Title: Comfortable but poorly constructed/designed
Review: Great look, very comfortable, but big problems with the design and material used in this model. I purchased these shoes on August 23, 2007 in time to take them with me on vacation to Italy. I did a fair amount of walking through multiple cities and towns, probably more than two hours each day, always on pavement and in dry, mild weather. After the third day the metallic-style mesh on the side panels began to tear and unravel. After the fifth day the panels had multiple tears and stress lines were forming on the plastic cross-straps. After the seventh day a plastic cross-straps on one of the panels had parted, and others were cracked. The shoes were amazing in terms of comfort, ventilation (obviously), and grip. However, I am sending them back to ECCO for evaluation of the disintegration.
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