WOLVERINE mens W03295 Durashock Industrial and Construction Boots Review

The toe of the boot has a product on it called tough toe and I added that myself.As far as the rest of the boots are concerned I've been working on Towboats on the Tennessee River. Also worked in the fleet at Cairo IL. There is no work that can be harder on boots. I've seen guys come out here with Walmart boots and shred them in weeks.These have held up. Normally I wear the outside of the soles down very quickly and you can see from the picture the soles have been holding up. I spent 50 days on my feet working both fleet work and line haul. These boots have been fantastic. I've only had them in low temperatures 18 degrees up to 60 degrees but they have been fantastic so far.The nature of my work causes the leather on the steel toes to get ground off. So I put a product called tough Toe on the steel toes. It's a lot like rhino liner if you put it on correctly it will last longer than the boots will and make it so you can keep them waterproof. I use mink oil to treat them mink oil will darken up the leather quite a bit. They have been absolutely fantastic. I liked them so much I bought another pair as my backup boots.Can't recommend them enough. If your doing hard work in inclament weather that is hard on footwear get these well worth the investment.

So OK, maybe you're the type who just needs a pair of boots occasionally. That's OK, everybody has their needs, but you might want to read some of the other reviews about looking good or great value or whatever, I'm writing here about foot encasements and the men who appreciate them. Let's assume for the moment that you're a guy who doesn't go to the gym because you get all the exercise you need as you earn your living. You know, and appreciate, the difference between the design of Milwaukee, Dewalt and Bosch tools. You have a tendency to not only appreciate the curves of a woman as she walks by, but you'll also find yourself calculating the angles of force she applies to her stride, see the mechanics of force she applies to getting from here to there... If you can relate to that then you're the guy I'm writing for. This is the second pair of these I've bought in the last six years. Having bought the first pair I haven't had to buy another until just recently. If I'd have done the right thing and bought a second pair back then so I could alternate them from day to day as we should do to make shoes last I'd probably have had them last the rest of my life. But then you wouldn't be reading my review of my second pair would you? So now you know I like these boots... Here's why: I'm a tough fit for shoes. Not only do I spend nearly all my time on my feet, but I have a full shoe size difference between them, And I haven't yet found someone else with my tastes in footwear and the opposite foot size difference to split pairs with. So I usually have both shoes fit just a little bit, or a lot depending on the foot, loose. Now these boots can be drawn up tightly enough over their whole length to take up the slack and keep them from rubbing blisters onto my feet. As a remodeling carpenter I spend a lot of time running into and out of peoples homes and the shallow tread on the soles keeps me from tracking huge amounts of mud and crap in with me, simplifying clean-up at the end of the day. But it still gives me plenty of traction on the side hill as I carry the materials around to the back deck. The padded collar fits snugly enough without pinching that it keeps the sawdust and debris from getting down into my boots and eating up my time as I clear it out. The insulation is a good bit of why these boots are so comfortable. In the summer time, yeah, I'm a little warmer than I need to be and I get a bit of "sweat squish" going on in my socks, but it's not bad, and certainly better than the blisters I get with lesser boots. In the winter time I can stand outside all day long in the slush and puddles of an Indiana winter and still keep my mind on what I'm trying to accomplish rather than how uncomfortable I am. The safety toe... This is a feature that you don't think much about till you need it... And no one plans on needing it... But when you find your foot trapped under five cubic feet of rough cured concrete in the trailer Sam the ready-mix man cleaned his chute out into, and as you stand there wondering why you can't even rotate your boot out from under the load, and wonder if you could possibly reach that spud bar laying just outside the tailgate of the trailer without breaking your ankle... You'll be real glad some unnamed designer working a thankless job in some office somewhere did such a good job at meeting some OSHA design regulation that you couldn't possibly quote if your life depended on it. If your spud bar is far enough away, you'll even have time to consider how well that designer did in making it work so well that the boots don't even seem the least bit heavy. Nuf said about that... Anyway... I like these boots, and I think you will too. They'd be cheap at twice the price.

This item (7.5 EW) fit perfectly! The only problem is that the shoelace on the right boot has somehow gotten cut halfway through. One cut is 3.5 inches from the end and the other cut is 6.5 inches from other end. True, they're on the tying end, but it's still annoying to deal with. I'm not going to send the boots back for that, but as I see it, I'm owed a shoelace, especially after spending $160.00. It would have 6 stars if it wasn't for this.

I've owned these for about a year now. I purchased them because I was without a car and had to ride my bike to school and work from November to March of the winter months. I didn't realize it was a steel toed boot when I bought it, but that didn't make a huge difference in the comfort. These are by far the best boots I've ever purchased. The durashock feature is great. I never have any foot pain and my feet stay toasty warm. The ONLY negative I've found is that they can at times be too warm. So when I'm indoors more than outdoors, I only lace them up to the ankle then tie them up there. That leaves enough breathing room to be comfortable indoors as well as warm enough for outdoors. I may buy another pair of Wolverines in a low top instead of high top, but I still cherish these boots. I've skidded out in them, scruffed up the leather, and they're still kick'n strong. With as hard as I've been on them, I'd say they're almost more of an Army boot than work boot.

I have bought and worn out a number of these boots under rugged conditions. I have never had a case of a defect or bad fit. I have learned a few things about this boot. It is not a good idea to step on burning charcoal embers because they will melt through the gummy outer sole. That made more places for mud to get trapped. Also when the leather cracks at bends at the bottom of the laces, they will leak. You can use an oil to close the cracks some. I have used mink oil on mine as soon as I get them and again when the wear creates a knapped surface or when small cracks appear. To me, it is a shame to retire a pair of boots with a perfectly good sole and upper but they leak. The sole provides a great grip on wet surfaces and wears a long time. I like the steel toe version, but the only case of wear through on the leather was on the steel toe on one pair as I recall. I did have one case of the sole cracking creating a leak by too aggressively digging out mud with a knife. Use a stiff brush instead. There is probably not a perfect boot out there that last forever, but this one really tries.

Not much to say except these are the best steel toe work boots that I have ever owned. I’ve tried about 4 other brands in the past 15 years and I always come back to Wolverine. Comfortable, good looking, supportive, great traction and durable.