Alright, need an opinion here. I have been wearing 6" steel toe Timberland Pro series work boots. After many years of daily abuse, my second pair is starting to show major signs of wear and tear.

What are the advantages/disadvantages of switching to an 8" work boot? I've already got a pair of 8" Titan Composite Toe Timberland Pros, and just trying to figure out if I want to keep them or send them back.

11/29/2011 10:44:00 PM

My understanding was that the higher the ankle is the better the ankle support. We just referred to them as half length and full length boots. If you walk on rebar a lot it might help you out, otherwise if you're not needing a lot of ankle support while on the job you'll just be making it harder to walk.

11/29/2011 11:34:04 PM

honestly, if you arent waiding through mud or water, then there isnt much of an advantage to longer boots. That said, I would wear the 8" boots, because I am always crossing creeks and working in mud.

11/30/2011 12:46:59 AM

What kind of work are you doing? Odds are you'd know already if you needed an 8"

11/30/2011 8:27:05 AM

i wear 8" red wings. they are the bees knees.

they beat any other brand of boots, ever.

11/30/2011 10:56:03 AM

I've always worn 10" boots because they allow me to cross creeks easily and provide a little higher protection against snake bites and stepping into yellow jacket nests. They're not good for walking around a hard packed construction site though, since they're so heavy.

11/30/2011 12:47:36 PM

The title made me think of something like this:

11/30/2011 5:59:13 PM

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"What kind of work are you doing? Odds are you'd know already if you needed an 8""

I'm an engineer supporting manufacturing operations. Mostly, I'm on the floor about 5 hours a day, some days its nil, some its 8+ hours. Plus, these might double for my new hunting boots, in which case, the 8" would be nice.

11/30/2011 6:22:55 PM

I wear a 10" boot because it sucks to step into a burning stump hole.
The 8 should provide a tiny bit more ankle stability, but if you aren't walking around burning stump holes or in water then there isn't much of a big difference once you get higher than 6 inches.

11/30/2011 6:28:09 PM

I don't see how 10" would even work, you'd need a freakishly big foot to be able to bend it down that far...

12/1/2011 12:26:27 AM

Buy full length boots, lace them half way up.

12/1/2011 1:20:41 PM

^^they have laces....

12/1/2011 1:25:13 PM

i'd hate to have to know i had to hunt in work boots

or work in hunting boots

2 completely different things with very little overlap

12/1/2011 3:06:26 PM

Unless you work for the NC Forest Service

12/1/2011 3:08:10 PM

even then, it kinda depends on the type of hunting. for late season stand hunting, comfort and waterproofing isn't all that important, but insulation is. for rabbit hunting you want comfortable, waterproof boots with less insulation. etc etc.

12/1/2011 3:12:09 PM

True. I actually wear Keens in the office that I can slip off easily at my desk. In the field I wear fire boots, backpacking boots, insulated winter boots, or knee high rubber boots depending on the situation. Wearing any one of those in the wrong setting can suck at times.

12/2/2011 4:02:09 PM

timberland makes a really nice low top steel toe, which i use all the time on job sites. Makes it easier to walk out on a job, then come back to the office for a meeting without changing shoes. I imagine it would be good for a shop floor as well, they are comfortable as hell, and not nearly as heavy as a full boot.

12/2/2011 5:18:57 PM

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"^^they have laces.... "

but the heel comes up so high that not everyone's foot can make it all the way down...isn't that what a 10" boot is?

12/3/2011 7:29:58 AM

here are his


i think they're size 9ish. he doesn't have a freakishly big foot. it's very wide at the ball, thicker top to bottom than most [white] people's feet, but it's not a super long foot.

[Edited on December 3, 2011 at 9:14 AM. Reason : giant pic]

12/3/2011 9:12:23 AM

It's a custom fitted boot. The forefoot is a 9E and heel is a 9C to fit my chinese rice paddy feet. These boots run big by 1/2-1 size. The vamp and uppers are also cut smaller because I have a low arch and non-cankles. Boot height is typically measured along the top of the arch to the top of the upper, thus any shoe size can have any height upper but that measurement won't exactly match the actual height from the floor to the top or the heel footbed to the top.

They also have hooks instead of eyelets above the the arch to make it easier to don and doff (hehe, don and doff are funny words). I can put them on pretty quickly.

[Edited on December 3, 2011 at 1:26 PM. Reason : ]

12/3/2011 1:23:02 PM

^^those don't look 10"

I mean the heel is maybe an inch tall

12/3/2011 8:07:51 PM

^did you read any of ^^that post??

12/3/2011 9:14:23 PM

yeah and he's misguided

12/3/2011 10:39:01 PM

[Edited on December 3, 2011 at 10:40 PM. Reason : and my iTouch double-posts

12/3/2011 10:39:01 PM

Don't mind him, he didn't post anything about gay people or being gay so he's out of his element.

[Edited on December 4, 2011 at 5:32 AM. Reason : bi, transgender, etc.]

12/4/2011 5:32:10 AM

^^^you don't make any sense. okay, i'll just follow craptastic's advice. btw, the device isn't an itouch. it's an ipod touch.

12/4/2011 8:53:20 AM

^^^^^^read

Quote :

"Boot height is typically measured along the top of the arch to the top of the upper, thus any shoe size can have any height upper but that measurement won't exactly match the actual height from the floor to the top or the heel footbed to the top."

12/4/2011 12:42:57 PM