Allotment Gardening Advice Help Chat
Chatting => Chatting on the Plot => Topic started by: Tenhens on November 06, 2020, 19:33
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November issue of Gardeners' World has a welly boot best buy feature with prices from £29.99 to £180.
Do you get what you pay for ? How long do they last? I've bought some at the lower end of the price range and used them regularly for walking and veg plot , the problem I've found is splitting on the side by the toes and lasting about 12 months.
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Good subject for this time of year!
We bought Hunters years ago, and they just rotted after many years (the heels were a bit small, and sunk into the lawn), so we reverted to Dunlop Greens at around a tenner! We used to have a lot of holly around the garden, so any wellie would puncture at some stage, £100 (phew), or £10!
One tip though, is to buy some instep reinforced insoles, as they increase the insulation, make them a snugger fit, and you can walk in them all day! Just a few quid on Ebay!
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To be honest as I find I get cold in wellies, I only wear them if I’m doing a ‘wet’ job. So a cheap pair does for that, I did buy a pretty pair of ankle high wellie type shoe in Lidl earlier in the year, I now use these to walk up tge Allotment to ‘do’ the chickens when it’s wet, I can get them on & off easily, which is great if I drive round cos then I’m able to stand on 1 leg as I change into them. I do tend to change footwear anyway if I drive as I don’t want Chicken cr@p in my car lol
P.s is it still the law/correct you’re not supposed to drive in wellies?
Edit, no it’s not illegal to drive in wellies must have been one of those folklore subjects lol
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You lucky folks being able to get wellies to fit! I've got high insteps and short toes; am a size five and a half shoe but usually wear a six. Wellies to fit come in a size 8. So I walk out of them. So wellies are not a good thing. Sadly.
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Just invested in a new pair of wellies from our local farm supplies shop. Dunlop's at around a tenner. They also had other Dunlop ones in a range of prices, but I didn't want the ones that look like tractor tyres on the bottom because they pick up too much muck and mud.
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If you puncture them (like what I do) give them a plaster of brown parcel tape. I can puncture cheap and expensive, so cheap does me. :D Mrs Bouquet
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I bought a pair of Dunlop's quite cheep basically to clean the car and walking about in the garden not for digging I've got a pair of wellingtons that are safety wellingtons part of our uniform issue when i was at work they must be ten years old and still going strong good for digging and general work
my son in law gave me a pair of his cast off' wellingtons nothing wrong with them and they are the Rolls Royce of wellingtons padded inside really comfy i never asked him how much they actually cost but i suspect they where quite expensive and something i wouldn't pay that sort of money for wellingtons myself
someone said to me down the allotment i bet those wellingtons set you back a bob or two i just grinned :D
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Hello my wellies have Vitall written on them they have internal padding support round the ankle area inside are very comfortable with a steel toe cap ,made in Italy got them from a shoe and boot manufacturer in Sheffield they imported them £22,00 + postage jezza
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Grubs frostline for me !
Mainly used for beachcombing and fishing , warm and light because of the neoprene and have been using the current pair for 5 years. :)
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My last pair came from Wilko's ( I think ) for about a tenner so it's interesting to read other members spending similar amounts .
If you puncture them (like what I do) give them a plaster of brown parcel tape. I can puncture cheap and expensive, so cheap does me. :D Mrs Bouquet
Very true and Sod's law it will happen!! :mad: :mad:
The cleaning advice says to wash with cold soapy water , store out of direct sunlight , away from heat source but not in cold shed or garage which can cause shrinking , splitting or cracking . They suggest investing in a silicone spray or boot buffer which will help the rubber degrading.
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My last pair came from Wilko's ( I think ) for about a tenner so it's interesting to read other members spending similar amounts .
If you puncture them (like what I do) give them a plaster of brown parcel tape. I can puncture cheap and expensive, so cheap does me. :D Mrs Bouquet
Very true and Sod's law it will happen!! :mad: :mad:
The cleaning advice says to wash with cold soapy water , store out of direct sunlight , away from heat source but not in cold shed or garage which can cause shrinking , splitting or cracking . They suggest investing in a silicone spray or boot buffer which will help the rubber degrading.
Well they would say that, buy more stuff. The only thing I make certain of, is that they are put upside down on poles (broom handles) about 2 feet off the ground. I don't want critters in my boots !!! Mrs B