Warm boots

[pa knifeguy]

Looking for recommendations on comfortable safety toe boots for winter. I'm a delivery driver so I'm and out. At the sales counter a couple hours then outside for a couple.

 

[Danke42]

What's winter where you are? Warmest boots are mukluks but not great to drive in and no steel toed and too hot for some places. Here where I am you could get away with the Blundstones for 90% of the time.

 

[Hickory n steel]

You can get some boots of your choice, add some shearling wool insoles and wear thick wool socks or heated socks, or go with shearling or wool felt liner booties.
That would be my suggestion, and what I did / have done with my very comfortable Thorogoods.
This gives you far more options, you can buy an actual good quality pair of traditionally made proper boots and not just be limited by some Chinese glued together junk.

 

[Drop bear]

You generally can't go wrong with Danner. But not a boot i have used.

I use a brand called hard yakka (the atomics not this one)

And I have found them quite good for getting around in.

But I have no idea about how insulated they are.

But they do have a composite toe. Which would have to be a big factor in reducing transmission of heat .

 

[Horsewright]

Just talking about this with a buddy literally a couple of days ago. He works in a supervisory role at a refinery in cold country. Safety toed boots are required. He gets a lot of new employees from Tx and here in the oil producing parts of Ca, warm country. First thing he does is tell em to get composite safety toed boots cause they gonna freeze their lil wiggly pigglies right off with a steel toed boot. I've never had safety toed boots as I've never had a need but I did watch a vid one time from I believe Nick's Handmade Boots and they were talking about the options that people ordered and then wished they hadn't. Steel toes was the top of the list.

 

[RLB0414]

Having worn steel and composite toe boot, it will always be composite. Not only for not freezing your toes, but impact protection. Steel does bend. That leads to severed toes. Composite does not bend. Also composite is not an electrical hazard.

 

[pa knifeguy]

Thanks guys

 

[Murphy Slaw]

I have some Danner hunting boots with Goretex that are too warm. I have used them for being in snow all day, but they were too hot for in and out work.

For me.

Best of luck.

 

[DaveHS]

Thanks guys

If you want lace up stability waterproof and killer traction sole, Chippewa makes a nice comp toe boot. I have a pair of their made in USA normal toe work boots that are favorites and have lasted me years of outdoor and city wear.

 

[jbmonkey]

Having worn steel and composite toe boot, it will always be composite. Not only for not freezing your toes, but impact protection. Steel does bend. That leads to severed toes. Composite does not bend. Also composite is not an electrical hazard.

weight too. composite are just enough lighter it's better for all day wear and long hours.

 

[gadgetgeek]

Also, pack a pair or two of extra wool socks, a lot can be made up for with a fast sock change in the middle of a day, and while you might not always need it, given the pace most companies demand, better to take a minute to change socks than deal with frostbite, it doesn't take much, and that's a permanent injury. It's one of those things that a lot of people who deal with cold already know, but it's cheap insurance.

 

[Horsewright]

Also, pack a pair or two of extra wool socks, a lot can be made up for with a fast sock change in the middle of a day, and while you might not always need it, given the pace most companies demand, better to take a minute to change socks than deal with frostbite, it doesn't take much, and that's a permanent injury. It's one of those things that a lot of people who deal with cold already know, but it's cheap insurance.

Highly recommend this practice and been doing it for years.

 

[pa knifeguy]

thanks gadgetgeek I'll give it try

 

[Hickory n steel]

I don't think chippewa makes any boots here anymore and it's a shame.