Ariat Women's Fatbaby Cowgirl Composite Toe Work Boot

I have had these boots for a year and a half. I love them. I also work in the mining/construction world. These boots have been through grout/concrete,mud,snow and anything else you can think of. They have held up through wear and tear of 10 hour days everyday. I am a 7 1/2 and that is the size that I got. I was able to wear two pairs of wool socks during the winter.

After having owned several pair of Fatbaby steel toe boots, I was thrilled to get the composite toe boots for winter. Unfortunately, these are probably the second most uncomfortable boots I've ever owned. Unlike the steel toe boots, the composite toe boots immediately felt sloppy & loose on my feet, yet the right boot also cut into the top of my foot. I thought getting new footbeds might help, but they made the boots worse. I ended up removing the footbeds altogether, which makes the boots even sloppier on my feet, but at least I can wear them when a good fit doesn't matter so much. All in all, I feel like I wasted my money on these boots, because not only are they uncomfortable, but I also can't use them for work the way I had intended.