Customer Reviews Clarks Desert Boot

I really love the look of these shoes as they remind me of years gone by! Unfortunately they are for younger feet! I am 50 and I found them to be way to flat and unsupported, even after buying inserts for them I had to stop wearing them. Also the suede looks dingy pretty quickly, especially if they encounter water. If you can get a leather surface that's better.

Lovely - Wonderful looking shoe, but absolutely no cushion in the heel, the heel feels like heck, you would think with all the technology today they could do something about, how about just make the whole shoe flat like the front, which feels fine and knock off that sorry excuse for a heel they have on there, I need to find something that looks similar but feels superior!! :(

Clark's Desert Boot Not As I Remember - I purchased the boots with the expectation that they would provide a comfortable casual shoe. Instead I found the quality and workmanship not as I remember, but rather of the quality usually reserved for mass-produced shoes in discount stores. Needless to say I will be returning the shoe.

Absolutely disastrous. I had a pair of these in college and was excited to have another. Tried them on in the apartment, felt great. Wore them to the office. I take the subway, I sit at a desk all day. Look down in the afternoon of *the very first day* to see the right sole is splitting in two from the toe. ON THE VERY FIRST DAY. Sending back.

I have owned three pairs of Clarks desert boots, all of them have come apart at the seams between the leather upper and sole. The first time I thought it may be a fluke, the second time I started getting suspicious, the third time I knew something was up and returned them since they were coming apart within a month of getting them. I do tend to fold my legs under me when I sit which puts lateral pressure on the shoe, but I do this with all of my shoes and these Clarks are the only ones that have broken on me. I have some shoes that I've had for 8 years that are in better looking shape than my remaining pair of Clarks dessert boots (pair two). I've also managed to break the shoelaces on them twice, something I've never done with other laces. Clarks did replace those for free though, which was nice.

We had to wear these while I was in the USAF (1973 - 1980). My ankles took months to recover. Damaged a lot of feet. I know many of my fellow veterans that had to have foot and ankle surgery from wearing these boots during training and in the field. Why sell a product that does damage to your body?

Terrible product in my opinion; one shoe (right) feels way larger than left, so much so it's hard to believe that there's any chance that both are 9.5s. Unfortunately, I wore them to work for a day before I was able to realize that the right is much too large and it feels like my right heel wants to bust through the back because the shoe is too large, my heel is slipping to the back, and the boot doesn't offer enough support in the heel. But for the return policy (i.e., that worn shoes cannot be returned), I would be sending these back in favor of another brand.

I ordered these in a size 12 because that is what I am in every other shoe and Zappos says they are true to size. They are not though, they are a half size larger and of course Clarks does not make half sizes or at least a size 11.5. I am giving these shoes a awful score of one star because I can't ever wear these because they don't meet my needs offering a size that works for me which is really disappointing since I like everything else about them. So if you are a true size 12, sorry to be the bearer of bad news but at least you wont have to be let down twice ordering a 12 and then a 11, having both not work out.

These are, hands down, the most uncomfortable pair of shoes I have ever put on my feet. The leather was as stiff as a cardboard box. It crushed the top of my foot, and cut in to my ankles with every step. I don't understand what they make the soles of these shoes out of, but it gives as much support as walking on a latex glove. Why would anyone buy these? The name? The image of them looking "natural" and "outdoorsy?" For the cost I expect a lot more than this. Do not waste your money. Returned.