Wellies

[Baldrick]

Time to invest in a new pair of wellies: has anyone tried the Garlands boots, as advertised in Shooting Times/Sporting Shooter etc?

 

Whilst it's been covered before, does anyone have any strong opinions on Aigle, Hunter and Le Chameau boots?

[Dunkield]

I have got neoprene Chameau's and had them for 7 or 8 years no problems at all. If I was buying today I would probably go for the version with the Vibram sole as they are better for walking long distances. Don't ask what either versions are called, they are both something French and unpronouncable :*)

 

My mate has a pair of Aigles that get fair hammering (dog walking twice a day etc) and have just split, but they only about 2 years old, he is looking at Chameau's now.

[Cranfield]

Its that time of year.

 

http://forums.pigeonwatch.co.uk/forums/ind...1653&hl=wellies

[BTMS]

Reminds me of the Billy Connley song

 

Wellies they are fine

 

wellies they are swell

 

for they keep oot the water

and they keep in the SMELL

 

BTMS

[Devilishdave]

Muck boots are good only £60 ish and I regularly walk 6 - 8 miles in mine over all types of ground never get blisters. not to hot in summer and never cold in the winter. had mine 2 years of fairly hard (2 - 5 times per week 6 mile) use and they still have a year left in them at a guess.

 

Dave

[hawkeye]

Muck boots are good only £60 ish and I regularly walk 6 - 8 miles in mine over all types of ground never get blisters. not to hot in summer and never cold in the winter. had mine 2 years of fairly hard (2 - 5 times per week 6 mile) use and they still have a year left in them at a guess.

 

Dave

Dave im not far from you where did you get your muck boots from was it local cos i like to try them on first.

:thumbs:

[lurcherboy]

Time to invest in a new pair of wellies: has anyone tried the Garlands boots, as advertised in Shooting Times/Sporting Shooter etc?

 

Whilst it's been covered before, does anyone have any strong opinions on Aigle, Hunter and Le Chameau boots?

You wont beat Le Chameau, but you pay a premium for them.

 

 

 

 

 

LB

[Devilishdave]

I got mine from Armstrong Richardsons in Richmond but they have an even bigger branch at Stokesley it is the old mill so give them a try.

 

Dave

Edited November 16, 2005 by Devilishdave

[hawkeye]

I got mine from Armstrong Richardsons in Richmond but they have an even bigger branch at Stokesley it is the old mill so give them a try.

 

Dave

will do ill give them a try this weekend thanks Dave. :thumbs:

[norfolk.enchance]

I have a pair of neoprine lined Aigle. I've had these for 7 years and wear them whenever the weather dictates. I would most certainly buy another pair of Aigle when the old ones decide to give up the ghost.

 

Hope this helps.

:thumbs:

[ChrisNicholls]

I bought a pair of the Garlands boots for the start of the season, after my neoprene lined Chameau's finally gave up the will to live, so far so good, decent boots at a good price, I bought the neoprene lined and zipped version for £79.99.

 

Got them from here, used these people a couple of times this year and found them quite good.

 

http://www.fmtc.co.uk/cgi-bin/web_store.cg...andard&cart_id=

[crocket]

Hi all

 

I've been wearing a pair of Dunlop wellies with "Seal Skinz" gortex boot liners as issue to the forces known as "MVP socks", waterproof, warm, comfortable and cheap are £12 inc PP off Ebay. Try this Ebay user name "circustom" he's got some on now.

 

 

All the best

 

Crocket

 

 

 

"A fear of weapons is a sign of retarded sexual and emotional maturity." Sigmund Freud

[BountyHunter]

I have a pair of construction riggers from my concrete days, they are fake fur lined and warm and comfortable, the added advantage is that I can use the toecaps for allsorts. :thumbs:

[Baldrick]

The Le Chameau Chasseur wellies, with the full-length zip: does anyone have the neoprene lined version? Are they too warm for year-round use? Most importantly, does the lining last as long as the leather lined version?

 

What's the best investment?

[Dunkield]

The Le Chameau Chasseur wellies, with the full-length zip: does anyone have the neoprene lined version? Are they too warm for year-round use? Most importantly, does the lining last as long as the leather lined version?

 

What's the best investment?

Yes I have the neoprene version, not the zipped one and YES they are way to warm to wear all year round.

 

The neoprene on mine is fine apart from a minor bit of freying at the top and they are 6 or 7 years old now, so that is only to be expected.

[SNAKEBITE]

Muck boots are good only £60 ish

When you say "muck boots" do you mean the sort that they wear mucking out horses?

[sussex lad]

Snakey,

Muck boots is a brand name do a quick search and you will find them , look pretty good for the money probably gonna get some for myself.

And yes they come in realtree!!!!! B)

 

Cheers,

 

Brian...

[tagwag]

just got some muck boots yesterday there very warm look good £47

[tagwag]

http://www.wildchicken.com/shop/acatalog/O...ishing_etc.html

[ChrisNicholls]

The purple ones would make a nice change :blink:

[fiascoshooter]

Not posh, but whats up with a pair of Dickies Landmaster wellies, olive green polyeurethane construction, about £23.00 from agricultural suppliers.

Have about two pairs a year on farm worn almost every day.

Not had cold feet since i've been using them.

[invector]

When you shoot these fiascos how do you prepare them for the oven??

[fiascoshooter]

Well, you start off with a large helping of misplaced optimism, marinade all day in freezing cold anticipation and then stew all evening in bitter disappointment, whilst looking forward to the next helping.

[invector]

Oh! yes, I`ve had some of that, but it made me sick!!