Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I bought these boots ahead of a trip to Canada in the winter. I needed a Comfortable, warm, waterproof boot to deal with the elements on the trip. My wife and I are huge fans of Columbia footwear for our outdoor activities. I bought this boot a full size bigger and WIDE. I typically wear wide shoes but with thicker socks i was hoping to get even a bit more room. Length wise the shoe was as expected but the width was very not very wide. Before the trip I used the boots a few hrs at a time to try to break them in didn't really experience any issues. One night on the trip to Canada , I went to swap my insoles into another pair of shoes just to go to dinner and noticed the bottom of my insoles were WET! Luckily our room had a fireplace to dry out the boots with. Also, I found the material around the ankle too stiff, naturally the material bends/creases with movement. One of the creases was right on my ankle and was digging in in the exact same spot while worn. Making it very uncomfortable. I will say I wore them in -26 DegF and my feet were comfortably warm. So out of three things I was hoping for Comfort, warmth, and waterproof. These boots failed at 2. To make things worse my trip was completed just outside of the return window from amazon. I reached out to Columbia, they were generally willing to help, which meant I had to ship my boots back to them at my expense. That is great except shipping my boots back to them was going to be almost half the cost of the boot. I reached out to amazon and they gracefully extended the return window. Top notch customer service from amazon.