I've owned a few pairs of the traditional suede Timberlands and they have been OK. I've liked them, but they don't last forever. I just wear them for daily use too, so nothing insane. But I was told the Pro Series were better made and made to be more durable. I was already reasonably happy with the normal ones, so I figured I'd give the Pro Series a try and I'm glad I did. They are made noticeably better than the regular ones. They seem to be stitched better and made out of better materials. Now I'm not a Timberland or boot know it all, so it could be that I just didn't pay enough attention to what the original ones are made of because again, I wear these for daily walking use as I'm NOT a construction worker or anything like that. But these ones are just very well made and I'm extremely happy with them. And they do not scuff or seem to wear quickly.

Just as good as the Timberland main product line at half the price.

I first tried a pair of the Timberland Pro Direct Attach light brown boots in size 11D at a local store. They squeezed my feet a bit side to size, so I figured the wide version (11W) would solve the problem. But the local store didn't have the wide sizes Timberland Pro makes, nor did they have half sizes above size 10.

Amazon.com to the rescue! :) Here I found all the sizes in-stock in both in wide and regular. I ordered an 11W from Amazon. Since 11D was too tight side to side, then 11W should be just the ticket. I ordered in dark brown this time, a color the local store didn't stock.

But to my surprise the 11W turned out to be longer in addition to (much) wider! Didn't make any sense. Going from 11D to 11W should not change the length. But it did - these were now slipping around side to side and top to bottom. The only thing I can figure is going from light brown to dark brown must have affected something. Maybe the two colors are made in different parts of the world on different machines.

Back they went thanks to Amazon's great return policy and I went down to a 10.5W on the replacement order, figuring maybe they would get smaller in both directions. Sure enough, that is what happened. The 10.5W fit perfectly. Less wide side to side and and also less long front to back. I wound up then buying a second pair of the 10.5W from Amazon.com since the first fit so well. But... here we go again with Timberland's apparently loose calibration on their fabrication machines. Same shoe, same size, same color, but this pair was now slightly tight side to side. After a day of wearing they stretched out sufficiently and are OK.

At this point I only have a few days experience with the shoes, but I would buy again, just with the expectation that how a "10.5W" fits may vary a bit from order to order.

LOVE these sneakers