I bought 4 pairs of these shoes without ever trying them because they were on sale at the time. I took a chance and it paid off! Please don't try to make more of these shoes than what they actually are. They are NOT built for running or even walking long distances. If that's what you need, buy a proper shoe for exercising. These shoes should be considered to be just an inexpensive way to get a variety of colors to go with your wardrobe and a variety of pants colors. They aren't meant to be exercise shoes or even your BEST casual shoes. But for just going out to dinner and light use, they are fantastic! They look very nice and, yes, they ARE comfortable. At least....comfortable enough for normal use. Consider these shoes as basically for decorative purposes. They look nice, but don't look too closely because they aren't meant to be the BEST quality shoe you've ever tried on or compared to more expensive shoes. As always, you get what you pay for, and what I paid for what these shoes offered me was a fair price. ?