"When these shoes arrived in the mail, they stunk. i think the stinky smell is a rubber smell. I covered them in baking soda with the help of my sister and left them covered in baking soda for hours (this is something that is done to try to get a bad smell out of things. The baking soda is supposed to absorb bad smells). After rinsing the baking soda off, the rubber stink had gone down some but was still quite present. Plus, there are water spots on the boots. I would think and hope that rain boots would be resistant to water but these don't seem to be that resistant. On second thought, I did expose them to lots of water when I rinsed the baking soda off of them. My boots still smell and now have water spots on them. I have never worn them and I do not know if i will because I do not want a bad smell emanating from me. They are cute boots though."
"These shoes are great. The material of like the upper part of the show seems like it can get dirty easily but I have worn them more than once and they look fine. They look great on me and I am happy with them. They do not slip on easily, it is a rather stiff shoe."