Boots & Wellies

[Guest JohnGalway]

Good afternoon all,

 

Right, after having to do a rather unplesant job in the rain today I've decided I've had it up to my eyeballs with these s**t Ecco boots. The bottom of the drain was drier than my feet. If I emptied a box of BB's into those boots there'd be less holes as the lead would plug some of them up.

 

What I'll be doing in new boots;

 

foxing, 90% of it walking,

farm work such as fencing, draining, going to the hill gathering sheep etc, some light building work.

 

The terrain;

 

West of Ireland, alkaline (I think) bog, water (lots of water pretty much all year around, with me in it), sharp and abrasive rocks, brambles, gorse, slippery ground and rocks, barbed wire. Generally lots of everything in the last sentence, clean level ground is non existant to be honest.

 

What I want/need;

 

NO SOFT BOOTS NEED APPLY.

Rugged well wearing (in other words tear resistant from sharp rocks etc.), warm, DRY, comfortable, good support, good grip soles non slip. (Not asking for much like).

1 pair of boots, 1 pair of wellingtons.

Will have to last more than 12 months.

 

Everything I've had previously has had holes like torpedo strikes within 6 months. I don't mind spending a bit of money if I'm going to get QUALITY. These boots will get walked into the ground as I don't own more than one hunting/working boot pair at a time.

 

I'm generally against wellingtons, due to me almost breaking my neck in a few pairs. But, I realise I probably do need a pair.

 

I have searched here and on other sites.

 

The brands I've seen mentioned the most have been Tay Muck Boot (like the look of them actually), Aigle, Le Chameau, Meindl.

 

What I'm asking for now fron all you good people is this especially, take into account the terrain and work described above, couple it with what I'm looking for and then if you can reccomend a boot, most preferably from personal expierence please do so

 

Many thanks in advance,

 

Yours with soggy feet ,

 

John

[nelson 0]

Matterhorns from these

 

 

http://www.milisupply.com/footwear.htm

[david2363 42]

From the sound of that terrain, I'd say you need a tractor mate.

[Russell 0]

Meindl Douvre Extreme - great pair of boots, would never go back to wellies now.

[Guest Scuba1]

Meindl Douvre Extreme - great pair of boots, would never go back to wellies now.

 

 

Had mine for 7 years now and tey have done the lot from snow to salt water and now here walking on the sharp vulcano rocks and yes they are still going and water proof.

[lonedigga 23]

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Edited June 3, 2008 by lonedigga

[highlander 0]

Mendil Antartikis GTX the best boots money can buy my last pair did nearly two seasons every day use.

 

Regards highlander.

[Stabs 3]

[Wilky 0]

Good old fashioned Kips Chrome Leather Fell Boots, absloutely tough as f**k, resoleable and unbelievably hard wearing, the only problem is that they're just not in vogue at the minute, which suits me just fine

[Guest JohnGalway]

Hi folks,

 

After considering varied advice from this and other websites I've invested in a pair of Meindl Glockner GTX (suitable for walking glaciers, which should come in handy) and a pair of Esk Muck Boots which came highly reccomended. Both have to be sent from across the water as local suppliers here don't seem to stock them and I'm damned if I'm going travelling to Dublin. Will let ye know how they perform after rigerous testing.

 

Thanks for the help,

 

John :thumbs-up:

[Russell 0]

Hi folks,

 

After considering varied advice from this and other websites I've invested in a pair of Meindl Glockner GTX (suitable for walking glaciers, which should come in handy) and a pair of Esk Muck Boots which came highly reccomended. Both have to be sent from across the water as local suppliers here don't seem to stock them and I'm damned if I'm going travelling to Dublin. Will let ye know how they perform after rigerous testing.

 

Thanks for the help,

 

John :thumbs-up:

 

 

Good choice - very similar to the Douvre Extreme - just a little bit shorter on the leg :)

[SINDASOX 256]

How much coin were they...???

 

SINDASOX

[Guest JohnGalway]

£59.50 for the Muck Boot & £161.70 for the Meindl's I know. I heard so much about them though that I had to give them a go. IF they're as good as people say I'll get another pair before winter.... If I can sell a spare organ before then

 

Those prices include postage btw.

Edited May 26, 2007 by JohnGalway

[gnipper 6,535]

Has anyone tried the Doolans Pro Boot that TopKit sell?

Cheers, Gnipper