I have the same problem with wide feet. I used two pairs of Vasque Sundowners over several years and when the second pair wore out I tried the usual trail runners and other brands of true hiking boots and ended up with sore feet and blisters which I had never had in at least 2000 miles with the sundowners. I finally went back to Vasque boots which I can get locally and are available in wide. So far I have had good luck with the new boots but only a couple of hundred miles on them. They may be a little heavier but I do not have blisters. I think that as others have said, you have to get what fits your feet, not what fits someone else's feet.