I need to buy a pair of work boots. I need steel toe style. I am working on cars on a daily basis and tired of messing up all my tennis shoes. Any specific brand or style that you guys recommend?My teacher has some timberlands that are steel toe'd and pretty light. Any replies are appreciated thanks.
Doesn't matter the brand, take your time and try on as many as you can. I've spent 27 years wearing steel toed shoes, I don't always buy the same ones, I wear them out in less than a year.
Timberland will last you about a year they are very good boots I wear them on concrete 10-12 hours a day my feet don't hurt at the end of the day
You tend to get what you paid for. For the last 35 years I put my boots on at 6:15 am and take them off at 9:00 PM. I wear them all day, every day. I've used Red Wings for the last few pairs. Last good, choice of several types of soles. Wolverine feel good when new but don't seem to hold up as long for me. Not as many sole choices. Double HH wore the best but they can be really spendy. The discontinued they style I liked so I went to the Red Wings. Since I've retired and don't walk as much in my boots, I've worn a pair of Wolverines out in a year. I usually got 2 years out of Red Wings and more from Double HH. The Double HH were the only ones my feet were truly not tired and aching at the end of the day. You can also get Kevlar toes if your work place allows them. I quit wearing steel toes since I couldn't take the cold weather while wearing them. You probably won't have that problem where you live. SPark
X2... Somebody told me years ago " Two things in life you should not be cheap about are your boots and your mattress cause once you get out of one, you get into the other." I wear Redwings cause work provides a $150 voucher towards them every two years. Very comfortable but two years is a stretch.
I've always preferred the CAT branded boots, very comfy and held up pretty good. Bit on the pricey side though.
Nowadays, most work-boots/safety shoes have a light-weight composite safety toe, not "steel". I like Timberlands. 'Been wearing them for years. If you buy cheap boots, your feet are gonna hurt.
I also find it best to buy the next pair before actually needing them. Alternate them so you can break them in..
the company I worked for gave us 2 pair a year...still have 4-5 pair in the closet...I wore safety toe tennis shoes... I wore a pair when I flew to Vegas. when I went through security I was flagged, pulled to the side and scanned with the wand. it me took a minute or two to realize why the metal detector went off. I had pulled my belt off and emptied the change out of my pockets, the wand was beeping at my toes. good thing this happened before the...shoe bomber incident...
I needed a steel toe boot that was also waterproof and insulated for working the pipeline right of way in the winter and Carolina had what I was looking for - worked out so well, I just bought another pair - for the summer, I use various brands
Thanks for all the replies guys, I'm going to a boot store sometime next week. Ive had close encounters in the shop so I definitely will not be cheap when it comes to safety boots.
My job requires steel toe. I initially thought I could cheap out on them, but learned that lesson the hard way after a couple of weeks of 14 hour days on a concrete floor. Feet were getting blistered and I felt like someone had been pounding my ankles with a hammer. I've been wearing red wings ever since, for the past 7 years. Usually get about a year out of them, and I wear them every day. I spend 10-16 hours a day on a concrete floor at work and my feet almost never bother me.
