Best knee boots?

[Bounty]

Any recommendations on which are the best pair of knee boots to invest in?

I'm after some 'serious' ones, preferably leather and ones that won't shift. I have some cheapy neoprene/PVC ones at the moment which drive me nuts as they are forever slipping

 

[Patches]

Funny that because I hate my leather ones and prefer my cheapie Westropp ones. I can't get holes in the right place on the leather ones to prevent slipping, but the Westropp ones have velcro and a plastic clip buckle (hell...I can't remember what you call those buckles...gaaah!) and are infinitely adjustable.

 

[Bounty]

Mine are properly cheap, which may be where the problem lies

The plastic clip buckle (whose name I can't remember either!!

) always seems to work loose during the course of a hack

 

[Patches]

Is it rocco buckle, or something like that?

I must admit, mine never have and I've not had to adjust them in the two and a half years I've been using them.....except when I clipped Patches legs out and her hairy legs became thin spindles! I guess the velcro helps to hold them in place.

 

[CastleMouse]

I have leather Jeffries skeleton boots for Ali and they've never slipped, they're easy to clean as well.

 

[Eccles]

Jeffries, watch which ones you buy if you are doing roadwork - you need ones with the second strap at the bottom. Mine were off 4dobbin.com, they arrived very quickly and were competively priced.

 

[Eccles]

Oh mine have never slipped, not even when going for a canter or riding through the ford - however high it is!!

 

[Bounty]

Cheers guys!
Patches I think you may well be right... a 'rocco' buckle sounds about right! My boots dont have velcro as well, which I think may be the serious flaw

EJ123 - another 4dobbin.com fan then! I buy everything I can from them, they're great!

 

[Toby_Zaphod]

I have a pair of leather knee boots, I have no idea of the make, bought them off Ebay....... I don't think the make is that important but the sturdiness of them is so I would only ever use leather ones.

 

[Bounty]

there's a pair on ebay atm that I've got my eye on, thanks for reminding me to look on there