Believe the hype. Most comfortable shoe I've ever worn. I'm shopping for my third pair in 6 years; if i had any complaint it's that the soles wear out after near continuous wear in about 3 years: the uppers are great. They're a little sloppy laterally for heavy trail use, but better than fine for typical walking trails and day to day wear. I love 'em. I've worn these travelling everywhere (all over the US and europe) (great going through airport security!), I've worn them in the water cave tubing in belize (I like the brown ones, but the uppers will turn a very dark brown after getting wet once, something mine get all the time, but still cool enough; they dry in the sun pretty quickly). They're my shoe of choice any given day about 90% of the time (work, church, you name it). My old first pair has holes worn in the soles and I still wear them around the house if I left the other pair in the car or something. The only shoe I've ever felt compelled to write a review for!

Excellent shoes, highly recommended...

These are the most comfortable shoes I have ever worn. They feel like slippers, but have great traction and shock absorption. They seem pretty water resistant, and the nubuck cleans right off if they get dirty. I highly recommend these shoes.