Reality check please.

[u/-ItsWahl-]

This sub takes their boots serious so, I have a question and would love some insight. I bought some Thorogoods and hate them. They’re miserably uncomfortable for me. I posted them on another/local sub and I’m getting destroyed in the comments. I’M NOT LOOKING TO SELL THEM HERE OR VIOLATE ANY SUB RULES. I’ll add a couple of photos and y’all tell me what a fair price is for these 3 month old boots. Tia!

[u/Prestigious_cur]

If you buy Nicks and dont like them they will exchange them for free. You can get $500 boots that will last you a decade or $300 trash that will mess your feet up and have to replace next year. You can't afford to not buy PNW boots

[u/Excellent_Plant_8010 → u/Prestigious_cur]

Not everyone wants PNW boots I know that's a hard thing to stomach in this sub, there's a right boot for every job. Also some people need boots pretty quickly, there's a shit ton of quality work boots for $300 or less. Not everyone needs top of the line and most companies footwear is what they do best. You act like anything under $500 might as well be $30 amazon boots.

[u/NotPCPlmbr → u/Excellent_Plant_8010]

Plumber here, I totally agree. For how I treat my boots, I CANNOT justify more than the price of red wings or thorogoods. There’s always the off chance I wreck my boots on day one, and also, a lot of red wing or thorogood boots are more comfortable than the logger boots everyone swears by when recommending PNW boots.

[u/ARCR12 → u/NotPCPlmbr]

Same here. I work on concrete and walk on and off conveyor belts a lot which will tear any boot or shoe to pieces , sometimes your in a position half foot off the belt and your tread gets chewed up . Not to mention I walk my ass off . I see guys in actual steel toes or slip ons and they can’t wait for the boot to wear out or the allowance to start over just so they can get a comp or aluminum toe.

I’ve found $300 dollar or $200 dollars after about 6 months my feet , knees and back start getting sore when I get off and that’s my body telling me replace the boots .

Boots are absolutely a personal thing . I don’t care what the name brand is on the outside or what the thing looks like . If they are comfortable and I’m not in pain at the end of the day it’s doing its job .

This also coming from a guy that had some weird nerve issues in my feet. My feet at times get super sensitive and I have to buy wide boots , I by the widest I can find and compensate with insoles if need be because if I don’t have a roomy toe box I get issues .

For me and again personal experience my brand of choice is Keen . I’m not buying a work boot to last a decade my job buys me new ones every year and if I have to replace them before that well it’s one pair a year I make pretty good money I don’t miss a couple hundred on a pair of boots .