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Bitumen Boy
Joined: 26 Jan 2012 Posts: 1735 Location: Above the snow line in old Monmouthshire
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Posted: Wed May 06, 2015 3:15 pm Post subject: Safety shoes? |
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Does anyone know of a source of reasonable quality safety shoes to wear around the house / garage? Preferably mail order. Not boots - I want something that can be left loosely laced and used as a slip on. Had two pairs from Screwfix in the last year, in both £20 and £40 flavours, that have fallen apart and gone back, and the last few pairs I had from market stalls were no better. If there are any shops within a reasonable distance that do a shoe with a steel toe (boots are available everywhere, but too much of a faff) I'm ignorant of them, and in any case who's to say the quality would be any better. The £40 ones from Screwfix were particularly annoying - the foam/fabric insole disintegrated in a couple of days, the pink cardboard below that failed inside a fortnight then the plastic sole started to peel off soon after that, just another load of cheap chinky rubbish. Call me an old luddite if you like, but I don't think cardboard of any colour is a suitable material for manufacturing footwear from
I bought a pair from a shop in Gloucester when I was 16 that lasted me a good 5 years or so of daily use, so I don't think it's anything I'm doing wrong. Once again I despair of the quality of manufactured goods these days... |
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ukdave2002
Joined: 23 Nov 2007 Posts: 4104 Location: South Cheshire
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Posted: Wed May 06, 2015 3:47 pm Post subject: |
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One of my customers is a shoe manufacturer; you wont get anything in the UK that costs less than £100 that's not made in the east these days, They moved production from the UK to there about 5 years ago, and reckon the quality is the same but production costs significantly lower.
I have some Doc Martin safety trainers , cost about £70, which is probably what you need to pay for comfortable quality stuff, had them for about 5 years and they are still good, but generally only get worn at weekends.
I also have a pair of slip on safety ankle boots that came from Aldi for around £15...bought them as I was going to be stepping in concrete for a week in India, they got really abused but hosed down each day without any ill effect and have since been used for jobs where I suspected they may well be binned at the end of the job, however they are still going strong, but are and allays have been really uncomfortable!
Don't by on line! you can't buy shoes without trying them on
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Bitumen Boy
Joined: 26 Jan 2012 Posts: 1735 Location: Above the snow line in old Monmouthshire
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Posted: Wed May 06, 2015 4:54 pm Post subject: |
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ukdave2002 wrote: | They moved production from the UK to there about 5 years ago, and reckon the quality is the same... |
Not the ones I've tried! But then, they would say that, wouldn't they - so long as most people lose the receipts and it doesn't hurt their bottom line...
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Don't by on line! you can't buy shoes without trying them on
Dave |
Doesn't make much difference to me, my feet are an odd shape and none of the standard sized stuff is going to be comfortable in any case. Had some boot clogs made up to suit a while back which are great (first time in my life I put something on my feet which actually fits) but apparently there's some beurocratic nonsense that stops them doing the sort of thing I want with a steel toe - can't get exactly the right specification leather or somesuch. I'm going to get some more for knocking around in anyway, but still feel the need of steel toes for garage work. |
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mikeC
Joined: 31 Jul 2009 Posts: 1775 Location: Market Warsop, Nottinghamshire
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Posted: Wed May 06, 2015 6:37 pm Post subject: |
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I've got a pair of Doc Martin steel toecap shoes which must be at least ten years old, although admittedly they haven't had a hard life. I think they are still available for around £60...
edit: Here you are:
http://www.protecdirect.co.uk/Protec/Personal-Protective-Equipment-(PPE)/Safety-Footwear/Dr-Martens-Safety-Footwear/Dr-Martens-Icon-2216-PW-Shoe---SB/p/13711001?utm_source=Protec&utm_medium=Froogle&utm_campaign=Shopping&gclid=COvS5vvQrcUCFQLlwgodl3IAzQ |
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kevin2306
Joined: 01 Jul 2013 Posts: 1359 Location: nr Llangollen, north wales
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Posted: Wed May 06, 2015 6:52 pm Post subject: |
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Doc Martin wearer here too, both in the garage/garden and during site visits.
Go find a local Arco branch and have a mooch.
http://www.arco.co.uk/
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Penguin45
Joined: 28 Jul 2014 Posts: 381 Location: Padiham
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Posted: Wed May 06, 2015 7:34 pm Post subject: |
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+1 for Arco.
P45. _________________ '67 Wolseley MkI 18/85, '70 Austin MkII 1800 The Landcrab Forum. |
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Bitumen Boy
Joined: 26 Jan 2012 Posts: 1735 Location: Above the snow line in old Monmouthshire
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Posted: Thu May 07, 2015 9:18 am Post subject: |
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Thanks guys, will check them out. |
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ka
Joined: 03 Dec 2007 Posts: 600 Location: Orkney.
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Posted: Fri May 08, 2015 7:19 am Post subject: |
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My DM shoes are comfy and worn most days, but a tad heavy. _________________ KA
Better three than four. |
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alanb
Joined: 10 Sep 2012 Posts: 516 Location: Berkshire.
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Posted: Fri May 08, 2015 2:00 pm Post subject: |
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I've got a pair of "dickies" safety shoes I bought about 7 years or so ago, they still look good although I haven't worn them for a while, they were only about £30 from the local builders/ironmongery store. _________________ old tourer
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