I have tredstep boots and I love them. They weren't awful to break in. They're donatellos and they probably took about a month to break in
I don’t recommend tredsteps they take me forever to break in and still weren’t comfortable when I did break them in I recommend fabbri boots 100% if those are out of budget I recommend parlanti essential boots it’s a line of parlantis that run about 400 dollars cheaper than the original parlantis if they are still out of budget I recommend Ariats they are great