I agree with the no. I hate steel toe boots. I actually cut my toes with them once, it was one of those one in a million things that will likely never happen again, but I got my foot caught in something mid-step and when I went to continue with my step some how I applied enough force to push my toes/foot against the top of my boot to cut my toes. It was an odd injury and took a lot of explaining and I had a badly sprained ankle/knee as a result. But I did't like them before that, so I say no unless you work construction too.