I was having trouble deciding that, too. Plus the price was forbidding. (At the sale price Claudia found it was obviously much better.)
In the end what swayed me positively was the shape, I think. And I kept thinking of ways I could wear them.
Una felt they were too ladylike for her and urged me not to buy. They don't feel too ladylike for my style, but they are a polished feeling bootie, for sure. But I wear my Blundstones or my tall Timberlands when I want more rugged.