Grrr..How long are Hunter wellies *supposed* to last?

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Got home from the stables this evening to find that my right foot was a bit cold and wet. Looked under my welly and saw that it's cracked right across the ball of the foot. I can see inside, even the shank thingy in the sole is crumbled apart and broken too.

I bought them January 2007, they are the pink breast cancer charity ones and have Made in Scotland on them so I thought they were the good ones. Thought Hunters were supposed to last years!!

So annoyed as I have no money to buy a new pair but need them as my field is bogged down with all the rain. May get the Ariat mudbusters when I get some cash but that money was supposed to go towards a new three fold girth!!
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I also thought the 'Made in Scotland' pairs were fairly robust - mine are still going after three years, although they are the Argyll ones, not the standard ones with the buckle on the side.

Would never buy a pair of the new ones, heard too many stories of how poor quality they are now.
 
Mine lasted 5 1/2 months!!! I did wear them every day but still. I've gone for a cheaper pair now, I don't mind replacing them every 6 months in I need to.
 
I've got some black Hunter wellies which are brilliant. They have survived two VERY muddy Glastonbury festivals and have been going now for about 3 or 4 years. Still going strong.
 
But on the bright side, they do a 12 month guarantee. So you can wear them out one winter, get your money back and buy a new pair the next year
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Old original Hunters will last for aaages, I've had mine nearly 9 years. New ones are frequently reported to be pretty rubbish.

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Yep, because they aren't made in this country anymore (or so i have heard??)
 
Had mine 12 years and still going strong BUT I have a couple of other pairs so don't wear them everyday, must admit after all the bad things I've heard about them I won't get another pair though.
 
horseware house (in Kibworth) do wellies called 'stormwells' MUCH cheaper, I've had mine for about four years now and still going strong. think they were about £20.
 
I Have had mine YEARS and worn them a lot, i have also (not intentionally and only occasionally) accidentally stabbed myself with a fork mucking out and been trodden on by my horse and they are still going strong, no leaks, no cracks. However, my sister has a pair that she must have only had just over a year and they are the newer ones and they are cracked and pretty crap!

Must be something with the new manufacturers - not making them like they used to sadly.
 
I go through about a pair a year but I wear them every day. I was brought up in the same town as hunters are made so I have grown up with them, never have or would wear a different brand.... until now. The factory that made hunters has only just closed recently and moved abroad but the quality has definatley gone downhill over that last few years, I think they were struggling finantially which is prob why the quality has dropped and they have now moved abroad. Its such a shame because thay were such good boots.
 
Took my daughter's back - and they said they were overused! Despite her hardly ever putting the blasted things on! And it was in less than a year. Made the msitake of buying another two pairs (it was the colours that did it), and now her second pair are dead in less than a year. She's wearing my twelve year old pair now, and I'm in m'muckboots until I can convince hubby that I neeeeed a pair of Dubarrys'(well, they fit my fat calves
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Lol! Mine are 18 years old! Pretty poor really as the buckle strap has broken on one side. Not completely though. It just needs tucking in now and again! I think they are doing rather well don't you!

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Mine are over the year so I can't taken them back, anyways
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The treads are all worn down on mine too as I'm REALLY hard on my stuff (clothes, shoes. you name it!!). For now i'll have to make do with them as I've got no spare cash for anything else but I may go to the Horsewarehouse then and see what they have.

I'm not going to bother getting cheapo ones from Shoe Zone or anything though as the pairs I've had from normal shoe shops only last 1-2 days before they start to literally crumble from contact with horse muck. I took a pair back and the poor woman at the shoe shop she had never seen that happen before!!
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Hunter originals are more fashion accessories these days.

You have 1 years garuntee though, so take them back if you still have the receipt.

And spend your money on Toggi's instead. Cheaper/same price depending on the type you get, and in the 2 years I've worked in a welly selling shop we've never had a pair returned.
 
I bought a pair of Hunter "seconds" at a point-to-point; they lasted five years and had been worn daily.......however, my super-expensive (£156) Le Chameau leather lined wellies lasted a mere eighteen months before a split appeared at the heel, just above the where the sole joins the boot. Someone bought me another pair of Le Chameau wellies for my birthday in April, a cheaper pair without the side zip and with neoprene lining as opposed to leather and already my feet are getting damp in them, although to date I haven't been able to locate where the leak is! Haven't tried the "new" Hunters but without a doubt my experience with "old" Hunters has been far better than with more expenisve wellies - complete rip off!!

MissSBird rates Toggi wellies - my Toggi boots lasted only a couple of months, so they certainly don't get my seal of approval!
 
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Mine lasted a grand total of nine months - got my money back though. They are crap these days.

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They really are crap these days, since the original Hunters business went bust and the new buyers came in. I'm not sure if they are made abroad now or not, but the quality is rubbish compared to what it was. Talk about ruining a good brand, I think it is a real shame.
 
Yep, the pairs I've had have been rubbish too. I thought Hunter wellies were suppose to = quality, but not from what I've experienced it doesn't.
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Mine lasted 4 months, but then so did my Harry Hall ones. Ive just bought some more hunters, but didnt make the mistake of paying full price, wont pay more than £30 for them now as quality is so dodgy, so have violent lilac ones :-)

I think they should sell the (v comfy) mouldings to a company that can actually make good quality boots, they certainly cant now.
 
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