Ariat Men's Groundbreaker Wide Square Toe Work Boot

Durability: So far, these boots are holding up great. The tread grips well in muddy job site conditions, and they’ve been extremely water-resistant even after long days in wet environments. I expect them to last.Wearability: They run a bit snug out of the box—especially if you wear thick socks—but they’ve been gradually breaking in. Just something to note for all-day wear.Style: Clean and simple design. They look good for both the job site and casual wear, but don’t expect them to stay sharp-looking if you're around drywall dust daily.Stiffness: There's a bit of stiffness at first, which is expected for work boots. They're supportive without feeling like bricks on your feet.Leather Quality: The leather feels solid, but it does dull out quickly—most likely because I’m in and out of drywall-heavy areas, which tends to suck the moisture right out. A little-used motor oil helps.Scuff Resistance: They’ve picked up some wear marks, but nothing unexpected. The uppers are still holding shape.

The durability style and quality the airat always has the fit is a little snug but as with any quality leather boot, they’re gonna be slightly stiff and a little bit tight to start with get some mink oil and a boot stretcher and work with it. It will take some time to break in, but my other pair has lasted three years. You will put them on and think I know these are entirely too small but you can’t get these broken in. You get good traction on a slip resistant boot, and the leather is nice and thick where it matters and they’re stylish. Lol

Durable and comfortable

My husband asked me to find him a pair of boots so I hopped on Amazon and filtered out things that he was looking for by asking him about his preferences, there weren’t much options that popped up after and most of them were ridiculous designs, this one was nice, I sent him a picture and he definitely wanted them. We ordered them and they got here within a day or so (prime).They’re good quality boots, easy to put on, very comfortable. The wide vs normal I think were the width options, I read reviews that these tend to run large, and my husband doesn’t have wide feet so we went with normal or whatever the not wide option was. They were still pretty roomy but he needed to get more boot socks and that helped a lot, I recommended he get inserts for them and he seemed to think that was a good idea, not sure if he ever did though. My husband wears size 10 in regular shoes, I think we were between getting size 11 or 10.5 (because the difference for boot sizes) I believe we went with 10.5 because of the reviews about them running large, I believe my husband said he could have gone half a size or a size down but when I asked if he wanted to return them for a different size he said no way lol.He loves them and they seem very durable, and good quality. Just make sure you pay attention to the size and maybe get thick boot socks/inserts if need be.Worked for us.

Great fit, still can't review the comfort or durability as I'm in the break in period. I will say they scuff but I don't care about that too much. But even now, it feels good. Knees didn't hurt at the end of the day, after walking on concrete for 8 hours, and it's easy to take on/off, but it holds my foot in place perfectly. Slip resistance is amazing, working on oily/wet floors all day as a mechanic.I wouldn't recommend getting a wide size unless you've tried it in person. I thought I was a 10W but it actually slightly slipped on me when I tried it at my local boot barn. Got a 10 regular online, since they only had a 10W in person, and it fits perfectly.

Great boots

I have very small feet. I wear a men's size six. I ordered this boot in a size six and they were way too small. I barely got them on and could not wear them for more than 30 min. I exchanged them on Amazon and got a size seven. The left boot is a little tight but it should break in and be ok. the right boot is way too loose. The size sixes were like size fives and the sevens had one size seven boot and one size 6 boot. I am not at all pleased with these boots.

Good material, but the run small. I’m returning for a half size bigger and the wider version