KEVA
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My Toggi wellies are in the 3rd winter, comfy, warm and wearing well. Happy boy I am 
Best wellies, Hunters, Aigle etc??
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Sprout
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Definitely Aigle for me, feet never cold, great grip, last for years, love them.
MuddyTB
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Another vote for Aigle Parcours...mine are on 3rd winter now.
Roisin_M
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I have Seelands, love them! with a pair of cheap welly socks from amazon(£5) and they are so warm and dry! Had them about three years now.
Princess Rosie
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I would avoid hunters and ariat, hunters are no where near as good as they used to be, plus always freezing feet and I've always felt every stone through the sole even when new. My ariat stormstoppers lasted barely 10months and split across the fronts. I now have muck boots and they are definitely the best yard boots I've ever had and I can wear thin socks and my feet are always toasty, so comfy too!
lizness
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Hello,
Got Hunter Balmorals at the moment and are good so far. Warm still on thin summer socks no signs of wear or splitting and good comfortable sole (wear them all day). Got them for about £70 I think.
Had Ariat neoprene lined (put a spade through them after about a week-not their fault!) But cracked badly not long after
Toggi neoprene lined very comfy, a bit heavy perhaps (MIL gave them away as they caused her to fall over????)lasted quite a while then cracked but just outer layer so were still waterproof for so long due to neoprene )until that split!
All about £70ish mark. The Ariat's and Toggi's were both rode in which I think does cause the splitting so will probably wear these for riding (as they are already split)
Got Hunter Balmorals at the moment and are good so far. Warm still on thin summer socks no signs of wear or splitting and good comfortable sole (wear them all day). Got them for about £70 I think.
Had Ariat neoprene lined (put a spade through them after about a week-not their fault!) But cracked badly not long after
Toggi neoprene lined very comfy, a bit heavy perhaps (MIL gave them away as they caused her to fall over????)lasted quite a while then cracked but just outer layer so were still waterproof for so long due to neoprene )until that split!
All about £70ish mark. The Ariat's and Toggi's were both rode in which I think does cause the splitting so will probably wear these for riding (as they are already split)
sunleychops
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I've just bought a pair of GRISports from Amazon. We stock their safety boots at work and they're alright. Plus if they turn out to be **** they didn't cost a lot at all!
Annagain
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Another who loves the Aigle Parcours Iso (the neoprene lined ones) My previous two pairsw (Hunters and Ariat Mudbusters barely lasted a year between them. My Aigles are either 3 or 4 years old now (I've lost count but I know I didn't have my old wellies in my new house which I've lived in 3 and a bit years!) and they're still like new and so comfy and warm. The rubber is really soft so they don't rub either. My YO has had hers 9 years now and they're still going strong! I was lucky and found a sale pair so only paid about £75 for them as they were brown (I don't care about colour!) but even at full price, they're not that much more than Hunters these days - about an extra £40 but they last at least 4 times as long.
3OldPonies
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I had a pair of these. I was very happy with them until they split just above the ankle. They lasted a year before that happened so they're on a par with some of the more expensive makes on here in terms of when that happens. For the price I reckon that would be about right and I wasn't too bothered as they hadn't cost a fortune to start with.
Am now shod in 'Town and Country' from my local garden centre, fit is good and I've not had cold feet even on the coldest of mornings since Santa Claus popped them under the tree!
I used to be a Hunter fan - but not after the last pair, they only lasted a few months before splitting. Mind you I had mended them with a puncture repair patch (on the inside) after sticking the muck fork through them two days after buying them - oops
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10wardd
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Aigle all the way!!! Brilliant wellies
spotty_pony
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As others have said - avoid Hunters! They are more of a fashion welly these days and not very sturdy. I bought some in the summer and they split after two months! Terrible customer service too.
I now have a pair of Caldene ones and they are really good quality and warm too!
I now have a pair of Caldene ones and they are really good quality and warm too!
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Boulty
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I wish the Aigle ones went down small enough to fit my feet. As it is my feet are too cold in normal wellies even with welly socks and I find once neoprene ones get damp inside they stay wet for weeks unless taken home to dry (I had some that actually started squelching, bleh!). Cos of that I'm only really left with the Ariat ones if I don't want to pay silly money. My first pair lasted me about 4 years (although they prob were only in constant use for 2 years of that) before splitting and my second pair I got about 18 months out of. Was slightly irritated by the short lifespan of 2nd pair but as the Aigle ones that I want only go down as far as a size 6 I'm a bit stuck with Ariats as at least I know that until they split they do keep my feet warm and I can ride in them if I want to
4fatponies
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I have joules wellies,paid £30 and on their 2nd winter. I wear them every day except very hot summer days ☺