Insulated steel toe work boots .. sound off.

Super Trucker · Oct 19, 2014

Looking for a new pair of winter boots and really having a problem wading thru the 50 billion pairs on line. I won't buy Red Wings as they aren't what they were. Been looking at Carolina,Chippewa,Wolverine & Thorogood. Anybody have anything else I should look at?

Being I have a long and WIDE foot it's pretty limited. Trucker.

rrc300 u · Oct 19, 2014

Have had good luck with Carolinas and thorogood I get the composite safety toes not nearly as cold as steel toes......just my .02

D beatty · Oct 19, 2014

I stopped wearing Redwings over 15 years ago. I tried Caroline and Georgia boots and found both hard to break in and did not hold up the best. I then went to Chippewa boot and they really need no break in I get over 4 years out of a pair and never got that from the others. The Chippewas(73060) are Thinsulate insulated and waterproof (Chip-A-Tex) electrical safety toe and are a logger boot.

tomturkey · Oct 19, 2014

I agree on the composite toe protection being much warmer than steel. Toes have always gotten cold, steel toe protection made it to the unbearable stage much sooner. JMHO gobble

JD Seller · Oct 19, 2014

I currently have my first pair of Chippewa boots I am wearing now. They broke in very easy and seen to be going to wear well. Only had them a few months so time will tell.

Watch out on Chippewa Shoes. They have Made in the USA all over their web site. The pair I have was made in China. You have to really look close at the different models to tell which ones are made in the US over China.

NCWayne · Oct 19, 2014

I wore Wolverines that were the tan colored, suede looking, pigskin for years. They were waterproof and had 400 grams of Thinsulate. In the years I wore them my feet never got cold, nor wet, regardless of the weather....and I am outside nearly everyday, summer and winter.

I have to admit that of all the brands and styles I have worn they were the most comfortable boots I have ever worn. However, I finally moved on to another brand for the simple fact that the quality (life expectancy) of their soles went downhill and I was lucky to get a year's wear out of them before the soles started to split apart. Under less sever wear they'd probably last longer, but given what I do they just didn't last.

David G · Oct 19, 2014

I like the Redwing carbon "big toes"

Rick Kr · Oct 19, 2014

My two cents.

My only advice is avoid Carolina. They kill my feet after a few hours. I have limited choice because I need size 15.

I know you don't want Red Wings, I never had a problem they must fit me right. I can stay in my Red Wings from 6am-midnight. Have insulated steel toes on right now.

Nate V. IA · Oct 19, 2014

I have a pair of Keen boots, I like them.

Nate

oldtanker · Oct 19, 2014

(quoted from post at 20:08:00 10/19/14) My two cents.

My only advice is avoid Carolina. They kill my feet after a few hours. I have limited choice because I need size 15.

I know you don't want Red Wings, I never had a problem they must fit me right. I can stay in my Red Wings from 6am-midnight. Have insulated steel toes on right now.

I too wear a 15 and have Red Wings. I like em and mine are nearly 3 years old and still in good shape.

Rick

lucky sevens · Oct 20, 2014

Thorogood composite toe in a wedge sole. Best boot I have found so far and they are AMERICAN MADE!

BushogPapa · Oct 20, 2014

Use Sno-Seal (melt it in over a register or use a hair dryer) and the leather will be as new for 40 years or more..all of mine are.

Ron.

Pair-a-dice farm · Oct 20, 2014

I'm interested in the responses too. I used to wear Justins but they became hard to find in my area and were over priced. I bought a pair of Redwing but after a few hours my legs begin to hurt. Sadly I've found that made in the USA doesn't mean much anymore. I never get more than a year out of a pair before the lining and soles are worn out. I've actually had more luck out of made in China boots :?

jimmyjoe · Oct 20, 2014

I have a pair of whites boots, they are expensive and heavy but wear well.
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showcrop · Oct 20, 2014

I had a big problem with Red Wing boots a year ago. It finally turned out that my feet had gotten wider. The guy at Red Wing couldn't help so I went to a local independent shoe store. I had bought boots there forty years ago. They put me into Keens. They come wider than others. They also have a composite protective toe.

MarkB_MI · Oct 20, 2014

If you buy the top-of-the-line USA-made Red Wings, they're pretty good but quite expensive. I have a pair that are Gore-Tex lined and are the first boots I've owned where my feet have always stayed dry. Once boots get a year or two old the stitches stretch and leak. With the Gore-Tex liners, the boot can be full of water and your feet will stay dry.

2underage · Oct 20, 2014

Since most things, boots included, are made offshore, I do not look at name brands anymore. I use " Sportsmans Guide for my boots and have done so for some time. They carry many brands as well as their own.
I have a wide foot and have been able to find boots that fit me there and the prices are reasonable. I usually buy, and wear, new boots every two years and then buy new and give my old ones to my son who wears them for a few more years.

HenryO · Oct 20, 2014

I just bought a pair of field shoes from Sears. I used them years ago and they have not changed. They are wide and comfortable and think they are made in boots w/steel toes. Also, check "stillmadeinusa.com for american made products

Wile E · Oct 20, 2014

I have 2 pair of work boots that I like.

1. Wolverines, brown suade looking, $110. I have only had these for 1 month. My other set of Wolverines have lasted 5 years, indoor and outside on the tractor and running a walk behind snow thrower. Real warm.....But, not steel toe.

2. Timberline, brown leather, $90 at TSC. These are 3 years old. I wear these for cutting the grass and doing tree work. Not steel toe. But for the most part comfortable if only worn 2 hours at a time.

It takes a while for boots to break in and feel good. My Timberlines took time to be comfy, but walking all over in them while cutting the grass wears them in.

Does anyone make a steel toe that is comfortable?

Mark - IN. · Oct 20, 2014

Well, I recently learned my lesson about steel toed work boots since I've never had a pair ever in my life until this pair. Buy them bigger than you need, wear. I bought three pairs of boots a couple months ago, one of them being steel toed for work. We're supposed to wear them, but I never have because of a fear that if something really heavy falls on them, the steel toe might collapse and entrap or cut off my toes. I've always taken a chance on getting them smashed, never cut off or smashed into steel toes. But this time I bought a pair, Size 12 like the other non-steel toed boots that fit great. The steel toes though take up more room and cramp my toes. Lesson learned? If you wear Size 12 boots without steel toes, buy Size 13 with. A long lasting brand if waterproofed are Doc Martins, but pound for pound they really weigh a ton. I have a pair that I don't wear much because its like being a draft horse walking around wearing cinder blocks...CLOMP, CLOMP, CLOMP.

I need to pickup a pair of metatarsals because there is a place that I'm about to start going into that requires them.

Good luck.

Mark
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