How much do you spend on shoes?

[John]

It'll soon be wellington boot season so I've decided to replace mine with some that have a drawstring at the top to keep mud and stones out. The local woods turn into a mudbath in winter and when on my walk my last pair of wellingtons occasionally collected the odd stone and mud inside them resulting in me having to remove them, very annoying. I've replaced them with a pair of Dunlop Blizzard wellingtons and as the name suggests they are made for winter with a plush furry lining that protects to -15 and a nice aggressive tread pattern, plus the essential drawstring for foot security



Yes, the yummy mummies will look down their nose at me as they walk to the coffe shop in their immaculate Hunters but IDGAF

[John]

Oh, £35 from Shoezone online

[IanF]

[mik]

<piloti ad>

I see these are reassuringly expensive

[Mito Man]

They’re nice shoes for £70 ish - which is what they cost a few years ago.

[mik]

I have a very similar pair of goretex Salmon walking shoes - I’m now all the way through the grips at the front, so will need to replace soon.

Edit : these ones in fact

So as noted earlier in this thread - I had these re-soled a couple of months back now. £45.

It's taken me this long to get over my absolute anger/frustration, and provide an update.....

To set the scene - original tread on the Salomon's





The cobbler had told me he'd need to see them to assess resole-ability, and since mrs mik was passing him - I asked her to drop them in. Vibram soles please - same kinda grips as are already on there.

I knew that Vibram make some funky "Zegama" soles, so I was expecting something like these to be fitted. I'd shown mrs mik an image of these. Yep. Got it.



What was actually fitted however was a pair of "Jankaut" soles, which look like they are for some kind of fucking commando boot or something. WTF?



I initially blamed the cobbler for being a stupid thick muthafunkin cvnt.

Then I wondered if maybe mrs mik hadn't been clear enough when she handed them in?

And then I came to the realisation that I hadn't been clear enough with either of them. In my head I thought everyone - particularly a fucking professional cobbler - would see the original soles and think "yeah if he wants Vibram soles, then this Zegama design is the obvious replacement design", but I didn't explicitly ask for the Zegama soles...... so I got someone else's interpretation of "same kinda grips as already on there". Hence ultimately - I'm the stupid thick cvnt. If you want something specific, make sure you relay this fucking specificity mik.

After a few days of sulking, I finally started using them, and..... they are functionally better than ever. More grip on wet or dry stone. More grip on grass and muddy tracks.

So I've finally quit my whining and decided it's not a bad outcome at all for my favourite dog-walking shoes......

[DeskJockey]

I'm sadly in the other camp. Had my beloved walking boots resoled as the original soles had begun to come away (after only 12 years!). Sent them to a specialist company, paid £180 for the privilege, and whatever they've done the left boot toe room means it now doesn't fit properly. The right is okay.

Not a "give them time to expand", doesn't fit. That's quite frustrating.

I guess I'll have to skip.

Edit: decent walking boots in my size are expensive, so gambled on a resole.

[mik]

Hmm - worth trying some expanders before you chuck them?

Something like these? (Do these go big enough ?)

(Edit: and I guess it depends on the material too?)

clik