If your favorite pair of broken-in Doc Martens aren’t waterproof anymore, slide ‘em into a pair of NEOS overshoes. Made of durable nylon laminated with a waterproof layer of PVC film, they keep your feet warm and dry when you’ve got rain, snow, or slush to trek through.
DeWalt calls these Excavators “soft toe smooth sole Wellington boots,” but where I grew up in Texas we called any large, round-toed boots farmer boots. (You know — to distinguish ‘em from the pointed-toed boots worn by I-came-here-to-do-two-things-drink-some-beer-and-kick-some-ass ranch hands.) Still, they look pretty comfortable. One thing I don’t get, though: can a boot offer both “high abrasion resistance” and “high oil and slip resistance” at the same time?
To make your living on a roof, you need two things: super-human ankles and traction. You’re on your own for the former, but Cougar Paws can help in the grip department! A dense, fibrous-mat sole is exactly what you want for a sure-footed grab on granular shingles, but the material wears out quickly. Cougar Paws have an elegant solution to the problem — Velcro! When you wear a sole out. just peel it off and stick a new one on.
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DeWalt recently released a whole slew of heavily-branded shoes intended for various work tasks. Our favorite: the “High Performance Lightweight Oxford” in black (pictured). It reminds us more of a Timberland hiking shoe than what appears in our minds when we think “work shoe,” but kudos to DeWalt for offering something a little different.
Mike Rowe fans take note: if you want to go tromping around knee deep in muck, you’d better own superior muck-stomping gear like these hardy boots from folks who know all about grunge and slime — Muck Boots.
Muck Boots’ “Chore” work boots (pictured) are one-hundred percent waterproof from the lightweight rubber outsole all the way up to the knee to keep you dry as you tromp through the nastiness. They also feature a lined, super-padded interior shell to keep you warm while still providing excellent comfort and shock absorption on hard surfaces like asphalt, concrete and rocky terrain.
The best part about Muck boots, though, is getting them clean — just hose ‘em down and you’re ready to go again.
Street Pricing starts at $69.
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Think of the Scrusher boot brush as a car wash for your boots. It knocks the mud off so you’ll be remembered by your sparkling personality as opposed to the tracks of mud you leave everywhere.
I catch some hell for wearing these — my friends call ‘em “cop boots.” But what they really are is majorly comfortable. They’re called “tactical boots,” and they’re designed to feel like sneakers but give you the protection of boots.
So yeah, they’re “cop boots.”
I picked up a pair a while back when I was looking for general “kick around the shop and out in the boonies” boots. I have a pair of steel-toes, but you don’t always need steel-toe protection, and they’re awfully heavy. Since I’m not really much of a fashion guy — at least when it comes to work boots – I decided to pick a pair the same way I pick a musical instrument: by how they feel and work, not how they look. I ended up with these because they work exactly as advertised.
Rick’s got another one for us: “I was in the market for some new shoes, and decided I wanted to give a try to some US-made Redwing Boots. They’re a Christmas present, so I’ve yet to try them, although the dealer really made sure that they fit correctly and that they were comfortable for me. I’ll let you know after Christmas. I liked them because they were Steel toe, but they didn’t look like serious work boots. The sole isn’t as deep as regular workboots so you won’t track snow and all kinds of crap into the office. I work in a corporate casual environment so I can pull these off with a pair of Khakis. I think of these as a Gentleman’s work boot.
“On a side note.. what’s up with all of these tool manufacturers [branding] work boots? Here are some pictures I took of some Craftsman, Dewalt, DieHard?, CAT, and Dickies foot wear. Dickies I can kind of see, but the rest? What’s a battery brand doing on a boot?”
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