Boots (Wellingtons)

I love my Aigle boots and have had them for 13 years. They've been worn for hours on walks varying from boggy country fields to seaside beaches and have been very comfortable. The adjustable gusset is very useful too.

To add to above a duck boot is rubber bottom and leather lace up shaft.

On thing to be careful about is the type of material they use on the sole. I have a brand of short 'duck boots' from a Canadian store; they were not expensive and excellent for walking in slush and rain. My husband has a more expensive brand of 'Bogs' which are comfortable, but the sole is very slippery in cold weather. It seems the rubber/plastic hardens in the cold and makes them very slippery on any frosty surface.

My daughter has Aigle which she loves and wears all winter.

If you look on the Dunlop website, it says their 'Purofort' material (secret formula compound) outperforms rubber and basic PU "on all important aspects". I find Dunlop wellies are excellent and inexpensive.

Muckboots.
Warm and comfy. Bright pink and black.

I bought a pair of Zoo adventure boots last year in a sale. I think they’re a Dutch brand. I can’t get on with wellies because of needing more support. The Zoo boots are made of leather and are waterproof. I find them a little on the heavy side and need 2 pairs of socks but they are comfortable and will last for years.

Pavers do some decent water resistant boots

In the hospital. Or infirmary.

I bought long ‘muck boots’ last winter. So comfy, easy to get on and off (foot waterproof rubber? Tops neoprene so soft and comfy and warm). Keep trousers clean too
Priced at around £100 on Muck boot site but I found mine by googling for £64. Highly recommend

Mountain Warehouse sell rubber wellingtons, reasonable price too.

Monica I sit on a chair in the porch with one foot on the jack behind the boot and hey presto, it’s orf!?

I have muck boots. They’re really comfortable and flexible.

hollysteers If the reason you cannot get your boot off is because you have a high instep and it jams in the boot, a boot jack is no use, because if you are standing, which you really have to be to use a boot jack, when, after much pulling your foot finally pulls through, it does with a sudden rush causing you to go base over apex.

DH no longer wears wellington boots because removing them is so difficult. He has his offshore safety boots and wears those instead.

Has nobody heard of a bootjack for pulling off your wellingtons?
I wouldn’t be without mine.

valdali, very good idea, thank you. A bit of lateral thinking often goes a long way.

Still wearing my faithful old Hunters, full and calf length, roughly 20 yrs old.
DD1 bought a pair of hunter wellies in TKMaxx. A fraction of the cost if lucky enough to find your size.

Pink Barbour wellies for me with matching socks. DH used to say they’d help rescuers locate me!

Greta - my thought -
google agricultural suppliers. Farmers won't pay over the top for fashion wellies and they need boots that are going to be waterproof and resilient. There's probably one in your local area, they might not have a website but I've bought Barbours and wellies from them in the past and although they don't have a mirror, they're perfectly happy to sell to people who walk through the door.

Thank you All for really useful suggestions. Now it's the agony of choosing. MOnica, I don't insist on rubber wellies but the pvc ones I have bought the last couple of years have all given me poor service. But I guess it's like with so many things, you get what you pay for.

I have Dunlop half wellies bought cheaply off eBay. They are new and green and I find them completely waterproof. The eBay seller seems to sell loads. They’re unisex, black or green.

We love Decathlon Solognac wellies with the warm insert. They’re great for in the snow too. They have a great grip. Both myself and my ten year old wear them- she finds them comfy for long walks. Won’t buy any others now.

I do not understand why the OP is so insistence that her wellies are made from rubber.

I think this was phased out to be replaced by plastic decades ago.

I get my wellies in France( for France and the UK) at the local Farmers supermarket. I usually buy the cheapest and expect 10 years wear from them.

I remember years ago seeing wellies with a laced gusset over the instep, ideal for those with high insteps, but have not beeen able to find them recently.

I've now got the Billy Connolly song runningthrough my head "If it wisnae for yer wellies where would yer be"

I bought my wellies in Venice quite a few years ago when it was flooded. They are definitely waterproof as I paddled through canal water. No idea what they are made of. Venice shoe shops have bunches of them hanging outside. My patio flooded recently and they came in very useful.

With the onset of rain again, I do walk around in mud a lot and have wellies and boots. The boots I wear are to drive in too. A few years ago I started to buy from Lands End. Their Squall Snow Boot are waterproof and a moulded rubber lower shell/sole. Normally £120 but currently reduced to £72. They do a half boot too.
www.landsend.co.uk/