Dubarry boots

[camilla4]

Hi everyone - can you help? Sseveral years ago I bought a pair of Dubarry Galways - I needed an all purpose country boot suitable for riding and dogwalking and these were great. However, the creases across the top of the foot became deep really quickly and, after only a few months, they cracked right through. I ended up with a second pair and have taken care of them meticulously. Sure, they are heavily used (I walk about two hours a day in them during the week) but every week they are washed off as instructed, dried and then treated with the Dubarry own-brand cream. In spite of this, they look as though they are going to crack again. Has anyone else had this problem?

Thanks in advance

 

[Eira]

Yes mine died within 10 months and I DID look after them including treating them with the special conditioners

Wasn't impressed .. I loved those boots

 

[PennyJ]

Do you bring them into contact with wet bedding?

I had this happen to my first pair. The second pair I have been very careful to keep away from mucking out and the muckheap, and they have lasted a lot longer. I haven't looked after them that well, there is the start of a crack 3 years on, so of course they are now getting cared for much better than they have been.

I'd still buy another pair though. I haven't found anything else that comes close to them.

 

[camilla4]

Wow - you guys are fast!

No, they don't come into contact with muck really (I don't have a horse at the moment and spend little time on a yard these days) so ammonia shouldn't be an issue. I'm sad to see that I haven't just been unlucky 'cos I love these boots too! They're still within the one year guarantee period so I may just have to resign myself to having to change them again -rats!

Thanks both of you ..

 

[Thunderbirds R Gone]

mine did the same, but i just treat them with effax and then spray them with a leather waterproofing spray suitable for goretex and they are as good as new

 

[connie1288]

Mine did the same, even wore through totally at the ankle, and are now unwearable as there is a really hard lump in the arch of the foot in one. I have taken them to a stand and event though i cleaned them with their own conditioner they said i hadnt looked after them.
A friend got a new pair though.
Totally gutted as loved the, great for walking xc and grooming in

 

[Mrjacks0n]

was dissapointed with mine also mine went back to dubarry as they also had stitching coming undone and the little badge fell off, they said i wasnt looking after them properly, i replied saying i had and i had had better yard boots at a third that price that had lasted loads longer, what got my back up about these boots is i saved ages for them and every year you see them at all the major events standing in water and making claims left right and centre and for the money you pay so they blo---y well should last, rant over, i forgot how annoyed i was, was very sad when i threw them in bin as it was the cracks across the foot that was the main issue

 

[m3gan]

Yeah,
I have had the same thing with my Dubarrys , looked after them very well and have got cracks in the foot where they have wrinkled. It is very annoying considering the cost of them.
I posted a while ago about this and some peeps response was that it should be expected after two years.......! I do not think it is acceptable when you are paying nearly £300 that the this happens.

 

[Slinkyunicorn]

I got Magellan & Malloys - they have lasted much better!

 

[mealrigghallstud]

The thing is they are more designed for posing in and as a smart occasion welly than a functional one, leather is not the most practical thing to make a pair of wellies out of especially if mucking out and tramping through mud continuously - although they do look good!!!! After chatting to the guy that was selling them for some time last time I went to the royal highland on a very hot day - he was not bad looking and their tent had air conditioning!!!! - told me he doesn't really use his for anything other than posing in, driving round his estate and the occasional shoot, they see a bit of mud but that's it! - made me laugh!!!!
I have always used Aigle wellies - my last pair lasted 8 yrs and I trash them too, I get through a pair of walking boots a year and they're not cheap at well over £100 a time, so for wellies to last that long isn't bad, my sisters lasted her 7yrs!!!

 

[camilla4]

Thanks everyone. I'm massively annoyed but really stuck. They are sooooo comfy for walking in and of course have the advantage that, being leather, they are great all year round, including warm weather. I know that I could wear walking boots in the summer, but the grass at this time of year is both long and usually wet so longer boots are so much more practical. Are there *any* boots out there that fit my needs?!!!