Boots (Wellingtons)

I have Aigle wellingtons, they are extremely comfortable and almost like wearing slippers.

My wellies sprang a leak after 15 years of loyal service!
They are Aigle and cost £120 so I bought a Wellie repair kit and it’s worked, they have been in the sea and boggy grouse moor and held up!
£5 for the kit, I may get another 15 years out of them ?

Most large garden centres seem to carry a good selection if you want to see and try on.

I thought it was just me with the Hunters that I couldn't get off.
I was at IOW festival and thought I would be sleeping in them. I gave them away too.

Have small feet but struggle to find boots wide enough in the calf. My legs aren’t giant size so it can’t be that uncommon a problem.

I think it may be worth your while to google "paddock boots" and have a look at them .. you'll find them mostly on equestrian websites and as they're only ankle length, easy to get on and off. Not so sure re. width, though, but paddock boots in general tend to be quite wide as we horsey folks stuff our feet into thick thermal socks in winter!

How about men’s wellies? They will certainly be wider

I used to have Hunters years ago-when they seemed much better boots than they are now. Today’s Hunter wellies seem more of a fashion or festival boot.
I discovered ‘Grub Frostline’ at my local farm store. They are extremely comfortable, I think they are fishermen’s boots, also very supportive in the arch, and easy enough to get on (and off!). They are my go to choice of welly, and a pair will last me about eighteen months, but I am very hard on them, always in them. If I manage to get the in the sales they are about £55. Otherwise £60 to £70.

MayBeMaw

Whitewavemark2

I have a cheap pair of half wellingtons bought online. Had them for years. Nothing fashionable about them but brilliant in the wet and muddy walking where it is slippery and dangerous

Same here!I think they cost about £7 and were bought in desperation as I could find nothing to fit.
My 40 year old Hunter Ladies still fit but are worn smooth on the sole so useless in snow and ice.
“New” Hunter Ladies proved impossible to get off once I had struggled into them so when I eventually struggled out of them I gave them to my D.
Expensive mistake

I used to love Hunters but can’t get them on now. I have a very unglamorous but very watertight and practical pair of wellies with zips on the inside now. I bought them online, I think from a menswear site, some years ago. Highly recommended unless you want to look glamorous!

I have a pair of wellingtons I bought from Wilko for use in the garden, but when my much repaired waders gave up the ghost a couple of years ago, I started fishing in them (I don’t go very far out these days!) and they have never let me down and good traction. Not rubber, but even Dunlop wellingtons seem to be pvc these days.

I'm very faithful to my Hunter wellies because they are so comfortable to walk in. They certainly aren't cheap at all, and with the conditions I use them in only last for 3 or 4 years (you're doing amazingly well to have a 40 year old pair, Wwmk2 )

But anything that is flexible at the ankle is good.

Whitewavemark2

I have a cheap pair of half wellingtons bought online. Had them for years. Nothing fashionable about them but brilliant in the wet and muddy walking where it is slippery and dangerous

Same here!I think they cost about £7 and were bought in desperation as I could find nothing to fit.
My 40 year old Hunter Ladies still fit but are worn smooth on the sole so useless in snow and ice.
“New” Hunter Ladies proved impossible to get off once I had struggled into them so when I eventually struggled out of them I gave them to my D.
Expensive mistake

But none for people with EEEE width feet and short toes. If I buy the right size by length, I can't get my foot past the instep and into wellingtons (or most pull-on leather boots) If I buy by width, I have a couple of inches of empty boot in front of my toes - lethally likely to trip me up, even with a spare sock stuffed into the toe.

No use advising me to buy from Hotter, I have only ever seen one pair of shoes by Hotter that would fit me, and they were so hideous I would rather go barefoot.

www.lakelandfootwear.co.uk/
Try here, they do rubber boots and a choice of heights and fittings. Not too expensive.

Have a look at Joules, I have found them very good.

I have a cheap pair of half wellingtons bought online. Had them for years. Nothing fashionable about them but brilliant in the wet and muddy walking where it is slippery and dangerous