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3 years minimum. the guy at the store said boots according to manufactur should last a year... f if thats the case ill buy a 50 dollar boot but we know a 50 dollar boot wont last long
my grandfather still has work boots that are 7 years old
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30,000 years.
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Hawkson posted:
30,000 years.
I know you secretly love me; but your an idiot and im stupid, never would work out Hawkson.
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Say what?
I'm on the good ship Trollin' Away.
I'm bored. Therefore posting.
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Say what?
I'm on the good ship Trollin' Away.
I'm bored. Therefore posting.
My ship is made out of cardboard and ducktape; o yea bitch, see you on the other side
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You have to be pretty regular with maintaining a work boot to get that kind of life out of them. I usually get 2 years at most out of mine. I buy $190 Georgia boots.
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I had a pair of $200+ Danners that I have had for over 10 years. I would have to get a new sole every 6 months or so but that was it.
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I had a pair of $200+ Danners that I have had for over 10 years. I would have to get a new sole every 6 months or so but that was it.
ive had this pair of danners that im wearing for 9 months i will never buy another pair im going to try georgias next and if that doesnt work im going back to my $100 dollar boots I know i can get 2 years out of.
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Until I died from a piano crashing on top of me. And when they peeled my corpse out those boots better still be standing.
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My dad's would wear out about ever 6 months. But his company paid for his boots.
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I have a 40 dollar pair of john deere boots that have lasted me 2 years with no signs of wearing in the slightest. I wear them almost everyday
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haha mightbe called hawkson a bitch
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your work does have a major impact on the life of your boot
for instance i manage a golf course, form of landscaping pretty much. my last pair lasted me 5 years and i used them daily
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My current Redwings are over 15 years old, I have a good cobbler.
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You're not paying $170 so the boot will last twice as long as an $85 boot. The extra money is for a more comfortable boot...
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My husband's $280 Red Wings last about 2 years. Worth every penny. He's a diesel mechanic.
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If you're in a trade that requires work boots then you should have three pair. Rotate them daily, clean and apply Mink oil as needed. They will last considerably longer. I also recommend Dr Martens.
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My $200 Red Wing boots have lasted me a bit over a year and now they need a new sole. I wore them 5-6 days a week for a year and was walking/standing for 8 hours a day in them. The boots will last me for a few more years as the leather is now broken in and not really getting destroyed. I'd like to get a pair of those rejected Bates USMC boots though and run the sole out on them.
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Doc Martens are terrible.
I do high-rise concrete construction. A $200 pair of boots will last me about a year. Wet concrete is terrible for the leather.
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The_Town_Perv posted:
My current Redwings are over 15 years old, I have a good cobbler.
apple or blueberry?
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I have a pair of cat steel toe boots that are just now falling apart after 10 years
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Doc Martens are terrible.
Says you. I have four pair and they have all been stellar.
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What kind of work do you do?
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It really breaks down to 3 things:
-The quality of the boot based on your needs
-What kind of wear and tear it gets on a daily basis
-What kind of maintenance it gets on a weekly/monthly basis
If they do get heavy usage, you should look into owning more than one pair, (as was suggested by the other poster).
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Doc Martens are terrible.
I do high-rise concrete construction. A $200 pair of boots will last me about a year. Wet concrete is terrible for the leather.
Martens suck for work boots. Im in mud and concrete all the time and it ruins them fast if you dont maintain them. I clean and snow seal mine every few weeks.
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Walking rebar cages wears them out faster than anything else I know.
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I actually use my work boots to work. I had a pair o Red Wing work boots, about $200. They repaired them but they still only lasted a year. I had bought really cheap ones but they wore out fast and hurt my feat. I now pay about $90 for some "Stanley" work boots.
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if you wear them everyday they wear out 3-4 times faster than if you had two pair and rotate them. Shoes of any kind need to dry out, which doesn't happen overnight.
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The last time I bought an expensive pair of boots got my foot caught in a conveyer belt and shredded them the second day I wore them. Prolly saved my foot tho!
Edit: So glad my days of manual labor are over!
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Hyperimiator posted:
Walking rebar cages wears them out faster than anything else I know.
Yah messes up the shape of the sole plus thousands of tiny holes from the wire.
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