My husband and I chose these boots for my dad. He's incredibly hard working and always puts others before himself. He would be unlikely to purchase boots this nice (and pricey) for himself, but he absolutely would buy them for me. He's also injured his feet many times over the years. Almost every one of those injuries have occurred while helping others with various types of projects. His work boots were getting really worn out, so we decide to upgrade them to these. My husband happened to find them on a seconds sale. These were his early Christmas present last year. It took some convincing to get him to actually wear them for all of his work projects. He liked them so much he didn't want to risk damaging them. Thankfully, he started wearing them and they actually saved his foot from damage on a project at work, after helping his foot heal from a previous project. He found them to be incredibly comfortable, so he started wearing them for both casual, and work wear. Lots of walks and hikes, too!
We just purchased his regular boot size.