Customer Reviews Rockport Main Route Northfield Waterproof

Outstanding shoe for comfort bar none. Owned about 8 pairs of the Northfield. HOWEVER - Rockport MUST change the sole ONLY. It literally wears out badly in 10-12 months!

This shoe fit well on my very wide feet. But... the color represented online is not close the color in real life\light. When I showed my wife she commented on the resemblance to that which exits the south bound end of a north bound dog. Very very unappealing. If I had seen these shoes on a shelf in a store I would not have even looked for my size.

Narrow in the ball of the foot and the heel cup was too shallow.

I wanted to like these. They fit pretty well with a nice wide toe box. But the shiny plastic looking leather was a fatal flaw. Returned.

I purchased a pair in June of last year and I have to agree with a previous reviewer about not having a durable sole. I've never had a pair of shoes wear out so fast (they became a safety hazard at about 9 months) - they provide no traction at all and my feet easily slip out from under me even walking on painted stripes if the surface is at all wet. BUT the shoes are very comfortable - just don't expect them to to last.

these shoes overall were not what I expected. The soles wore down really fast.

These shoes are very comfortable and I like the fact that they are water proof. I walk 22 NYC blocks to from work, they feel lightweight and great when it's raining because my feet stay dry BUT they are EXTREMELY slippery, iv slipped more times with these shoes than I think I ever did in all my life, just today while walking on Park Ace I almost did a split when I stepped on a section of pavement that was smooth. I honestly think that one of these days I'm going to bust my ass wearing them!

I bought these as every day work shoes and I walk a lot to and from the office and around town on work days. I bought these thinking they'd be good walking shoes and hold up to the miles on pavement. They were pretty uncomfortable at first, but broke in well. Unfortunately, the soles just did not hold up. In under a year they've worn completely smooth and thin and I have to replace them because they slip on wet surfaces as if they were on ice. I don't think they held up as well as they should have.

I tend to walk 3-5 miles each day for work, regardless of weather, primarily on concrete sidewalk. These shoes were advertised as being waterproof, comfortable, durable and good for walking. They are most certainly not durable. The soles on the first pair were worn down after less than a year. The heel was worn down to less than half the original thickness. The tread was virtually gone. Holes appeared, opening up what seemed to be air pockets. I give credit to Zappos for quickly sending out a replacement pair, without having to return the defective pair. However, after about 6 months, the sole on the replacement pair is likewise worn down. Now on rainy days, I tend to slip because there is no grip. I give the shoes two stars, because they are comfortable, waterproof and look decent. The uppers are durable, but the sole is simply terrible.

The shoes are clunky and not particularly good looking

I have to echo what some of the other people have said about these shoes. I do a fair amount of walking, about 3-5 miles a day. The soles of these shoes just aren't made for that kind of use. It only took a few weeks to wear the tread off the bottom, and 3 months to wear a hole into the bottom of the right shoe (the right shoe is pretty worn). This is by far the shortest life I've ever gotten out of a walking shoe. With that said, they otherwise fit well and were very comfortable, and don't look out of place when I wore them to the office. If you don't do a lot of walking they may not be a bad shoe to wear all day. However, they just don't hold up well if you use them for what they are intended for.

The shoe itself looks great. But, does not offer an support and I dint see these lasting more then a year and the sides were very thin. They feel very heavy when walking and my flat feet felt every part of the ground I walked over. I really wanted these to work for me, unfortunately for me this was not the case.