Sketchers headed out of the ballpark with these shoes. I am a 65 year-old woman who has to have comfortable shoes now. I have a warehouse job where I do forklift work, but I also used to do a lot of walking in a different position in this warehouse that was very hard on my feet and I broke my foot within two months on the job five years ago. I also about 18 years ago developed serious problems with plantar fasciitis in my feet to the point that it felt like my heels were so bruised by the time I got home working at Wal-Mart at the time that I couldn’t even put any weight on my heels. I was basically walking around almost on the balls on my feet because of my feet issues now at my older age due to too many years walking in high heels when I was young and fancy jobs, it took a toll on my feet. I also have added weight due to my age and also quitting a Chainsmoking habit which cost me to gain weight. I’m trying to lose weight, but in the meantime, I have to have comfortable shoes. Was wearing steel toed boots for a long time at my job and that added to more issues even though I spent a fortune on Red Wings to have good quality steel toed boots. The issue got so bad I had to switch to paying for HOKA shoes that gave my feet enough comfort and cushion to work on very hard concrete floors in the warehouse. I work for a logistics company that does the supply moving around parts for the GM plant. It’s very hard work and it’s a lot of wear and tear on your feet especially in a warehouse that’s actually over a mile in length literally. I’ve gone through in 2 1/2 years two pairs of HOKA’s and was not looking forward to having to spend $165 for another pair of shoes to be comfortable in. I had gotten into Skechers to handle my plantar fasciitis on my other job when I worked as an independent contractor driving around in my car, but doing a lot of walking back-and-forth to homes picking up equipment for Spectrum for 5 1/2 years, but the type of shoes that were available were not still as comfortable in Skechers, as what the HOKA gave me. When I saw these Skechers shoes for work advertised and that they gave comparable cushion to what the HOKA provided, I decided to take a chance and see how they fit and whether or not they gave the the support I needed it, especially with my foot that was not properly treated when it was broken and was never put in a boot cast. I walked around for two months with a broken foot in steel toed boots. So needless to say my foot healed, but it didn’t heal real great. I really feel it now in the weather change when it rains when it’s cold when I do a lot of heavy walking, I’ve got to have something that protects that, but it also throws off my gate and causes issues more with my plantar fasciitis to get aggravated easily. Very pleasantly surprised that these shoes that cost a lot less than what I was paying for HOKA did they give me the support and comfort and cushion that I need with my really crappy feet. Originally I saw them for 105 which is still saving me $60 from what I was paying before for the other brand but I actually hit them on a sale at the time which brought them down to $86 and then they happen in a couple of days to show up in my cart on a lightning deal so I saved another $10. I was so pleased when I got these so fast I put them on and wore them all day inside the house for several hours that I immediately went back to my Amazon orders picked out a second color on the same deal that was still running. After having worn them around work for several weeks now, I can honestly say that I actually will continue buying the sketchers for work over my original pair of HOKA. The price difference alone is very helpful when I am my only income, but also the fact that these actually are giving my feet more support, arch wise and all of the cushion. I need on those hard concrete floors at the warehouse..