I ended up with a couple pair of State shoes, one pair of the Mercer and one of the Elgin. For those wondering, my foot is average width and they fit true to size for me. Insoles are decent but I've been skating them with Lunar ones just for the familiarity of how they feel. Soles are nice and grippy and had no issue skating in them almost immediately. I hate one thing about the Mercer though, and it's the same reason I never get Half-Cabs, the lace that goes with the metal eyelet (the highest that isn't on the midtop part of the shoe), rips almost instanteously. Other than that, they feel good and solid, have good heel lock, nice toe shape, etc.