After finding hiking boots too slippy and gardening gumboots too cold on last year's ice and snow, needed something that avoided pratfalls and freezing feet! These boots will certainly do the job. Rubber sole with a thick, close-fitting fleece inner. Unlike some reviewers, I found the sizing accurate (the size 5 is indeed a size 5 and fits well). The zip isn't too tight to accommodate my (larger than most) calves either! This stockist charges the best price I could find for them at time of purchase.