Boots

[Daniel cain 44,901]

8 minutes ago, Astanley said:

Wow ,this place has really changed for the better a few years ago a young lady asking advice would be overwhelmed by innuendo ,double entendres and out right shouts of " get your tits out and I'll tell ye , " ( by Dotty probably ) .

Well done gentlemen .

With age comes maturity Stan.... So I'm told

[Astanley 11,562]

13 minutes ago, Daniel cain said:

With age comes maturity Stan.... So I'm told

Oh good ,I can't wait for this maturity thing to kick in .

[Caravan Monster 323]

+1 on the Haix army boots. Don't think the second hand ones I've had off ebay had ever been worn. They're less than a third of the price of brands like Meindl. Use the savings to buy decent gaiters like Seeland. They're heavier than light fabric walking boots but nothing like old school Hawkins walking boots or the old army boots.

[Meece 1,957]

27 minutes ago, Astanley said:

Wow ,this place has really changed for the better a few years ago a young lady asking advice would be overwhelmed by innuendo ,double entendres and out right shouts of " get your tits out and I'll tell ye , " ( by Dotty probably ) .

Well done gentlemen .

Perhaps it's fear of retribution.!  If I say that to my Mrs I'm  just as likely to get a cuff round the ear ole.

[Meece 1,957]

If truth is known I  expect the vast majority of all of these offerings are made in some foreign sweat factory and its pot luck as to what you get.  Brand names are just that.  Names.  Here today gone tomorrow.  It could be years in between purchases so who knows what your getting with a new pair.?

[dazbrowne 13 333]

55 minutes ago, Meece said:

Like everything some people love a product and others hate a product.  every manufacturer would say that their product is the best.  If the military use a make, is that boot or whatever made up to a military spec and totally different to the product available to Joe Bloggs.  A lot of manufactures might say that the product has not been used for the purpose that it was designed to do. Price doesn't always relate to how good a product is in use.

Always found boots under a certain price range will leak each to their own I guess the last pair of meindl I sent back one of the boots tongues was half inch higher as well the rand splitting on the side

[jackthelad 1,892]

2 hours ago, South hams hunter said:

I have a pair of navy issue boots which are awesome and not overly heavy but give real good support. Got them off a mate that's on a ship but can I f**k work out the make from the label.

 

Best mate uses Scarpa 4 season boots and they're fantastic but pricey

best boots iv ever had em scarpa really solid boot your not bursting them on the spade.... solid boot soles are bombproof i used mines dyking when they where past there best an could probly still wear em now

[Greb147 6,809]

57 minutes ago, Astanley said:

Wow ,this place has really changed for the better a few years ago a young lady asking advice would be overwhelmed by innuendo ,double entendres and out right shouts of " get your tits out and I'll tell ye , " ( by Dotty probably ) .

Well done gentlemen .

Great Post Stan, nice to see people acting with the utmost decorum. 

Regarding boots, I don't think you can go wrong with a nice  pair of knee high heels. 

Edited November 20, 2020 by Greb147

[greg64 2,799]

4 hours ago, Accip74 said:

I’d like to treat myself to some high leg ‘American made’ Danner boots. Can’t really justify it, but I think they’d make me happy

the danner boots made in the usa are excellent but avoid the danners that are  made in china there crap and you would be lucky to get 18 months out of them

[Meece 1,957]

26 minutes ago, dazbrowne 13 said:

Always found boots under a certain price range will leak each to their own I guess the last pair of meindl I sent back one of the boots tongues was half inch higher as well the rand splitting on the side

 

2 minutes ago, greg64 said:

the danner boots made in the usa are excellent but avoid the danners that are  made in china there crap and you would be lucky to get 18 months out of them

These two posts  kind of point to the point that I was making. All of the marketing blurb say that they are the best.  Well they would wouldn't they. And unless you can try them on you don't know what your going to get online.  feet are different.  the left one might be ok but the right is dead tight.  all of these really need wearing in before going on a big hike unless you want feet like lumps of raw meat.  here is an article about boots in the Telegraph and don't forget they have been selected by Holly willowy. and some other actress in a film..! so that makes them really good.  I asked my Spaniel as to which ones were best.  the spaniel said that wellies were best because they kept the wet out and the smell in. 

Article...for what it's worth.  Like I wrote most boots are probably churned out in Mbongo land or Chinkville.  https://www.telegraph.co.uk/recommended/leisure/best-walking-boots-women/

[Astanley 11,562]

I refuse to buy stuff from Mbongoland ,their human rights record is appaling .

[Meece 1,957]

1 hour ago, Astanley said:

I refuse to buy stuff from Mbongoland ,their human rights record is appaling .

How does anyone know where the stuff you buy comes from.?  Sthil chainsaws used to come from Germany.  Husqvarna used to come from Sweeden.  Not any more it is all from Chinkville.  It's just like being a box of matches or a tin of beans.  it's all random items.  all of the Americans want to buy stuff >>> Proudly made in the USA. Briggs and Stratton engines have a sticker on the cowling that states >>> Proudly made in the USA.  The sticker is,  but the engine isn't.  Most of everything is just bollocks speak and it's all fake news. and don't forget OMO soap powder used to be whiter than white.?  Isn't white white. apart from the hundred shades of white.

[Accip74 7,112]

2 hours ago, greg64 said:

the danner boots made in the usa are excellent but avoid the danners that are  made in china there crap and you would be lucky to get 18 months out of them

Yeah I sussed that out on their website mate. You can tell when they are American made because there’s a big jump in price, but you get what you pay for.

I bought some American made Red Wing boots a few years back & those things will last forever with an occasional resole

[lurchers 2,746]

7 hours ago, Meece said:

Like everything some people love a product and others hate a product.  every manufacturer would say that their product is the best.  If the military use a make, is that boot or whatever made up to a military spec and totally different to the product available to Joe Bloggs.  A lot of manufactures might say that the product has not been used for the purpose that it was designed to do. Price doesn't always relate to how good a product is in use.

Considering altberg do ya size fitting and I know a lot of people that do a lot of walking up the dales and the lakes,say they have tried a few different boots because of heat say until they gone to altberg and they say they won’t buy anything else now.But they are pricey but like I said you get what ya pay for.

[WILF 46,485]

24 minutes ago, lurchers said:

Considering altberg do ya size fitting and I know a lot of people that do a lot of walking up the dales and the lakes,say they have tried a few different boots because of heat say until they gone to altberg and they say they won’t buy anything else now.But they are pricey but like I said you get what ya pay for.

The Alt-Berg lightweight desert boots are the absolute daddy for warm dry wether or if you do a mobile job in clean dry conditions