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Work boots

  • 28-05-2015 7:40pm
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    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,546 ✭✭✭✭


    So what work boots do ye lot have a preference for? I'm not talking about wellies.

    my current pair have seen better days tbh

    Say for a days tractor work or a summers day in the yard. I usually just pick up any breed of ankle steel toe capped boot that lasts about a year or so. Was thinking of getting a good hatd wearing pair this time round if there is such a thing :)


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  • Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 12,756 Mod ✭✭✭✭blue5000


    Used to have a few prs of cat lace up boots, best workboots I ever had anyway.

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



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,347 ✭✭✭Grueller


    Reggie. wrote: »
    So what work boots do ye lot have a preference for? I'm not talking about wellies.

    my current pair have seen better days tbh

    Say for a days tractor work or a summers day in the yard. I usually just pick up any breed of ankle steel toe capped boot that lasts about a year or so. Was thinking of getting a good hatd wearing pair this time round if there is such a thing :)

    I always buy a grisport steel toe cap hiking boot. Buy them at about €70 in a place called Greenes in Clonroche, Co. Wexford. I have seen them at €100-110 in other places. Seriously comfortable and last abou 12-15 months. Make sure what you get has soles glued on not stitched as the cow**** eats the stitching away and they fall apart after.


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


    Find the NO RISK ones good comfortable and not bad wearing


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,583 ✭✭✭Jb1989


    Ah Reggie!
    Your irish!
    And your in the defence forces!
    You need a pair of...
    Czechoslovakians...


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,546 ✭✭✭✭Reggie.


    Jb1989 wrote: »
    Ah Reggie!
    Your irish!
    And your in the defence forces!
    You need a pair of...
    Czechoslovakians...

    :eek: the cut of them


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,583 ✭✭✭Jb1989


    Reggie. wrote: »
    :eek: the cut of them

    Never done the oul men going to mass any harm ;)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,563 ✭✭✭mayota


    Thems not czechoslovakians.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 446 ✭✭poor farmer


    Redbacks .best boot i have worn yet.Strong money but the will last.
    There's a lad in Wales that sells them mail order,he does have an add in the"farmers Weekly"


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,583 ✭✭✭Jb1989


    mayota wrote: »
    Thems not czechoslovakians.

    Closest I could get on stupid google
    I know they should be brown for a start
    Internet no help


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,563 ✭✭✭mayota


    Jb1989 wrote: »
    Closest I could get on stupid google
    I know they should be brown for a start
    Internet no help

    I had forgotten about them myself. You'd see the laces gone brown from the shoe polish !


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 695 ✭✭✭3 the square


    WOULD GETTING OUT OF D WELLIES AND BUYING A GOOD PAIR OF BOOTHS BE GOOD FOR SORE SHINS ??
    OR IS IT JUST OLD AGE ..


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 588 ✭✭✭Justjens


    Blundstone, comfortable from the moment you first put them on, not cheap but they last well if you mind them.

    http://www.twomeys.ie/#/blundstone-redback/4573891792


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,380 ✭✭✭O.A.P


    Find the NO RISK ones good comfortable and not bad wearing
    I am on my 10th or 11th pair now and they are by far the best work boots I ever had,
    I pay about 70 every 6 to 8 months , might find better for more dosh but I'm not about too.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,980 ✭✭✭Genghis Cant


    WOULD GETTING OUT OF D WELLIES AND BUYING A GOOD PAIR OF BOOTHS BE GOOD FOR SORE SHINS ??
    OR IS IT JUST OLD AGE ..

    You wouldn't know yourself if you got yourself a proper pair of boots.
    If you like light boots, something like the Brasher Supalites are good.
    A slightly beefier boot would be some of the Meindl, like Makalu or Burma pro.
    They ain't cheap. But you've only the one pair of feet...... Look after them!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,980 ✭✭✭Genghis Cant


    Reggie. wrote: »
    So what work boots do ye lot have a preference for? I'm not talking about wellies.

    my current pair have seen better days tbh

    Say for a days tractor work or a summers day in the yard. I usually just pick up any breed of ankle steel toe capped boot that lasts about a year or so. Was thinking of getting a good hatd wearing pair this time round if there is such a thing :)

    Are ye boys not issued with Meindl Army Pro boots?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,984 ✭✭✭Miname


    I must desperate hard on boots, two to three months and they are shot with me. I've a pair of cofra boots at the moment that seem to be holding their own.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,580 ✭✭✭Mad4simmental


    Redbacks .best boot i have worn yet.Strong money but the will last.
    There's a lad in Wales that sells them mail order,he does have an add in the"farmers Weekly"

    +1000
    I had a pair for years. By far the best boot you can get.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 249 ✭✭bonaparte2


    Meindl Burma Pro , expensive but you get what you pay for


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 340 ✭✭locha


    Have a pair of Burma pro since 2006... Heavy but they are the fendt of boots!!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,262 ✭✭✭Farrell


    Ex German Army boots
    Will stand up to any abuse


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 594 ✭✭✭fanadman1


    https://www.mackboots.com.au/products/Z-MKFARMER?CampaignCode=Specials
    on my 3rd or 4th pair of these run about 85 euro a pair last me around 12-14 months tried alot of boots and these are the ones stuck with me anyway only fault i can have with them is if you do any amount of work on your knees the toes will be out of them learned that when i started to mechanic


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,194 ✭✭✭foxy farmer


    No one polishes their boots anymore. As an apprentice in the ESB I was once pulled up by a store man responsible for issuing PPE. for having tatty workboots. Given a lecture about cleaning and polishing. Important to lifetime of the leather.
    Was often tempted to buy a pair of Dr Martens 10 hole steel toed boots but the thoughts of opening all the lacing at tbe end of a long day is putting me off.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,546 ✭✭✭✭Reggie.


    Are ye boys not issued with Meindl Army Pro boots?

    Nope. Used to be issued meindl's boots but are issued some other breed of one now. Not steel toe tho and a bit heavy for around the yard


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,100 ✭✭✭tabby aspreme


    Have a pair of Haix x21 boots here for outdoor work , great boot dry feet no matter what, but hard to break in at first,


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,946 ✭✭✭MayoAreMagic


    WOULD GETTING OUT OF D WELLIES AND BUYING A GOOD PAIR OF BOOTHS BE GOOD FOR SORE SHINS ??
    OR IS IT JUST OLD AGE ..

    That is probably a bit of shin splints. The willies are bad for it because they have no arch support and are so flat. Your best bet would be a light pair of hill-walking boots. I have the same issue myself, it comes from having flat feet, or 'over-pronation' if you want the full title. I bought a pair of insoles for it too, pain completely gone, well worth looking into.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30,443 ✭✭✭✭Wanderer78


    WOULD GETTING OUT OF D WELLIES AND BUYING A GOOD PAIR OF BOOTHS BE GOOD FOR SORE SHINS ??
    OR IS IT JUST OLD AGE ..

    does sound like shin splints. some foam rolling might help with that but try the advice from others as well


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,422 ✭✭✭just do it


    The perfect boots for you Reggie :D

    6T5UVT.png
    (Thanks to the power of Google ads!)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30,443 ✭✭✭✭Wanderer78


    just do it wrote: »
    The perfect boots for you Reggie :D

    jasus could yea get that ad any bigger! like the red though


  • Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 12,756 Mod ✭✭✭✭blue5000


    Wanderer78 wrote: »
    jasus could yea get that ad any bigger! like the red though
    Real hooker boots, and I'm not talkin rugby!

    Reggie them army issue boots look all right. Are they comfortable?

    Wearing a pair of these http://www.adverts.ie/boots/insulated-slip-on-dealer-boots/3057051 atm, ok for the money so far.

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



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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 14,241 ✭✭✭✭Kovu


    That is probably a bit of shin splints. The willies are bad for it because they have no arch support and are so flat.

    Heh heh heh heh :D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 848 ✭✭✭dohc turbo2


    Dewalt challenger I find for myself the best , expensive but comfortable and I get 12 months out of a pair


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,891 ✭✭✭Bullocks


    Kovu wrote: »
    Heh heh heh heh :D

    Nothing worse than a flat willie ☺


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,546 ✭✭✭✭Reggie.


    blue5000 wrote: »
    Real hooker boots, and I'm not talkin rugby!

    Reggie them army issue boots look all right. Are they comfortable?

    Wearing a pair of these http://www.adverts.ie/boots/insulated-slip-on-dealer-boots/3057051 atm, ok for the money so far.
    Grand alright but just don't try to run in them :rolleyes:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 877 ✭✭✭Sacrolyte


    Redbacks .best boot i have worn yet.Strong money but the will last.
    There's a lad in Wales that sells them mail order,he does have an add in the"farmers Weekly"

    Twomeys Horse and Country in Killarney have them. Not cheap though.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,748 ✭✭✭ganmo


    just do it wrote: »
    The perfect boots for you Reggie :D

    6T5UVT.png
    (Thanks to the power of Google ads!)

    And again
    350363.jpg


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  • Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 12,756 Mod ✭✭✭✭blue5000


    Ganmo you have a very complicated sense of humour, but I think I get it.:D

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



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,735 ✭✭✭lakill Farm


    Reggie. wrote: »
    Grand alright but just don't try to run in them :rolleyes:

    no fear of you running :P


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,546 ✭✭✭✭Reggie.


    no fear of you running :P

    Do ya hear the telly tubby :D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,422 ✭✭✭just do it


    Wanderer78 wrote: »
    jasus could yea get that ad any bigger! like the red though
    Was only 4 inches on my screen ;)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,422 ✭✭✭just do it


    blue5000 wrote: »
    Ganmo you have a very complicated sense of humour, but I think I get it.:D
    Good for you but I don't :confused:


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,748 ✭✭✭ganmo


    just do it wrote: »
    Good for you but I don't :confused:

    I was giving out about targeted ads


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,422 ✭✭✭just do it


    ganmo wrote: »
    I was giving out about targeted ads

    That's what I thought. Now I wonder what blue was thinking? !!!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30,443 ✭✭✭✭Wanderer78


    just do it wrote: »
    Was only 4 inches on my screen ;)

    jasus she wont be happy with just 4 inches


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,583 ✭✭✭Jb1989


    Bullocks wrote: »
    Nothing worse than a flat willie ☺

    They say once you go black,
    You never go back....,,
    But yet green ones are most common...
    Mind boggles.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,975 ✭✭✭Connemara Farmer


    Bullocks wrote: »
    Nothing worse than a flat willie ☺

    Flat willie, sounds like a country song.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,975 ✭✭✭Connemara Farmer


    Reggie. wrote: »
    Do ya hear the telly tubby :D

    Mean............... but funny.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,371 ✭✭✭MickeyShtyles


    Mean............... but funny.

    And sure everything funny is true!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,583 ✭✭✭Jb1989


    mayota wrote: »
    Thems not czechoslovakians.

    Here we go
    Reggie can strutt his stuff in these babies...
    image.jpg
    how to take screenshots


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,329 ✭✭✭jfh


    Another vote for redback. Although wear my old asics kayano during the summer. No end to those runners


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,221 ✭✭✭davidk1394


    I need to get new work boots. I have Trojan work boots and they served me well. Looking for the waterproof, steel toe boots and fair good ankle support for when I’m working in the quarry. Also have a pair of slip on Blundstone slip on boots and think their brilliant


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