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Work Socks !!!

  • 09-02-2020 3:28pm
    #1
    patsy_mccabe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,129 ✭✭✭✭


    Don't laugh, but I can't seem to keep them here. A couple of wears and the heels give way.

    Can anyone recommend good ones?


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  • #2
    Panjandrums
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 400 ✭✭Panjandrums


    I find the Sports Direct Karrimor boot socks good.


  • #3
    Who2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,123 ✭✭✭Who2


    I’d go through socks fairly quick, the ones from sports direct wear fairly quick but they are cheap. Snickers socks look like the rest but they last ages and stay comfortable. The main criteria when I’m buying is I buy plenty of identical pairs in the one go so there’s no matching them.


  • #4
    patsy_mccabe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,129 ✭✭✭✭patsy_mccabe


    Well, the CAT work socks are crap. The latest ones I've tested and they failed big time.


  • #5
    tractorporn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,460 ✭✭✭tractorporn


    patsy_mccabe wrote: »
    Don't laugh, but I can't seem to keep them here. A couple of wears and the heels give way.

    Can anyone recommend good ones?

    Get a pair of these every year for the old man for Christmas he loves them reckons they're the warmest socks hes ever had.

    https://www.greggcare.ie/product/gumboot-taihape-merino-woollen-sock

    Bit pricey but worth it IMO


  • #6
    hopeso
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,458 ✭✭✭hopeso


    My biggest problem with socks was them slipping down inside wellingtons. For years back I'm wearing football socks. Once you put them on, they never move. They are generally a fairly heavy sock too, so fine for work socks and last very well. I used to get O'Neills ones in the local sports shops, but the quality declined a number of years ago, so lately I'm getting these ones from amazon.
    https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mitre-Division-Plain-Football-Senior/dp/B00CZ84YB6/ref=sr_1_7?dchild=1&keywords=football+socks&qid=1581278067&sr=8-7


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  • #7
    Jb1989
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,583 ✭✭✭Jb1989


    patsy_mccabe wrote: »
    Well, the CAT work socks are crap. The latest ones I've tested and they failed big time.

    I wear the usual market stall and machinery shows pairs of socks and they be about for years. Can't understand your trouble tbh.


  • #8
    endacl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,412 ✭✭✭✭endacl


    Best socks in the known universe. Australian, but available elsewhere.

    https://www.socksforliving.com.au/collections/holeproof-explorer-socks


  • #9
    ruwithme
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,189 ✭✭✭ruwithme


    There all usually hole proof on day one anyway.
    try ultimate work socks from erbro work wear. I find them decent enough. 3 pairs €5.00


  • #10
    orm0nd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,275 ✭✭✭orm0nd


    Dunnes Stores have a good quality 1 with either a red or a yellow stripe.

    Mostly smaller sizes though.


  • #11
    davidk1394
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,221 ✭✭✭davidk1394


    I picked up dickie socks in Lidl a few weeks ago. So far, so good. Comfortable, warm and they dont slip off either. I have JCB ones and their dirt


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  • #12
    Base price
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,459 ✭✭✭✭Base price


    Patsy, do you have sole inserts in your work boots. They will cushion your foot and prevent is moving in your boot. I presume that the heel is getting thread bear/worn because your foot is moving/slipping.


  • #13
    patsy_mccabe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,129 ✭✭✭✭patsy_mccabe


    Base price wrote: »
    Patsy, do you have sole inserts in your work boots. They will cushion your foot and prevent is moving in your boot. I presume that the heel is getting thread bear/worn because your foot is moving/slipping.

    Ya, that's part of it alright. I picked up a pack of Dunnes work socks yesterday and forgot to get the inserts.


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