Wellies again. (Sorry) Suggestions please!

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Was just reading through the wellies poll and was interested in all the replies, but would be interested to know how long you all spend in your wellies?!

I'm a groom at a local riding stables and keep my mare somewhere else so I am in my wellies around 12 hrs a day in the summer, 11 hrs in the winter 5 days a week and then at least 4hrs a day at the weekend.

I'm yet to find a pair of wellies that have lasted longer than 3 months and was wondering if anyone is in a similar situation with any suggestions.

Ariat mudbusters have lasted me less than 2 months (which I am disgusted about due to the price of them!)
Countrywide wellies lasted me about 2 months.
Dunlop steel toe cap ones have lasted the longest at about 3 months.
Hunters I haven't owned but all the part timers at work have them and they only last them a couple of months and most of the girls only work 1 day a week!

I'm fed up of having an expensive welly habit, please can anybody suggest some proper wellies!!!

Thanks x
 
mmmmm I will be interested in the replies as I need to replace my Hunters however in fairness to your previous wellies - 12 hours a day, 5 days a week is a long time. I dont think there are many shoes (human!) that would last long with this amount of wear and if you think about it horse shoes last 6 weeks and they are metal!

I do agree at £100 for a pair of wellies I would be expecting them to last longer than the £20 ones.
 
One brand....AIGLE

I used to have hunters, which ended up lasting 6months (I live in mine).

So 2 winters ago I invested in a pair of "iso parcour", which were almost twice the price of hunters, but...

....I was toastie warm (my feet are seriously cold) in all the snow we have had in the last 2 winters, I never slipped over in the snow / wet clay, the tread still looks like new.

Best of all, I have got others to buy them as they have seen how great mine are.

Mole valley seem to have the best prices

http://www.molevalleyfarmers.com/mvf/store/products/aigle-parcours-iso-wellington
 
I would really recommend my Le Chameau neoprene lined boots. After having to chuck Hunters after an average of 4 months a pair (as I live in the wellies 12 hours a day in winter and 4 hours in summer) as they all cracked on the top and at the side, I finally decided to pay a bit more and also have warm tootsies in the winter.

I wish Id done it much sooner. they have been amazing. the rubber isnt thin and shiny like Hunters, its thick but much more soft and flexible, so you just dont get the cracking, and the neoprene means my toes stay warm even tho we are in Cairngorm area and get -20 every winter!!

They cost about £95 on the internet but worth every penny and am saving money as Ive already had them a year and they look like new :-)) very satisfied customer!
 
I also live and work in mine and the only ones yet to survive more than a yr are muck boots - I think mine are the Derwent which have the proper grip soles. The only downside is they are very warm in the summer.

I have tried all makes, cheap to expensive (all of the above mentioned too!), but none of them have lasted as long. I did manage to get a pair of Hunter Balmorals last 7mnths, but expected longer for the price.
 
Out of interest why wear wellies so much, why not a country boot?????

I wear my Toggi Heritage (and ride in them) about 2-4 hours a day weekdays and easily 6+ hourse weekends. I wear wellies when its wet and if im doing a wet muck out (skip out in week)


If your just doing yard work (not mucking out) why not have another pair of boots. MY first pair of heritage lasted me 4.5 years, the sole never wore down, it ws the lining that went, and I made them meet their end by wearing them in the snow and not drying them properly.
 
Thank you all for your replies, have heard good things about both Aigle and Le Cham's but have always wondered if they were worth their money, especially after the Ariat's! Muck boots always concern me a little, never done a huge amount of research into them! But are they actually waterproof all the way up, or when it gets to the neoprene is there leakage?

Toffee44 I do wear my Dublin river boots in summer sometimes but I need to guarantee its dry as I usually don't have time to change boots! In winter I can be wading through snow, puddles and muddy gateways and want dry feet and legs! Especially when leading big cobs up from their winter field as its 1/4 of a mile away from the yard!

My days consist of running up and down to fields catching, teaching, exercising, taking out hacks, tack cleaning, maintaining fencing, cleaning/moving water troughs and mucking out all year round so one minute my boots are dry, the next I'm wading in water, then straight onto mucking out our (foul!!!) hunters in the winter or our equally as messing laminitics in summer!
 
Muck Boots are brilliant!!!!!! i have always had Hunters, until my last pair split within a year, how have Muck Boot Tyne wellies... Fantastic!!
 
Muck boots are waterproof all the way up. They are brilliant, mine are now going into their second winter and I wear them alot. I would suggest getting the Derwents over the Tyne (I think it is the tyne!) as they have much better soles for when it is slippy.
 
Regent hunters!! I love them and the fact they have neoprene lining.

I can wear mone for hours and hours and they sometimes have them on TKMaxx for £45:D
 
I'm hoping one day that Dublin will give me a free pair of their Deluxe neoprene lined wellies for the number of times I have recommended them on here!! I paid about £25 for mine but I think they are around £30 something now.
 
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