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Wellies

  • 08-12-2013 9:26pm
    #1
    huwboy
    Registered Users Posts: 50 ✭✭


    Hello lads

    What's peoples preferred make of wellies for around the farm? Gotta say I quite like Nora's, v comfortable,, good grip/tread on them, seem to mould to your feet as you wear them. Also easy to wash out if need be. Only drawback is no steel toecap:mad:


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  • #2
    jersey101
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,190 ✭✭✭jersey101


    huwboy wrote: »
    Hello lads

    What's peoples preferred make of wellies for around the farm? Gotta say I quite like Nora's, v comfortable,, good grip/tread on them, seem to mould to your feet as you wear them. Also easy to wash out if need be. Only drawback is no steel toecap:mad:

    father got aigles with neoprem lining in them. Best boots i have ever seen by far. Ye wouldn't need a sock in them there that nice. Onlybproblem in the 160e


  • #3
    agriman27
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 496 ✭✭agriman27


    I like the purofort I think there called. Very light and last a long time


  • #4
    Conmaicne Mara
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,543 ✭✭✭Conmaicne Mara


    Had a pair of Noras, until a stray bit of fence wire holed them. Sole wasn't the best for grip I thought, also could do with a big cushion insole.

    Have Bekina Steplites at the moment, getting along OK with them, grip still isn't the best.


  • #5
    huwboy
    Registered Users Posts: 50 ✭✭huwboy


    jersey101 wrote: »
    father got aigles with neoprem lining in them. Best boots i have ever seen by far. Ye wouldn't need a sock in them there that nice. Onlybproblem in the 160e

    160e, that's not cheap for a pair of boots! last pair of nora's i got would have been about 35e, last me about a year i reckon


  • #6
    huwboy
    Registered Users Posts: 50 ✭✭huwboy


    Conmaicne Mara wrote: »
    Had a pair of Noras, until a stray bit of fence wire holed them. Sole wasn't the best for grip I thought, also could do with a big cushion insole.

    Have Bekina Steplites at the moment, getting along OK with them, grip still isn't the best.

    yeah i've ripped a pair of nora's climing over a fence


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  • #7
    jersey101
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,190 ✭✭✭jersey101


    huwboy wrote: »
    160e, that's not cheap for a pair of boots! last pair of nora's i got would have been about 35e, last me about a year i reckon

    they last 4-5 years though. They have brilliant grip. He had a pair of puroforts before them and was slipping the whole time


  • #8
    huwboy
    Registered Users Posts: 50 ✭✭huwboy


    averaged over 4-5 years the cost per year is about the same as mine then


  • #9
    Conmaicne Mara
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,543 ✭✭✭Conmaicne Mara


    huwboy wrote: »
    yeah i've ripped a pair of nora's climing over a fence

    The Puroforts aren't much cop either when it comes to holes, swing of a sheep deck sliced mine right open. The soles wear quickly too.


  • #10
    huwboy
    Registered Users Posts: 50 ✭✭huwboy


    Conmaicne Mara wrote: »
    The Puroforts aren't much cop either when it comes to holes, swing of a sheep deck sliced mine right open. The soles wear quickly too.

    yeah had puroforts myself as well, at least you have a steel toe with those. you can bust a pair of wellies just as eaisly if they are cheap or expensive, rip them on something or put a fork through them!


  • #11
    agriman27
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 496 ✭✭agriman27


    Conmaicne Mara wrote: »
    The Puroforts aren't much cop either when it comes to holes, swing of a sheep deck sliced mine right open. The soles wear quickly too.

    Yeah they mightn't be as tough as they were when they first came out. The last pair I bought seem soft enough


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  • #12
    Bizzum
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    I wear Aigle Paracours. Serious boot. I think they're €120 or so a pair.


  • #13
    Damo810
    Registered Users Posts: 998 ✭✭✭Damo810


    Pair of Rigger boots. €35 on sale a few years back, just need to be replaced now. Lovely and warm too with the woolen lining.


  • #14
    huwboy
    Registered Users Posts: 50 ✭✭huwboy


    Bizzum wrote: »
    I wear Aigle Paracours. Serious boot. I think they're €120 or so a pair.

    Serious boot indeed, think i will stick to the noras though. a lot of dairy lads seem to like the noras around here (wales)


  • #15
    Bizzum
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,034 ✭✭✭Bizzum


    I have a new pair of Aigles here that I haven't taken outta the box yet, I still wear my old ones that were got around 2006, maybe earlier.
    I've Aigle waders I bought in 2008 and they're still perfect.
    When you're in boots all day you need good footwear.
    Good boots and a good bed, if you're not in one you're in the other!


  • #16
    huwboy
    Registered Users Posts: 50 ✭✭huwboy


    Damo810 wrote: »
    Pair of Rigger boots. €35 on sale a few years back, just need to be replaced now. Lovely and warm too with the woolen lining.

    Can't beat them for warmth, trouble is if lining gets wet then that's a real pain!


  • #17
    tabby aspreme
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,035 ✭✭✭tabby aspreme


    Have purofort here, good boot but easily punctured , only wear them when dealing with stock, looking for a good waterproof boot at the minute , soles disintegrated on the last few pairs of ecco boots so won't be going there


  • #18
    Bizzum
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,034 ✭✭✭Bizzum


    tabby aspreme wrote: »
    looking for a good waterproof boot at the minute , soles disintegrated on the last few pairs of ecco boots so won't be going there

    Is it a leather boot you're after?


  • #19
    Conmaicne Mara
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,543 ✭✭✭Conmaicne Mara


    tabby aspreme wrote: »
    soles disintegrated on the last few pairs of ecco boots so won't be going there

    Used to wear them years ago, utter junk. Brought a pair back to the shop one time, only had them a couple of months. Told they were for walking in dry countries :rolleyes:

    Meindls if you want boots, expensive though, and require attention and care to keep them right.


  • #20
    Bizzum
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,034 ✭✭✭Bizzum


    Conmaicne Mara wrote: »
    Meindls if you want boots, expensive though, and require attention and care to keep them right.

    I was gonna mention Meindl too. I've a couple of pair. The Meindl Burma Pro is a great boot as is the Makalu. Not cheap €200+ but some boot.
    I will say I had one pair that the soles didn't last in and I wasn't too impressed!


  • #21
    Conmaicne Mara
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,543 ✭✭✭Conmaicne Mara


    Bizzum wrote: »
    I was gonna mention Meindl too. I've a couple of pair. The Meindl Burma Pro is a great boot as is the Makalu. Not cheap €200+ but some boot.
    I will say I had one pair that the soles didn't last in and I wasn't too impressed!

    Think you can have them sent back to the factory, if you write a letter bitching enough about it I'd say there'd be a freebie in store.


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  • #22
    blue5000
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 12,698 Mod ✭✭✭✭blue5000


    I use Noras too OP, paying 55e for them, where do you get them for 35?

    If the seat's wet, sit on yer hat, a cool head is better than a wet ar5e.



  • #23
    huwboy
    Registered Users Posts: 50 ✭✭huwboy


    blue5000 wrote: »
    I use Noras too OP, paying 55e for them, where do you get them for 35?

    That's steep. i'm over in Wales and the nora dolomites are about £30, so around 35e in a farm supply store


  • #24
    Bizzum
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,034 ✭✭✭Bizzum


    Conmaicne Mara wrote: »
    Think you can have them sent back to the factory, if you write a letter bitching enough about it I'd say there'd be a freebie in store.

    I fully intend. But paperwork is not my strong point, but I will...... Soon.


  • #25
    Conmaicne Mara
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,543 ✭✭✭Conmaicne Mara


    Bizzum wrote: »
    I fully intend. But paperwork is not my strong point, but I will...... Soon.

    Anyday now :D


  • #26
    Sharpshooter82
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,825 ✭✭✭Sharpshooter82


    use bekinas myself, great yokes


  • #27
    huwboy
    Registered Users Posts: 50 ✭✭huwboy


    Sharpshooter82 wrote: »
    use bekinas myself, great yokes

    never had a pair, do they have steel toe caps?


  • #28
    Sharpshooter82
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,825 ✭✭✭Sharpshooter82


    huwboy wrote: »
    never had a pair, do they have steel toe caps?
    yeah and they have a great sole on them,might not be great for chasing cattle but they are the thermolite ones and keep the toes nice and warm :D


  • #29
    huwboy
    Registered Users Posts: 50 ✭✭huwboy


    Sharpshooter82 wrote: »
    yeah and they have a great sole on them,might not be great for chasing cattle but they are the thermolite ones and keep the toes nice and warm :D

    Thanks for the pic! Hell of a sole on those bad boys! few more months and my noras will be down to slicks i reckon.


  • #30
    Sharpshooter82
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,825 ✭✭✭Sharpshooter82


    huwboy wrote: »
    Thanks for the pic! Hell of a sole on those bad boys! few more months and my noras will be down to slicks i reckon.
    sole makes a great job of them, jumped of a trailer onto concrete shortly after i got them and barely felt it, they were called moon boots for a while by the FIL tho :D


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  • #31
    huwboy
    Registered Users Posts: 50 ✭✭huwboy


    Sharpshooter82 wrote: »
    sole makes a great job of them, jumped of a trailer onto concrete shortly after i got them and barely felt it, they were called moon boots for a while by the FIL tho :D

    yeah they call the dunlop thermos 'moonboots' as well


  • #32
    Sharpshooter82
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,825 ✭✭✭Sharpshooter82


    huwboy wrote: »
    yeah they call the dunlop thermos 'moonboots' as well
    try driving with them for the first time :o


  • #33
    Conmaicne Mara
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,543 ✭✭✭Conmaicne Mara


    Sharpshooter82 wrote: »
    yeah and they have a great sole on them,might not be great for chasing cattle but they are the thermolite ones and keep the toes nice and warm :D

    Sentry duty was never the same since hey :D


  • #34
    Sharpshooter82
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,825 ✭✭✭Sharpshooter82


    Conmaicne Mara wrote: »
    Sentry duty was never the same since hey :D
    dis like walking on cushions :D


  • #35
    huwboy
    Registered Users Posts: 50 ✭✭huwboy


    Sharpshooter82 wrote: »
    try driving with them for the first time :o

    yeah i can imagine that would take a bit of getting used to!


  • #36
    john p mc g
    Registered Users Posts: 119 ✭✭john p mc g


    Herself buying me a pair for xmas anyone have hunter or the ones connacht agri are selling.doing green cert at the moment the last farm visit me toes nearly fell off me with the old dunlops


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  • #37
    tabby aspreme
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,035 ✭✭✭tabby aspreme


    john p mc g wrote: »
    Herself buying me a pair for xmas anyone have hunter or the ones connacht agri are selling.doing green cert at the moment the last farm visit me toes nearly fell off me with the old dunlops

    Be careful if she's buying you hunters as the Hello Kitty pink ones are very popular


  • #38
    jersey101
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,190 ✭✭✭jersey101


    The hunters are well known for spliting at the heal after a while


  • #39
    Sharpshooter82
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,825 ✭✭✭Sharpshooter82


    tabby aspreme wrote: »
    Be careful if she's buying you hunters as the Hello Kitty pink ones are very popular
    but they sooooooo pretty :p


  • #40
    john p mc g
    Registered Users Posts: 119 ✭✭john p mc g


    tabby aspreme wrote: »
    Be careful if she's buying you hunters as the Hello Kitty pink ones are very popular
    ive red hair they might suit


  • #41
    Bizzum
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,034 ✭✭✭Bizzum


    john p mc g wrote: »
    Herself buying me a pair for xmas anyone have hunter or the ones connacht agri are selling.doing green cert at the moment the last farm visit me toes nearly fell off me with the old dunlops

    The basic Hunter is overpriced for what ya get in my humble opinion!


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  • #42
    Damo810
    Registered Users Posts: 998 ✭✭✭Damo810


    huwboy wrote: »
    Can't beat them for warmth, trouble is if lining gets wet then that's a real pain!

    Aye, the only downside to them is how low they are, nothing a pair of overalls won't sort. Wouldn't feel right standing in cow muck with €160 wellies..


  • #43
    john p mc g
    Registered Users Posts: 119 ✭✭john p mc g


    Bizzum wrote: »
    The basic Hunter is overpriced for what ya get in my humble opinion!

    Whats your preference


  • #44
    Bizzum
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,034 ✭✭✭Bizzum


    john p mc g wrote: »
    Whats your preference


    Aigle Paracours. Read this thread from the start, there's a couple of recommendations there.


  • #45
    huwboy
    Registered Users Posts: 50 ✭✭huwboy


    Damo810 wrote: »
    Aye, the only downside to them is how low they are, nothing a pair of overalls won't sort. Wouldn't feel right standing in cow muck with €160 wellies..

    no riggers are fine for certain jobs, but they are low. agree with you re standing in the slurry in expensive wellies, wouldn't feel right


  • #46
    malibu4u
    Registered Users Posts: 127 ✭✭malibu4u


    Bizzum wrote: »
    Good boots and a good bed, if you're not in one you're in the other!

    ye can say that again


  • #47
    Farmer Pudsey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,326 ✭✭✭Farmer Pudsey


    I bought a pair lately Baudou I think about 50yoyo's quite comfortable and warm enough put on the Dunlop Purforts and there were way more comfortable and easier to wear will see how I get on with them.


  • #48
    feartuath
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 341 ✭✭feartuath


    I am using Aigle , the neoprene lined ones very expensive at 150 euro but I have them 4 years but the soles are showing their age now.2 bad ankles and a dodgy knee so I have to use the ones with best support.


  • #49
    Nekarsulm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,219 ✭✭✭✭Nekarsulm


    Bekina Agrilite's. Seem nice so far, warm on the toe's anyway. No steel toe-cap. 50 euro. Nice "nib" at the back of the heel to help pulling them off your foot.
    Replacing a pair of Dunlop Purofort, had them 2 1/2 years, got a cut in one of them just at the ankle, or would still be wearing them.

    Bought a pair of Hunter Classic's once, horrible boots. Freeze your feet off, and you'd break your neck in the parlour. Positively dangerous. Good enough for strutting around in at the local Show, though.


  • #50
    Sharpshooter82
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,825 ✭✭✭Sharpshooter82


    Nekarsulm wrote: »
    Bekina Agrilite's. Seem nice so far, warm on the toe's anyway. No steel toe-cap. 50 euro. Nice "nib" at the back of the heel to help pulling them off your foot.
    Replacing a pair of Dunlop Purofort, had them 2 1/2 years, got a cut in one of them just at the ankle, or would still be wearing them.

    Bought a pair of Hunter Classic's once, horrible boots. Freeze your feet off, and you'd break your neck in the parlour. Positively dangerous. Good enough for strutting around in at the local Show, though.
    Thats about it IMO


  • #51
    buffalobilly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 259 ✭✭buffalobilly


    Dunlop thermo plus here good warm boot with plenty support could not see me wearing any other boot now not badly priced at €100 euro either should do 2 years no bother


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