**Men's & Women's Hiking Shoes - Lightweight Trail Running & Trekking Sneakers for Outdoor Sports, Walking, Jogging - Slip-Resistant Barefoot Design for Travel & Fitness (Ideal for Hiking, Camping & Gym Workouts)**

4 stars because they are great but could be better.These shoes seem of good quality and well thought of.No color of finish surprises; I bouight green. The design is good enough to fool most to think they are $150.No shoe laces to get loose during hikes. Rather all the shoe is somewhat elastic and on top of that, there is the elastic tie band.The sock design opening will make impossible for small pebles and dirt to get in the shoe, while also making them easy and quick to put on or off.They are very lightThe sole is thick, around 19mm on the heel and around 14-15mm near the ball of the foot. This was a bit of a dissapointment because I was used to hike with a thinner sole and was used to feeling the ground and adjusting my gate and pace accordingly. I placed the shoe in a small shelf and measured the distance from the heel to the top shelf and from the ball of foot area to the top shelf and confirmed this shoe has around 4-5mm drop.I wish there was more rubber al around the tip of the shoe but at least what it has comes from the same part as the sole and that will prevent the rubber tip from comming appart as is common in hiking shoes. Anyway, the fabric near the base of the shoe is thicker and tougher than a regular running shoe even though in the product pictures it looks the same. Also the sole comes up the back of the shoe and there are harder shells around the arch/mid portion fo the foot)The toe box is narrow, fortunatley this shoe runs big and my toes fit in the widest part of the shoe (I wear men size 7). Fortunately whatever width is missing in the toe box is not severely constraining my toes by the elastic fabric (instead of rigid or heavy build in boots). At first it was kind of tight over the pinky metatarsal but it loosened up in a couple of hours.All in all, the toe box feels good enough to wiggle all fingers without any or much restriction. No discomfort at all.Ventilation is not as great as a running shoe but still better than my previous trail running shoes.There is no arch support so I am getting used to this and building strenght before a challenging one-day hike coming soon. I am barefoot most of the time since covid but for some reason not having arch support while wearing shoes, feels different. I did plenty of running in FiveFingers years ago though, so there is some memory.The only thing that bothers me about this shoe is the sole on the inside on the heel area which I tried to capture in picture, where I can feel a big grid/waffle pattern (only when removing the insole). I am afraid this might become unconfortable when the insole wears out, or this might even wear out the insole quicker.If these shoes are ruined after a couple of months I dont care because they have a good price. I dont want to spend $200 on brand shoes that will also come appart as several amazon and youtube reviews I saw.