Skechers Men's Pilot Utility Boot

The package was destroyed when I received it. A pair of heavy boots in an Amazon bag. Yeah, that's going to work.The boots fit fine. Squeak. Hmm. Not real leather. Amazon website states 100% leather. Nope. Leather balance a.k.a not real leather. Looks like vinyl and squeak like a cheap pair of fake leather boots. No more Skechers for me. Done with that company. I've returned too many boots from Skechers back to Amazon because they look cheap and are so uncomfortable I can't seem to figure out why they are still in business. They use to make great shoes.

Back when I did less walking in general, this had been my boot of choice, but I'd been wearing the wrong size (unknown to me, I thought it was normal to buy tight shoes and 'break them in' which generally meant suffering with a bad fit for awhile until suddenly it felt really comfy, right before the shoe fell apart). When I took up more hiking, I got hooked up on expensive hiking boots of the proper size, but the soles didn't last long, and I felt I was overpaying for shoes that didn't last. The soles on this boot lasted a long time, so I thought with my new knowledge of proper fitting, I should try this boot out again and see if I could get something durable for less. My experiment proved very painful!Four big problems with this boot:1) there's a horizontal seam above the heel cup that scrapes away at my ankle (the seam was the same on both boots, but the scraping was much more severe on my right ankle, probably due to some personal asymmetry on my part or some difference in in gait between feet).2) there's an extremely stiff, sharp ridge around the boot where the sole connects, so if your foot is even just a hair wide at any point, the shoe is completely unforgiving, pinching hard at the point where you are wide. Ordering a wide size (from Zappos, as I didn't see the wides on Amazon, even though Zappos is an Amazon company), however, to compensate for the very slight width problem in the ball of my foot got me shoes with very wide heels, so that there was no good way to lace it up and feel like I wasn't sliding around. This won't be a problem if you have narrow feet, but if you run even just a little wide, this boot is unforgiving.3) Sketcher's sizing seems all over the board. Normally I wear a 12, while in the Sketcher's hiking boot, I found a 13 fit fairly well, where in this boot to go down to 11.5 and I still had a lot of extra length in the toe...4) While you might be able to stretch this out or break it in, the leather upper wants to flex down hard on your toes with every step, pinching leading to soreness and/or blisters after a moderate walk. Some of this damage may relate to my inability to get a size that fits right, and some might be inherent problems that lots of shoes with a one piece leather upper face.I love the look and price point of this boot and really wanted to like it. But a week of trying out different sizes (some of which I can't return due to too much wear) has left my feet a wreck of soreness and blisters.

Amazon listed this order as made August 8th 2014. These boots were dead by the beginning of February 2015. At my old job I was hard on boots. Not so at the place I started July of last year--- 5 days a week mostly in a warehouse and some in the office. NOT beat up. The "leather" is flaking off.... Im not sure what kinda cow that was removed from, not a hardy breed... anyhow, I removed the boot laces out of necessity early on, but not a big deal. However the SPLIT of the entire rear of one boot IS a big deal. I know they were cheap boots, but I guess I expected to get a year out of them.... I was mistaken.

I can't for a moment believe any of the 4/5 star reviewers wore these for more than 5 minutes before writing their reviews - these shoes are terrible - the general fit isn't awful, but the inner back and neck of the boot will DESTROY your heel and ankle.The small leather plate at the back of the heel is not sewn close enough to its edge, so the edge of that hard plate will catch and rub the back of your heel with every step you take.The angle of the back of the boot is ridiculously extreme, which causes it to aggressively scrape the back of your ankle - it LOOKS like soft padding at the top, but that will not make a difference to your ankle.I wanted to give the shoes time to break in, but I have wasted nearly $70 on band-aids, moleskin, and shoe-stretchers (devices and sprays) to absolutely no avail, and nothing I do makes these insanely painful and damaging shoes fit any better. If these weren't the only pair of shoes I owned that kept my feet dry on my 30 minute walks to/from work every day, I would have returned them in a heartbeat.

I cannot say that I love these boots since they are somewhat uncomfortable. They look good, but the comfort reminds me of my old black combat boots that were issued to me in Basic. If there are any arch supports they aren't high enough to be noticed and it is a good thing that I am not on my feet all day since the cushioning is basically non-existent. When I selected these boots it was based on the Sketchers brand name since comfort is what I thought what they were about.

Bought in March, they fit poorly. They gave me the largest blisters ever, same as others have said. I bought boxes of heel bandaids and ended up buying a heel insert to raise my foot up above the seam that was rubbing me raw. They squeak when you walk... very loudly it's embarrassing. Now they have started to blow out in the rear. I check here to see if there is any kind of warranty (no by the way) and look at the bad reviews and see that I am not alone. The rear blowing out, the cheap squeaky sound, and the blisters! 60 days is horrible. I got 10 years out of my pair of timberland boots. Hated how they were uncomfortable but at least they lasted!

The boots were too small for me but the quality and price were fine

Good boots a bit stiff around the ankles.

I expected them to to be heavy and stiff, but was very pleased to find them to be exactly the opposite. They're light, flexible and very comfortable. I worked a 10 hour day in these boots yesterday and thought, for sure, I'd be soar but no... These are really comfortable and light weight. I'd recommend them to anyone.

I am not happy started wearing the boots this fall in one month a seam on the right boot gave way these Sketchers Boots are poorly made.

Skechers is Known for comfort and these do not disappoint. My husband has trouble with his legs and he finds this is one of the only brand of shoes/boots he can wear. We're very pleased with this purchase and thankfully they arrived just as the snow did. Keeps his feet warm and dry. Definitely recommend.