Customer Reviews Ariat Ariat Rambler

I ordered a standard with size 12 and wasn’t able to get my foot more than halfway into the boot bottom. My heel kept compressing the back of the boot and my foot wouldn’t slide all the way in. I returned items and will go to BootBarn to have myself properly fitted.

Damn, the size 12ee hangs off my foot and I cannot possibly squeeze my foot into the 11.5ee. These boots feel like they are made great and look fantastic. I really wanted these to work.

Material and construction are awesome. The style was box toe and felt too long similar to box toe style trend of 4-6 years ago. Regardless they are comfortable and look good to me. My wife thinks that they look too long on my feet.

Overall the fit was good. Just that heal area is a little abundant allowing for heal slide. Also the photo did not indicate the upper part of the boot is soft leather. A definite learning curve to putting them on and it can walk its way down and peak out your jeans cuff usually after sitting and standing.

After reviewing the comments regarding the size/fit issues for these boots I ordered a size 9EE expecting the boots to run larger than size. I wear 9 1/2 for regular shoes, 10 for hiking boots and 10 1/2 for running shoes. The size 9EE boots were too small; I could put them on, but they felt too small. I returned and ordered a size 9 1/2EE. The boots that I received were marked 9 1/2EE however they were so small I could not even put them on. They felt like a size 8. I returned these and ordered 2 more pairs: another 9 1/2EE and a 10EE, thinking the 9 1/2EE that I initially received were a one-off bad pair. The second 9 1/2EE that I received fit perfectly. The 10EE pair fit loosely, just like I would've expected a 10EE to fit. The boots that I just bought on 11/24/19 (9 1/2EE and 10EE) fit true to size. The existing comments on the site that the boots run about 1 size to large are not in line with my experience/purchase. Ariat may have addressed the "boots run too big" issue with the manufacturer as the 3 of the pairs that I tried on felt true to size. The first 9 1/2EE pair that I received and I was not able to put on is the exception. Ariat (in case you read these comments) will need to chat about QC with the manufacturer a bit more. Boots seem to be of very high quality and feel very good. Thank you Zappos as well for such great service.

This boot felt pretty tight being that it was a half size smaller. It takes a while to break them in. So if it fits good when you first put them on they will stretch too much. Great looking boot though.