numbness - and definitely not pleased with that! so, if you have a narrow foot, these might be for you as long as you order up at least one size!