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Community => Coffee Lounge => Topic started by: Backinwellies on November 21, 2013, 08:28:33 am
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We all have our favourites for various reasons ............ what wellies do you wear (or covet!) and why? (and is colour important?)
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I seem to remember we had this topic before...
Dunlop red soles for me. And they are black, which I would prefer in footwear anyway....
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Yup, and old but VERY important topic.....I love my Muck boots!
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Muck boots because they keep my toes warm and seem to help with chilblains BUT I slip over very easily in them, especially on wet concrete or slabs >:(
I'm back into my Hunters at the moment as they seem to have a better grip in the wet but they aren't ideal - not comfortable enough and quite tight across foot.
cant' afford the ones I really want!!
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Yes, I find Muck boots very warm but not the best grip. My children have Bekina Pur and Nora Max and don't seem to have the same problems, or maybe I'm just clumsier.
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Dunlops have lasted the longest for me, but not very warm.
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Hunter balmoral with bamboo carbon lining, had them ages, dead comfy, still going strong, don't confuse with the cheap hunter wellies, I have deep wellie love for mine
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Dunlop Purfort. Light as a feather, good grip, last well. In cold weather, welly slippers inside. Can't remember the make, they're blue and lovely and toasty, and you can leave them on as slippers in the house if you want so it doesn't make donning and removing your wellies too much of a chore.
Colour doesn't matter one jot for anything for me - except that I generally try to have a different colour and/or design to BH, so there's no mix-up or argument ;)
Oh, I did have a pair of Le Chameau once, they were superb, best grip of any welly I ever had and very comfortable to walk in too. I probably will never forgive the friend who borrowed them to row in and ruined them :rant:
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The Muck boots in the photo are the heavier type with thicker treads for better grip and they are much better than my others, my husbands lighter version got worn out very quickly and they became extremely slippy, mine are still good and I am very unstable :innocent: As for colour, I fancied some purple ones but had brown and one day out in the mud and mine and my husbands black ones looked the same!!!
I have some leather boots that I love they had a fleece lining but I wore them without socks once and got my toe stuck in the lining and then my foot got stuck so I had to trim off the lining, they are very very comfy and warm but a bit heavy!
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I've got Muckboots warm but resemble Torvill and Dean fairly frequently. TBH I don't like wellies - prefer boots and waterproof trousers.
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Muckboots for me.
I like that the upper part fits snugly to my calf so stuff does'nt drop in there in the summer particularly. My OH has big Dunlops but stuff is always rolling into them.
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Muckboots have very good grip if you get the Thurso model, designed for farmers, it has a mega tread and have been a lot less slippy than the Le Chameaus or Hunters even with their extra tread models
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My calves are wide, so I don't ever have that problem SQ! :D In fact, I can't wear a lot of welly brands because the calves aren't wide enough for me. BH gets things falling into his wellies, though, stick-legs that he is :roflanim:. And my female colleague on the moorland farm regularly had ewe pee going into her welly; it just rolled off when they peed on me! :roflanim:
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Mine have a heavy tread...just reading this reminded me of my youngest daughter laughing her socks off at me...running in mine :roflanim: :roflanim:
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I bought neoprene Tayberry drake boots a couple of months ago and love them. If there is a choice of colours then it becomes important ;D
Mine are chocolate brown (don't notice the muck so much)
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If I'm feeling really flush I might splash out on a pair of dunlops ;D- but otherwise the cheaper the better- never spent more than £15 for a pair about my limit. The OH is far more grand and goes for aigle neoprene lined- about 7-8 times the price of mine- she did once get me some "posh" wellies for Christmas- couldn't be doing with them- kept losing my socks and got blistered heels
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Muckboots seem to be the most worn one, and I do too, but I did a spectacular backwards somersault onto my behind going downhill last night... I somehow managed not to hit my head on the muckheap posts... sore wrist and elbow this morning though.
I also did have the Tay Muckboots once (the one for farmers), but have found that they split very quickly just above the ankle, where they are a bit too wide. and then they are not very waterproof anymore...
Would love a pair of Aigles with extra lining etc etc.... but no chance...Santa has crossed that one out of my list every year so far :(
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Ouch .....think we all dread falling over in slippery mud, I fell in the forest and had such a job getting up due to dogs licking my face and nothing to push up on!! I once found some green hunter willies in the bin, I wore them and soon found out why they were in the bin, they had slippery soles and leaked.....
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At the moment I have a pair of Dunlops that have steel toes and ankle protection, very grippy tread , £16, and so far have been fine , I usually manage to stand on a nail or two during the coarse of a winter but these have remained hole free so far. Gabi bought a new pair of Crunch boots this morning for £19, similar to a mucker.
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I bought Muck boots (Tay Sport) a year ago. Lovely and warm but not uncomfortable in warm weather. Grip is an issue and I have nearly fallen over in mud or on slippery surfaces a few times, but I bought the ones with the light tread so I didn't keep getting stones stuck in them. They don't get mud stuck in the tread either. I will certainly buy another pair, unless I do actually fall over then I may change my mind, or fit crampons!
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i love my buck bootz, i have the safety boot that is steel toe caped as i work with cattle but i am getting a pair of the non safety for my Christmas they look exactly like the muck boot but way cheaper and i have had mine for about 5 years now and they are still going strong :D
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Love my LeChameau wellies, I am lucky in that I have little feet size3 so they always seem to be in the sales.
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I am lucky in that I have little feet size3
How do you balance?
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dunlops for me as well-just stick in some decent insoles in the winter or I have some great rigger boots. loathe neoprene boots and find them slippy anyway and I just can't bring myself to buy something very expensive just to stand in mud and ****. I don't wear them unless I really have to (although thats alot), so don't wear them in the barn/stables/chicken pens-just in the padddock.
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I am lucky in that I have little feet size3
How do you balance?
Not very well I am always falling over ;D
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Dunlop Purofort. No contest.
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My calves are wide, so I don't ever have that problem SQ! :D In fact, I can't wear a lot of welly brands because the calves aren't wide enough for me.
Same here. It's a real problem. I just tend to wear whatever will go on.
I once found some green hunter willies in the bin,
Sandy, I hope that was a typo?????
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:roflanim: :roflanim: :roflanim: , my I pad makes me put Willey instead of Welly...honest :innocent: No aliens in the bins I am afraid"" I notice my daughter puts similar things as she mentioned she was doing some frog massage!!!! I assume she did mean dog :thinking:
I was so wrapped up yesterday with thermal leggings, trousers and thick socks, I could not pull my willies on that well, my hands were also painful yesterday so that did not help, I also, I suspect like a lot of others, have a job putting some boots on, I need a wide target to aim my foot into otherwise I can be a while putting any on, and I cannot stand on one leg very well!
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The combination of standing on one leg and your spellcheck's changes of wellies to willies (mine does it too but I notice and correct it!) :roflanim:
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:roflanim: maybe I should write willey instead :rant: ...think my I pad has a sense of humour. :innocent:
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Bekina Steplight for best grip. Insulated, but I still need welly warmers inside them. They also do more insulated ones specially for dairy farmers stuck in freezing parlours.
For everyday stuff, Muckboots are my favourite, but it's a shame they can't make ones with better tread.
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I had muckboots which I really liked but they split at the heel after about two months :(. Place I bought them from said they couldnt take them back due to health and safety because I had worn them ::). Muck boot said I had to deal with shop I bought them from. Didnt get anywhere so decided never to bother with either company again!! I was really disappointed because I did like them. Now have neoprene lined Aigles which are really warm and comfy. I do spend quite a lot on wellies but I spend so much time in them and I hate cold feet!!
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A couple stayed in our B&B a few years ago that had an online store selling things like Muckboots but stopped as there were too many returns, poor fit, splits etc..I think one of my ours leaked as where we walked had been prepped for heavy forest machinery, a few stones punctured them
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Not moving in posh circles I'd never heard of Muck boots ....... most farmers wear Dunlop or Nora or similar ...... so have always had some of these or cheap ones which often fit my wide feet narrow legs better ..... interesting so many of you have mentioned muck boots but mostly have a negative comment about them! Do they support arches or are they just flat like 'normal' wellies?
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My wellies are Hoggs Field Pro ones and the colour is green. They have been brilliant so far, fingers
crossed! I do a lot of walking and need good boots. So any further information about those muckboots
would be welcome, please.
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Not sure they're worth the money - my green B & Q £15 ones are 5 years old and still going strong
http://www.gardenxl.com/wellies/brands/muck-boots?gclid=CLyvoqzo-roCFRIPtAodtA4ACw (http://www.gardenxl.com/wellies/brands/muck-boots?gclid=CLyvoqzo-roCFRIPtAodtA4ACw)
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I think my daughter introduced me to Muck boots...or where they Muddies? we all used to go regularly to game fairs or to country shows and her partner was a keen hunter/shooter so often had hunting and sporting catalogues in the house, I just now love Neoprene boots as they hug my legs and are always warm, I hate that cold wet Wellington feeling on a icy morning!!
My husband had his first pair as a present from his mum, I was so impressed so then I started buying them, before that I had any old Wellingtons but I have mobility issues and can be very unstable at times so love the way Much boots mould around my legs, I cannot walk too well in ankle type boots so I do think they support your foot better, in normal Wellingtons I feel unsteady but that's me.
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this is a real interesting thread for me, we know we need to invest in good wet weather gear,
as for wellies we are totally lost ;D a good friend of mine has a pair of Le Chams at £300 :o :o :o :o but he has had them for just over 10 years now, and they still look good , he wears them 3-4 times a week when out shooting
I find it hard to justify that price, , but as he says, so far, it works out less than a pound a week ..
waterproofs are another debatable thing, personally i want the Gortex army ones, and at £70 a set, i know from experience how good they are ….
but what wellies ?
Muckboots
Aigle
Le Chams
Dunlop
Hunter ??? ??? ???
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As for waterproofs- Gabi and I have just got some off Ebay for £7.90p for the set (jacket and trouser) totally waterproof and good enough for rough use , they were from Toppers Wales Ltd . Ordered on Wednesday -arrived on Friday , they have them from small to 4 XL .
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I find it hard to justify that price, , but as he says, so far, it works out less than a pound a week ..
I think my Dunlops cost around £25; when I used to live in them, they lasted at least a year, so rather cheaper than those luxury ones... (They are safety boots, depends on whether you want that - a friend of mine finds them too heavy for everyday use, but I don't even feel the weight any more. Actually feel I've got nothing on my feet when I wear normal boots!)
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As for waterproofs- Gabi and I have just got some off Ebay for £7.90p for the set (jacket and trouser) totally waterproof and good enough for rough use , they were from Toppers Wales Ltd . Ordered on Wednesday -arrived on Friday , they have them from small to 4 XL .
thats a bargain, the only ones i could find on the toppers site where £54
:thumbsup: :thumbsup: good result tiz
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The combination of standing on one leg and your spellcheck's changes of wellies to willies (mine does it too but I notice and correct it!) :roflanim:
:roflanim: maybe I should write willey instead :rant: ...think my I pad has a sense of humour. :innocent:
Sandy, you do give us something to laugh at. :roflanim:
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John and Helen , if you go back into their site top left corner search box , type in waterproof clothing they are there.
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:thumbsup: tiz thats cheap enough , even if they get ruined
this is the one's i found 1st
http://www.topperswales.com/Workwear-And-PPE/Outdoor-Wear/JACKETS/Dickies-Exmoor-Windcheater-Suit-WP70000-220/ (http://www.topperswales.com/Workwear-And-PPE/Outdoor-Wear/JACKETS/Dickies-Exmoor-Windcheater-Suit-WP70000-220/)
nice site, and will only be down the road :thumbsup: