Customer Reviews Rockport Main Route Northfield Waterproof

I purchased this shoe in two colors based off of the reviews and cheaper dress casual shoes killing my feet. They are so comfortable, honestly the most comfortable I've ever owned. I wear them to the office and sit on my butt most of the time. I'm a big guy and I was looking for more support from a shoe than I seemed to be getting with other brands. I was disappointed with the life span of the shoes though, only 18 months before having to completely replace. Along the way I also replaced the insoles a couple of times and then the soles started wearing (more than with my other pairs of dress casual shoes). I'm not sure the comfort of the shoe is a good trade-off for the cost. I expected more from a shoe at this price. That said...really comfortable and I'm buying another pair. Even though they only lasted 18 months, wearing then about 3 days a week, I couldn't have chosen better.

Good points: they fit well with an orthotic in place of the shoe liner and they are light weight. Bad points: the leather is very soft and very cheap. It scratches easily and no longer looks dressy at all. Since I have worn them it is impossible to return them, or I would. I have worn Rockports for twenty years and they keep getting cheaper. I would gladly pay more for quality. And second, I ordered dark brown but the actual color is a light brown, not at all what was pictured. Zappos service was exceptional.

I wore shoes for 30 days now, they look good, feel comfortable and soft while walaking. It does not tire my feet or has good grip. The problem is the sole, looks and feels made from foam, too soft, it shows more than 3 months wear on them if compared to other shoes of similar cost. I do home inspection, daily use of shoes. I will not buy again, too expensive for short life or use.

Purchased this shoe less than a year ago for times that I have to be in office casual attire. Shoe is stylish enough, though less rugged and a little more bland than it appears in the pictures. In other words, it was initially comfortable and serviceable for my needs. Major issue is that after less than year of full time use, the tread on the sole has worn completely away (no ridges left as appear in pictures) and the remaining sole is uneven (most likely due to some flaw in the way I walk). I am currently looking to replace with a shoe where the sole will be able to withstand the obvious, previously unknown, rigors of walking from my car into a carpeted office environment. No more Rockport for me.

Shoes seem to run larger and wider than size indicates. Good waterproof leather--lacks style.

The soles are soft. The heels are already wearing to one side after 3 weeks of wear. Not as sturdy as the Timberlands.

Comfortable lightweight shoe. Great for walking and standing. Very bad when wet, especially in the DC Metro. Have nearly slipped on several occasions. Soles wore out very quickly.

Kind of a rubbery look and feel to them, but they'd work with jeans, which is what I bought them for. The width (4E) felt right, but the size of the shoe itself was nearly a full size too small.

I got these because the other brands that sell the exact same shoe (Nunn Bush, Hush Puppies, etc.; they are all made at the same plant in China) only had fat and extra fat 10 1/2 size. I have normal feet that are B width or "narrow" in this shoe. My feet hurt real bad for weeks after trying these. Never happened before. Eventually either the shoes or my feet changed and they are okay now. I've worn them about 50% of the time for the last 8 months and the soles are already worn flat. My last pair was a different brand and lasted years. So I wouldn't recommend these. Also they look kind of dorky; I didn't have the view options that the site has now.

A mediocre replacement of the Oklahoma - The Oklahomas were absolutely the best shoes I've ever owned! I went through two pairs, which gave me a total of almost seven years of nearly daily use. But alas, I found that that style has been discontinued. The Northfield is intended by Rockport to be the replacement for the Oklahoma. I must say that I'm very disappointed with the Northfield. First, I don't like that the toe is squarer. This makes them look wider, which for someone with wide (EE) feet to begin with, is not a flattering feature. Also, there is not as much vertical room in the toe box. The tongue is not nearly as padded and the shoe interior is not as smooth and comfortable as the Oklahomas. The biggest issue of all, however, is the arch support. It is far less supportive than the arch of the Oklahoma--or any of the other Rockport shoes (except sandals) that I have owned--and for my feet that makes the Northfields nearly unbearable for a full day at work. I almost sent the shoes back for this reason. However, it finally occurred to me to replace the brand new insole inserts with the 3.5 year-old insoles from my worn-out Oklahomas. It worked like a charm, and now I can make it through the day in the Northfields. But what does it say when parts from a worn-out shoe are better than the brand new part? I've been swearing by Rockport shoes for about 20 years. I hope the disappointing Northfields don't represent an overall decline in the quality of their product line.

Not very comfortable- My problem was the shoe's lack of padding around the rim of the opening for your foot. It dug into my ankle badly, causing a lot of pain when I walked. This may be only due to a little pronation, which causes my feet to "fall in" towards the inside a bit. If you don't experience this problem with other shoes (I do), then it probably won't happen with these. Other than that, it seemed to be a decent, very lightweight, shoe.

I don’t like the way they look. They look cheap to me. Also they don’t stay tied very well. But they are roomy in the toe, so pretty comfortable. The heel is wide, too bad for me since my heels are a little narrow lol.

Have worn Rockport shoes for many years now and I have an older model of this shoe and it needs to be replaced, so I purchased another Rockport Northfield waterproof shoe and it is terrible! Tried to wear it for a few hours, but it is so uncomfortable, I had to remove it from my feet. So, am returning it for a full refund.

I ordered the Rockport Northfield Waterproof shoes in the Espesso Nubuck style. When the box arrived it was also labeled as such. When I opened the box, the shoes were not close to the color depicted and pictured. They are a dark lemon yellow with ivory tan soles instead of Espresso Brown with black soles that were pictured online. Not sure if they were packed wrong, or not. Unfortunately, I had to send them back because of the wrong color.