Safety Boots / Shoes

[David Prosser]

Hiax for the winter find them too warm for summer time.

A warning for those of you who work on construction sites, twice I've come across someone turning the ankles then not being allowed back on site as the RAMS they had signed up to had "PPE suitable for the task". Non supportive rigger boots, safety trainers or safety shoes are often deemed inappropriate.

 

[Edtwozeronine]

I got de walt boots, had them about 2 years now, used them in Scotland as hiking boots too. I did have magnum boots for years but the sole started to peel away at the front under the toes, to be fair they lasted the best part of a decade.

 

[Simon47]

not yet found anything that does not cripple my feet within 2 hours

2 hours, lucky sod !
I've found nothing that seems to be designed for real feet, especially those lucky enough to have had parents who avoided foorwear that converts children's feet from healthy "hobbit feet shape" into things that fit into winklepickers. For me, anything wide enough to take my foot at all, is so long that my toes don't even reach the toe box As many of us will know, if the shoes are too long, then they flex in "cripplingly painful" ways when kneeling etc.
Might be interesting now I'm working for an employer that takes their responsibilities seriously, and seeing if they can actually find anything that fits. I once tried a clog maker who advertised that they made custom clogs including safety steel toecaps. They didn't even have a toebox even vaguely wide enough

There's a downside to having hobbit feet

 

[Julie.]

I am always frustrated that they don't do proper ladies protective boots and shoes, I have looked everywhere, not one place stocks decent peep-holed high-heeled court shoes for site work!!!



Sooooo

In all seriousness, I have found different boots over the years that work, or just don't, no matter on the make or cost, currently I use some really comfy JCB boots from screwfix (which they have now dropped from their range as they were more pricy than most) - I leave the top laceholes out, and fortunately bought a spare pair when they sold them off cheaper!

For general site meetings, I have some boring "comfortable" style ladies safety shoes, - which are about the best I could find, but aren't anything like as comfortable as my normal heels, or my site boots - but at least they look ok for formal meetings!

 

[telectrix]

can just imagine them:

 

[Simon47]

Midwest, I see you've fkagged my previous post as funny. While I can see the funny side, it's actually a serious issue.
In many situations I'd trade protection from a risk that MIGHT happen for having footwear that isn't guaranteed to cause injury. But many sites simply don't allow for such tradeoffs.
As an aside, a friend worked on a site with a mandatory gloves policy. One of his colleagues had big hands, such that they couldn't find him anything suitable. He had to carry around an exemption letter to show each time he got stopped for not wearing gloves.

 

[Julie.]

can just imagine them:
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Sooo what sites do you frequent Re ladies footwear?

 

[R-fur]

After trying all sorts of boots over the years I found buckler boot to be the best by far, bit more expensive but they last longer and much more comfortable.

 

[GBDamo]

I have some steel toe capped boots but the can be a tad cumbersome so as these where discounted down to £30 I picked up a pair today.

Looks good and they seem comfortable so far and at least I don't look like a CFC Shed boy in boots coloured like Timberlands.........

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Ha ha Adidas four stripe you mum and dad must be well poor.

 

[telectrix]

Sooo what sites do you frequent Re ladies footwear?

gave up on that sometime ago. they all made my feet hurt.

 

[pc1966]

Resurrecting this still-warm thread as looking for any suggestions for safety boots, ideally from the local wholesale places like Yesss, Edmundsons, etc, or Screwfix/Toolstation?

I have some decade-old but hardly used Beta ones, but we might be having a guy start soon so really need to sort out some basic PPE like this for him.

 

[James]

Resurrecting this still-warm thread as looking for any suggestions for safety boots, ideally from the local wholesale places like Yesss, Edmundsons, etc, or Screwfix/Toolstation?

I have some decade-old but hardly used Beta ones, but we might be having a guy start soon so really need to sort out some basic PPE like this for him.

give him/her £50 and send into screwfix to pick there own.

If you pick them, then it WILL be YOUR fault every time there feet ache.

 

[pc1966]

I was going to get him to try them on when picked up from Screwfix, etc!

Still, if folk know of a brand that not too feet-torturing it would help.

 

[nicebutdim]

Haix Airpower XR21 for winter.
Haix Airpower X21 for summer.

Pricey, but worth every penny. Only boots I've ever owned that never let in water. No splitting of sole and no separation of sole and upper after years of daily wear.

 

[James]

I swear by the catappiler boots.
they have served me well for the last 20 years. (although i do change them for new now and then)