I sympathetic to the toe box problem many of you describe, but as I say in my earlier post, try the half size before you dismiss them--they differ from the whole sizes only in the room in the toebox. It made a world of difference to me, but many shops do not stock them, so look around. I think the pointy toe of the sidis (this does not make sense to me, have you ever seen anyone with a foot shaped like a sidi? I think this is only for looks, but this is my only complaint) makes this factor important.