A touch of extra room in the toe which heavy socks will take care of in cold weather! In fact this pair are a size 16, which wasnt even a number suggested on the web-site as being available?When I considered the hassle of sending them back, cost of postage etc. The absorbency is the same as a normal pad. I wouldve given this product 5 stars, but the hardware screws they provided were pretty short (see picture). But there were satisfactory. I got these to install on the side of the bookcases in my sons room. Got these for work, in our break room. You’d have to sell a spleen just to get drunk. A solid investment for highly reliable ram. Wireless earbuds are very popular but often unreasonably expensive.