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Post by ChrisM on Nov 27, 2019 13:27:06 GMT
The wellies I use are the steel toe cap reinforced ones I got when working in the water industry, where there was a possibility of having to wade into sewers..... Somewhere I think I still have the hard had that I bought in Dundee too....
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Post by Boxer6 on Nov 27, 2019 13:34:03 GMT
I'm a gunna look up those wellies you spoke of. I'm virtually bog trotting around these parts when I take the dog out because there has been so much rain recently. Some of the footpaths have turned into streams! These are what I got: www.wellywarehouse.co.uk/mens-wellies/warm-wellies/muck-boots-muckmaster-mossMy Hunters were leaking and, like you, our nearby fields are flooded so I was fed up of coming back with sopping wet socks. It actually feels like there are little foot warmers in each welly. It takes my an hour and a quarter to drive back from work but I actually look forward to pulling them on and going out in the wet. Mrs Sacamano got a pair too and loves them as well. www.wellywarehouse.co.uk/womens-wellies/muck-boots-arctic-adventure-black-quiltHave I become a Welly Evangelist? Looks suspiciously like it Bob! Your positive approval of Muck-boots is not shared by Herself; she has tried a couple of different 'models' of Muck boot over the years, for using when e.g. mucking out the horses (as you would) and failed to be impressed by them whatsoever. Her preference is for either Le Chameau or Aigle, both of which are expensive, no doubt about it, but last extremely well and are neoprene-lined for warmth as well. My own choice tends to Aigle of late, simply because they were a good bit cheaper at the time.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 27, 2019 15:04:17 GMT
Who knew there was a Welly Warehouse?!
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Post by Deleted on Nov 27, 2019 15:15:11 GMT
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Post by Bob Sacamano v2.0 on Nov 27, 2019 15:21:21 GMT
Looks suspiciously like it Bob! Your positive approval of Muck-boots is not shared by Herself; she has tried a couple of different 'models' of Muck boot over the years, for using when e.g. mucking out the horses (as you would) and failed to be impressed by them whatsoever. Her preference is for either Le Chameau or Aigle, both of which are expensive, no doubt about it, but last extremely well and are neoprene-lined for warmth as well. My own choice tends to Aigle of late, simply because they were a good bit cheaper at the time. Le Chameau are a favourite of the horsey set. With a price to match!
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Post by Boxer6 on Nov 27, 2019 18:25:00 GMT
Looks suspiciously like it Bob! Your positive approval of Muck-boots is not shared by Herself; she has tried a couple of different 'models' of Muck boot over the years, for using when e.g. mucking out the horses (as you would) and failed to be impressed by them whatsoever. Her preference is for either Le Chameau or Aigle, both of which are expensive, no doubt about it, but last extremely well and are neoprene-lined for warmth as well. My own choice tends to Aigle of late, simply because they were a good bit cheaper at the time. Le Chameau are a favourite of the horsey set. With a price to match! Indeed. Still not as expensive as Dubarry's though!
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Post by Deleted on Nov 27, 2019 20:16:29 GMT
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Post by LandieMark on Nov 27, 2019 20:27:17 GMT
Christ, they are expensive.
I have a pair of Dunlop safety wellies. Paid £60 for them at Mole. I did have a pair of Dickies, but they were very bulky and heavy. I don't want to pay too much for wellies in case I stab them and render them useless. I haven't tried Muckboots, but neoprene can be a pain when you are stood in the shit as it doesn't clean as easily.
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Post by Roadrunner on Nov 27, 2019 22:12:21 GMT
Hunter Balmoral full zip, neoprene lined for me. Warm and very, very comfortable.
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Post by Boxer6 on Nov 27, 2019 22:19:25 GMT
Running them very close to be sure! The Dubarry model we both like is the Galway, retailing at about £319-329 just now. Mine cost well under £300 when I got them, some 10 years ago now IIRC. They still polish up nicely (when I can be arsed) and still waterproof. Herself is on pair number 3 I think, but she wears hers a lot more often than I wear mine.
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Post by rodge on Nov 28, 2019 1:13:22 GMT
I don’t wear wellies but have a pair that were given to me. There was a guy visiting town who was a very successful DJ and went on to start a charity that has had a huge impact. He knows a ton of a listers from doing their parties and stuff. Anyway, he’s now a family man and wanted to go to the mountains to go sledding and I loaned him a load of gear as a mutual friend introduced us. When he was returning them to me, he gave me the wellies he’d bought for the occasion. Mrs. R has a pair of Hunters that she’s had for a while. I know the farmers used to rave about them when I lived in Ireland as they were better than the rest.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 28, 2019 8:56:34 GMT
Normal price £420! Fuck me, there's nothing normal about that!
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Post by PetrolEd on Nov 28, 2019 10:06:17 GMT
Only problem I find with wellies is getting them over my calf muscle. Hunters are a deffo no no as they are build more for slim ladies then chunky blokes.
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Post by Bob Sacamano v2.0 on Nov 28, 2019 10:30:02 GMT
The Original Hunters are for the slimmer of calf - and advantage or disadvantage depending on who is wearing them. I bought a pair for my mum a few years ago and then got a frantic call to say she was stuck in them as her calves were too fat to get them off. They had to go back.
The main disadvantage of Hunters now is the decline in quality since they moved production to China about 10 years ago and became a fashion brand. People used to rave about their Hunters lasting years but that is no good if you're trying to sell millions of pairs so now if you get 2-3 years you're doing well. Then you buy the new ones from the latest celebrity endorsed range.
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Post by Andy C on Nov 28, 2019 10:41:47 GMT
Mine are from decathlon and cost a tenner
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Post by ChrisM on Nov 28, 2019 11:25:16 GMT
Mine are from decathlon and cost a tenner Well, that's appropriate then
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Post by Tim on Nov 28, 2019 13:01:27 GMT
I don't own wellies and since I stopped mucking about in a local stream at the age of 6 haven't found myself in a situation where I think I would've needed them.
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Post by racingteatray on Nov 28, 2019 14:55:50 GMT
I have a pair of heavy-duty calf-height waterproof leather hiking boots from Le Chameau, of the sort with a webbed tongue and that lace with little hooks instead of holes.
They cost a completely ruinous £280 in 2006 at the general store in Bridgend on Islay. I'd flown in from Moscow for a family Easter and completely forgotten to bring any sort of footwear even vaguely suited to the lengthy windblown hikes across the heather and bogs that my aunt and uncle like to take us all on. And the LC boots were the only thing suitable and available in my size.
In their defence, they are supremely comfortable and, 13yrs later still entirely solid and waterproof.
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Post by michael on Nov 28, 2019 15:16:13 GMT
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Post by PG on Nov 29, 2019 14:16:35 GMT
So we did fashion, then socks and now we're onto wellies.
We both used to be a repeat Hunter buyers, but the quality of the Chinese made ones became such utter shyte compared to Hunters of 30 years ago. So we're converts to Muckboots. I think I'm on my 4th pair. If I bought some £300 wellies I'd be scared of trashing them round the farm and at the rate I wear wellies out, it'd be utterly ruinous.
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Post by racingteatray on Nov 29, 2019 15:06:25 GMT
Just make sure you call them wellies.
My wife once amused an entire lift full of colleagues at her old company on her way to the canteen on a Friday.
She was going for lunch with her boss, who asked her on the way down in the lift if she was doing anything nice for the weekend and my wife had replied that we were off to Highlands. "Oh" came the reply, "well I hope you take plenty of suitable clothing because it can be very wet and cold at this time of the year". "Yes", replied my wife, "I am fully prepared; I even got myself a pair of green willies"...
Cue some surprised looks and much chortling..."I think you mean green wellies"...
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Post by Deleted on Dec 14, 2019 10:11:07 GMT
I got in touch with Muck Boots to ask whether they can be bought in store because I'm totally fed up of buying shoes/boots online and having to send them back because they don't fit.
The answer: "we don't know"
What. The. Fuck?!
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Post by Blarno on Dec 17, 2019 8:47:36 GMT
I don't own wellies and since I stopped mucking about in a local stream at the age of 6 haven't found myself in a situation where I think I would've needed them. Same. My last pair of wellies were steel toecap jobbies provided by my then employer so I could wade ankle deep in all kinds of toxic chemicals without looking like the bloke that RoboCop ran over.
The wife and kids all have wellies and I'm often asked why I don't have some for when we want to walk down the canal in the rain and mud.
Why would I want to walk down the canal in the rain and mud?
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Post by Bob Sacamano v2.0 on Dec 17, 2019 9:06:54 GMT
Why would I want to walk down the canal in the rain and mud?
I say that to my Spaniel regularly. Sadly he doesn't have a sensible answer.
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Post by Boxer6 on Dec 17, 2019 10:42:07 GMT
Why would I want to walk down the canal in the rain and mud?
I say that to my Spaniel regularly. Sadly he doesn't have a sensible answer. Figures. Spaniels don't do sensible!!
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Post by johnc on Dec 17, 2019 11:45:37 GMT
A Spaniel and mud - what a mess!
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Post by Bob Sacamano v2.0 on Dec 17, 2019 12:08:09 GMT
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Post by ChrisM on Dec 17, 2019 13:52:57 GMT
Hmm, I wonder if it can be used to clean the car at the end of each journey instead of a pet ??
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Post by Bob Sacamano v2.0 on Dec 17, 2019 14:26:21 GMT
Hmm, I wonder if it can be used to clean the car at the end of each journey instead of a pet ?? Well it does get used for my muddy golf shoes - brings them up like new.
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Post by racingteatray on Dec 17, 2019 14:38:44 GMT
Clever device.
Somehow I am reminded of my grandmother, who had a series of horrid little Pekingese dogs. Taking a peke for a country walk always involves washing it afterwards and granny had a sort of zip-up bag made of towelling material into which she would insert her wet dog and then leave it zipped up and largely immobilised in front of the fire or a radiator until it was dry.
I say "largely immobilised" because the poor unhappy creature would then try to move despite being fully enclosed inside the towelling bag, and the resulting yapping, hopping bundle never failed to reduce us grandchildren to fits of giggles.
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