Edit to add: I stuck these out since I paid $100 for them- and I can say after 2 weeks they finally feel fine, I can't feel the toe thing anymore and they are holding up pretty well. This edit was made about a month after purchasing and wearing!I wanted to love these so bad- I work in a paper mill so I needed a steel toe that wasn't bulky or looked like a men's shoe. When I found these, I fell in love. I only walk about 4,500-6,000 steps a day. At the start of the day, I was feeling great and I was loving the shoes! BY the last 30 minutes of the day I felt as if my toes were rubbing against a metal box where the steel toe is.I think I may try a wide version of my size even though I truly don't need it because I was true to size when ordering a regular but I want to love these so bad! But if you are walking 10,000 steps a day- I would forget these!