I chose “fits as expected” when reviewing. I can’t say it enough give the shoes a couple days as you’re wearing them in ;) it takes wearing them in to get the true “toe box”, “width”, “arch support”, true fit. These shoes have elastic on the sides to help with the breaking in process. I’ll show you in the photos. Most of the other reviews on these shoes in particular were “runs small”. Here’s why...I’m a 9 1/2, on my feet usually 8-12 hours a day. When I read the reviews “smaller than expected” (58% at the time) “runs small” or “too tight”, “order up one size”, I decided to go with a 9 1/2 WIDE width. First off I would like to say , I have wore many of these types of shoes, 25+ years in the medical field, and yes they usually do run small. They usually run “smaller than expected”, or “Tight through the toes“, or “short on the heels”. My experience with these 9 1/2 Dr. Scholl’s wide, when I first put them on I thought wow these feel really good, super nice cushioning on the inside, not too high on the heel cord (tendinitis). These types of shoes, usually run narrow through the front, and tight through the top of the foot, which usually causes rubbing on the inside of the shoe, towards the big toe and the small toe, you know this if you’ve ever wore these type of shoes, but I did not experience this with these Dr. Scholl’s. First, I thought it was because they were a “wide“, but it was not. You have to put them on and break them in around the house for a day or two. I say all this to say I should’ve went with a solid 9 1/2 fits as expected, and not have got the “wide” based on reviews. People who are true half sizes, they already know what I’m talking about, I’m not a size 9 and I’m not a size 10. When you are a 9 1/2 some shoes you will be able to wear either in a nine wide or a ten depending on how they are made, but not usually. After two days in the shoes I was going to send them back because I felt like they were too big, too wide (my foot was slipping in them as I wore them in) , and get the true 9 1/2. I’ve chose to keep them with winter coming because I will be wearing thicker, “smart wool” socks with them or thicker compression socks with them, and will probably have them worn out by spring of the year :) pics attached! Amazing tread on the bottom of these shoes!!! They will pick stuff up off the carpet haha. I’m up and down a metal ramp all day, absolutely no sliding, the best tread I’ve ever experienced!! But after this review, I should definitely receive a true size 9 1/2 for free for spring of the year lol joking! #Proud#essential.health.care.worker.25+yrs. #strong???????? Update: I’m 6 weeks in wearing these shoes everyday 8-12 hours, 5-6 days a week. The shoes are starting to smell (I wear compression socks with them every day). The insoles are beginning to wear a little bit, on the side of the heels, but mostly towards the ball of the feet, from previous review they are just a little big. One shoe does feel more stretched out than the other. The tread is still absolutely amazing! Will post another a pic.
