As a professional chef, I’m always on the lookout for a comfortable, durable shoe for those long hours spent on my feet in the kitchen, navigating wet greasy floors.These shoes are super comfortable so far (second full day in).They appear to be well made, but I am a little concerned about the hard shell heel piece getting crushed because you really have to push hard to get your foot into these. Size wise, next time I will go a half size bigger than I normally wouldWhere they fall way short is in what should be the easiest part of the shoe to get right: the non skid sole. Even the cheapo work shoes from the big box stores have good non slip soles. With these, I feel like I’m on skates every time I walk into the dish pit.If the soles were nice and non slip, I’d rate these 5 stars. Do better, Keen.EDIT 9/7/2022: credit where credit is due. 2 weeks in, the soles have broken in and hit their stride. They are super grippy. Best chef shoe I’ve had in my 30+ year culinary career. Buy these.I don’t think I’ve found a shoe this good for long hours on my feet in the 18 years I’ve spent on concrete and tile floors in kitchens and retail. My body is all kinds of messed up from it and honestly a podiatrist is in my near future. Getting back to work after a long time out during the pandemic was a huge wake up call for my feet though…Being back on those hard hard floors, I was in excruciating pain every day and night. Heel? Stabbing pain. Midfoot? As though it were full of broken glass. Toes? Broken. All radiating through my calves, ankles, knees, up to my back. My days off were spent hobbling around. MISERY.No shoe will totally solve what concrete and tile will do.No shoe facing 30 or more hours a week of abuse can be expected to truly hold up for more than a year. They will start to hurt your feet even before the shoe fails externally. It just makes sense given what a shoe is vs all 200 lbs of me.But I am feeling a lot better in these than in my worn out blundstones (and better than when they were new, too). Only a little pain. I have much of my life back. I actually do things on my feet outside of work.I’ve tried Hokas, they hurt and I didn’t like my foot not bending. Danskos, Birkenstock clogs—both HARD no. Mozos, fell apart. Shoes for crews…lol.These keens just have a list of nice support especially in the heel, but my foot can still bend. They don’t have that typical clog thing going on where your foot has to work to keep them on, they just feel like a shoe. I didn’t experience them as tight across the top of my foot which is sometimes a thing and I LOVE the room in the toe. No break in period with these which is great. I do not have time to be in pain.I see what others mean about the slip resistance but to be honest I have never fully trusted a slip resistant shoe and I move with caution.The right shoe has a little questionable assembly where the rubber toe and leather meet, but I decided to keep them knowing how many returns wind up in landfills.I’d buy these again when they wear out.I was looking for a top quality shoe because I am on hard floors in a kitchen for many long shifts. The older I get I realized buying an economy kitchen shoe was creating lower back and leg issues. I have to say there was no break in period for this shoe and I felt instant relief in my lower back after one shift wearing these. I highly recommend this shoe. ITS WORTH IT.I work in a pathology laboratory. My first pair lasted 10 years. They stay at work and I only wear them there. They are great and look good. Not flashy just great work shoesVery comfortable and durable.3 pair and will buy againGreat shoe, only issue the sole is too soft for long term wear.This is my 4th time purchasing these Keen chef shoes. I own and operate a restaurant and wear these shoes 5-6 days a week, approximately 12-18k steps a day. I get about a year out of them before the tread is completely worn out. I have tried numerous brands, including Shoes for Crews, but I have found these to be the most comfortable. Not as slip resistant as other brands. Price varies on these shoes so monitor as I have seen these from $75-$115Pros:- limited amount of time to break-in- comfortable for long hours on your feet- durability and quality of the overall shoe, minus the treadCons:- tread wears out sooner than I would like- not the best in terms of slip resistant- not the most attractiveWorth paying the extra for quality . Not so much knee pain now .I purchased these as a replacement for discontinued KEEN Men's Austin Slip-On Loafer (favourite shoe of all time), and find them to be suitable replacements, having the same quality comfort and craftsmanship that I have come to expect and demand from KEEN. I have limited mobility; hiking is the only exercise I am capable of, and KEEN is the only company that makes a shoe that I can stand in or walk all day. The only difference that I would prefer is that if these came in full grain leather like the Austin's, so if you don't mind people thinking you work in a hospital or a kitchen, these are great shoes with an unbeatable price quality index.Purchased these as a new item and much to my surprise that when I received them the were used as you can see the previous owner didn't have the time to even clean them before send them ! Dirty soles and dirt in the seems all around the shoe... gross that someone's sweaty feet were inside these.. i was disgusted ..Customer service was horrible as the only wanted to send a replacement and I had to go through the hassle of returning them (repackage and drag them to the post office) horrible experience overall. Buyer beware!...My second time buying these for work. They're the most comfortable shoes I've found for restaurant work. The first pair lasted about 18 months of hard use.C'est ma deuxième paires de ce modèle de soulier. Je les utilisent pour mes travaux extérieurs, ils sont très confortable et résistant. Je les recommande.