Update #2!!!Almost a year in I'm still loving these boots! They are beat up a little but they are holding together extremely well and the soals are still holding up well they arent coming apart and arent worn down too bad. I've been wearing these for the same amount of time my coworkers have been wearing their timberland pros their boots are falling apart and killing their feet, yet mine have only gotten more comfortable. These boots are well worth the money!!! My feet have the room to spread naturally especially at my toes. I'm wearing these for 8 hours a day or more 5 days a week still walking an average of 10 miles a day working in a warehouse.Update!!! Im not exactly sure how long I've had these boots weeks maybe a month I loose track of time..... ANYWAYS, Ive gotten them broke in and the difference wow my feet hurt but its because Im on them all day Im an order puller in a warehouse so Im walking 10+ miles a day on an unforgiving cement floor. The stiff points on the tongues I sprayed a little rubbing alcohol mixed with water on them to help soften them. I also paired these boots with some keen insoles. I'll be buying these again well worth the money!This may be a little long and quite random but bare with me Im big excited over these boots!!!!I work in a warehouse and we were bought out by another company. This new company wants us in safety toe boots we can't have the tennis shoe safety toes they have to have a 6 inch rise. We were given a voucher to buy from another company that has an arrangement with our new one... ooook this was more than 6 months ago. I got some avengers..... NEVER AGAIN THE MOST UNCOMFORTABLE BOOTS IVE EVER WORN. I had to go down a full shoe size for those to fit and they were tight on my toes no room for my toes to naturally spread they were entirely too narrow this is coming from someone with tiny feet... I've been hunting boots ever since. I found these got MY shoe size and they fit like a glove my toes have room to spread naturally.Per other reviews yes they are semi stiff and yes they do have spots that create sore spots give it time a week to two those spots will work themselves out. These are well made and comfortable. Per reviews talking about heaviness they are no more or less heavy than any other composite toe boot. Well worth the money. In a few weeks I'll come back and add some things as they get broke in.