Ecco Boots: Women's Shape 45 Block Ankle Boot $45, Men's Kyle Ankle Boot Expired

Make sure you wear your Ecco shoes and get your money's worth. Don't save them for later. Ecco shoes are known to suffer from hydrolysis and break down but that is also they are so comfy is the PU that their soles are made of. I sadly learned this when my favorite pair of Ecco shoes started to crumble and fall apart. Then my mom's pair that she kept saving for later also had the same fate.

Some of these sale prices are nuts. I absolutely don't need any more boots... but I'm probably going to get a set of Roxtons because I don't own "legitimate" clompy snow boots. Never needed them where I previously lived, but I moved to NE USA this year and I'm sure I'll be glad to have them when the first nor'easter hits.

Short version:
Ecco is a great brand that makes great shoes and stands behind their quality, I highly recommend them.

Long version:

Ever since discovering Ecco about 14 years ago, they've been my favorite brand of shoes.
Basically every pair of shoes that I own (apart from my athletic shoes) are Eccos.
I have 4 pairs of boots, 5 pairs of casual shoes, and 3 pairs of dress shoes.
Sounds like a ridiculous shoe collection, but some of them have been gifts, and it's because these shoes are absolutely high quality. Many of my boots (some almost 10 years old) look like they're still new.

For reference, I'm a 12 or 12EE in US sizes, and their 46 fits me like a glove, I love it.
The way Europeans make shoes, or size them at least, is more around fitting your heel and contouring to the rear and sides of the foot to maximize comfort and make the shoe fit comfortably tightly. They don't have "wide" versions of their shoes, but if your foot tends to be a little wider than average (not even necessarily officially a wide size), euro sizes will accommodate that nicely. Many American brands fit their shoes around the front/toe box, which becomes immediately apparent when you compare American branded shoes to Eccos.

Maybe I just sound like a fan boy, and maybe I am. They sell quality shoes that hold up well and fit well. They also back up their warranty. My dad had bought a set of boots through an Ebay store and had a seam blow out on them less than 6 months later because of a manufacturing defect. It was a model that they no longer made, so they sent him a $350 gift card for their ECCO store so he could go pick out basically whatever set of boots he wanted to, to replace the defective ones, and that's way more money than he'd paid for those boots of his.

On a separate note: Many of their outdoor boots are Gore-Tex... and that means something. If you're not familiar, Gore-Tex is a type of inner breathable membrane for waterproofing shoes. However, it means a lot more than the shoes just being waterproof. Companies can't just slap that membrane in their shoes and call them Gore-Tex. They have to meet quality standards and pass tests set by Gore to even be able to use their tech/branding for their shoes. So, if you get a shoe that is Gore-Tex, you know it's going to be made well.