Timberland Classic 6-Inch Waterproof Boot

Yes, for about 7 in 10 feet. If you follow Timberland's size guidance online, the Classic 6-Inch Waterproof Boot fits true to size for 68% of feet. Here, true to size means the size Timberland's online guidance gives you is less than a full size away from the size that fits best, with enough toe room and enough forefoot volume.

Timberland's size guidance gets the basics right: the size chart lists a foot length for every size, and Timberland's measuring steps are easy to follow at home (measure at the end of the day, with your heel against a wall). The guidance falls short on forefoot volume. Timberland makes a wide version of the Classic 6-Inch Waterproof Boot, but Timberland's size guidance online gives shoppers no way to find out whether they need the wide version, so our score uses only the standard width. If Timberland's guidance showed shoppers how to pick between standard and wide, the score would have been 78.

Timberland's size chart is shared across its shoes, but how well the chart works depends on the model. Here is where every foot landed in the Classic 6-Inch Waterproof Boot, in the standard width, when we followed that chart.

Share of 16,874 feet. Each foot is counted once.

• Right size from the size chart: 68% of feet got a size that fit both their foot length and their forefoot volume in the standard width. Timberland's size chart worked well for this group in the Classic 6-Inch Waterproof Boot.
• Sized up for more forefoot volume: For 18% of feet, the standard width had too little forefoot volume at the size the chart gave. In the standard width, going up a size was the only way to get more forefoot volume, and the bigger size also adds length in front of the toes. The wide version adds forefoot volume and keeps the length, if you already know you need a wide width.
• Sized up for toe room only: 8% of feet had enough forefoot volume, but the length the chart gave left their toes very little room. If your foot is near the long end of your size on Timberland's chart, consider half a size up in the Classic 6-Inch Waterproof Boot.
• Sized down for less forefoot volume: For 5% of feet, the standard width had too much forefoot volume at the size the chart gave. The Classic 6-Inch Waterproof Boot has no narrow version, so a smaller size was the only way to get less forefoot volume, with less room in front of the toes.

We measured the standard width of the Classic 6-Inch Waterproof Boot and virtually fitted 16,874 real feet from our earlier in-store 3D foot scanners. Out of 17,311 foot scans, those 16,874 feet fall in the Classic 6-Inch Waterproof Boot's size range (US men's 4 to 15). For every foot, we followed Timberland's size guidance online: the length chart, in the standard width. The score of 78 with the width options is estimated from standard width steps, not measured on the wide version itself. A difference of a full size or more between Timberland's size and the size that fits best counts as a miss. These numbers show how the Classic 6-Inch Waterproof Boot fits a large group of feet, not how the boot feels on your feet.