This is the one area about buying expensive shoes I hate. You get the not inconsiderable amount of money together and with much excitement hurry on down to your favorite shoe shop or manufacturers shop of your choice only for the whole process to become somewhat of a nightmare. What we really want iffor the salesman to tell you, “these shoes are a perfect fit for your feet”, however this never happens as most of us do not have perfect feet or indeed very often one foot is slightly smaller/bigger than the other. The salesman can only be so helpful as really the final decision is up to ourselves. Even after we persevere and end up at home with our purchase the doubts begin, are they too tight/loose, too narrow or too wide, too long or too short ect, ect and none of this will really become apparent until after the break in period. What exactly does a snug fit mean, does it mean slightly tight or just a good fit. If a shoe salesman cannot explain this how do I decide as a layman. I know I exaggerate a tad but is the day where we can place our feet into a 3d machine that will link our size with our perfect fit that far away. One other consideration is the manufacturer and type of shoe. For instance a pair of Alden calf can seem much stiffer than a pair of C&J handgrades in calf so does the breakin period differ and because the leather in the Alden is stiffer should we go for a tighter fit in the Alden when buying the shoe. How people buy shoes like these online is beyond me unless of course that already have a pair and know their size.