Wolverine Men's Durashock Boot

Another great product from Wolverine. I like that they're not waterproof which makes them cooler when warm. For being an 8" inch tall lace boot, they lace very quickly. Laces do come undone after a few hours so you need to double knot them. Seems like a coating on the laces to make them easier to thread or tie. I'm 50 and my son is 17 - he thinks they look appealing enough to wear for himself. He generally overlooks my boots but remarked on these. The little leather piece at rear/top of boot that is used for ease of putting on - it gets your pant leg caught only once per day. You don't have to go back and fiddle with it hourly each day.While not being waterproof, they very water resistant when walking in tall wet pasture grass or one inch deep mud. No wet feet! I'm sure something more intense like all-day rain would cause a leak.

These boots are sturdy. They fit perfectly. 9.5 wide. I can work in them all day and my feet feel fine. My last pair of these boots lasted for years! Whether working in the shop, or walking out on the trail, they protect my feet and ankles.

I've owned these for about a year now. I purchased them because I was without a car and had to ride my bike to school and work from November to March of the winter months. I didn't realize it was a steel toed boot when I bought it, but that didn't make a huge difference in the comfort. These are by far the best boots I've ever purchased. The durashock feature is great. I never have any foot pain and my feet stay toasty warm. The ONLY negative I've found is that they can at times be too warm. So when I'm indoors more than outdoors, I only lace them up to the ankle then tie them up there. That leaves enough breathing room to be comfortable indoors as well as warm enough for outdoors. I may buy another pair of Wolverines in a low top instead of high top, but I still cherish these boots. I've skidded out in them, scruffed up the leather, and they're still kick'n strong. With as hard as I've been on them, I'd say they're almost more of an Army boot than work boot.

I normally wear a size 10 D or E shoe, but decided to take a chance and ordered these in 9.5 XW. To my relief, they fit fairly well, and I was able to keep them on the whole first day. I would consider them to be a bit narrow to be called extra wide, but they are comfortable, especially for a work boot. The only thing I would have changed is wish these were a regular smooth leather instead of the brushed pigskin type 'Nubuck' which is how it came. This was in the description, so that is my fault for missing it. As I said, they seem quite comfortable after just 2 days walking in them. Since I'm retired they won't be used for heavy work, but should come in handy with the gardening and other chores around the homestead and I hope they last a long time with good care.

So OK, maybe you're the type who just needs a pair of boots occasionally. That's OK, everybody has their needs, but you might want to read some of the other reviews about looking good or great value or whatever, I'm writing here about foot encasements and the men who appreciate them. Let's assume for the moment that you're a guy who doesn't go to the gym because you get all the exercise you need as you earn your living. You know, and appreciate, the difference between the design of Milwaukee, Dewalt and Bosch tools. You have a tendency to not only appreciate the curves of a woman as she walks by, but you'll also find yourself calculating the angles of force she applies to her stride, see the mechanics of force she applies to getting from here to there... If you can relate to that then you're the guy I'm writing for.This is the second pair of these I've bought in the last six years. Having bought the first pair I haven't had to buy another until just recently. If I'd have done the right thing and bought a second pair back then so I could alternate them from day to day as we should do to make shoes last I'd probably have had them last the rest of my life. But then you wouldn't be reading my review of my second pair would you?So now you know I like these boots... Here's why: I'm a tough fit for shoes. Not only do I spend nearly all my time on my feet, but I have a full shoe size difference between them, And I haven't yet found someone else with my tastes in footwear and the opposite foot size difference to split pairs with. So I usually have both shoes fit just a little bit, or a lot depending on the foot, loose. Now these boots can be drawn up tightly enough over their whole length to take up the slack and keep them from rubbing blisters onto my feet.As a remodeling carpenter I spend a lot of time running into and out of peoples homes and the shallow tread on the soles keeps me from tracking huge amounts of mud and crap in with me, simplifying clean-up at the end of the day. But it still gives me plenty of traction on the side hill as I carry the materials around to the back deck.The padded collar fits snugly enough without pinching that it keeps the sawdust and debris from getting down into my boots and eating up my time as I clear it out.The insulation is a good bit of why these boots are so comfortable. In the summer time, yeah, I'm a little warmer than I need to be and I get a bit of "sweat squish" going on in my socks, but it's not bad, and certainly better than the blisters I get with lesser boots. In the winter time I can stand outside all day long in the slush and puddles of an Indiana winter and still keep my mind on what I'm trying to accomplish rather than how uncomfortable I am.The safety toe... This is a feature that you don't think much about till you need it... And no one plans on needing it... But when you find your foot trapped under five cubic feet of rough cured concrete in the trailer Sam the ready-mix man cleaned his chute out into, and as you stand there wondering why you can't even rotate your boot out from under the load, and wonder if you could possibly reach that spud bar laying just outside the tailgate of the trailer without breaking your ankle... You'll be real glad some unnamed designer working a thankless job in some office somewhere did such a good job at meeting some OSHA design regulation that you couldn't possibly quote if your life depended on it. If your spud bar is far enough away, you'll even have time to consider how well that designer did in making it work so well that the boots don't even seem the least bit heavy. Nuf said about that...Anyway... I like these boots, and I think you will too. They'd be cheap at twice the price.

The boots are what you would expect from Wolverine, very comfortable, good fit to size. I always buy Wolverine boots and never disappointed. The thing I do not understand is it took 4 days and 17 stops before getting to me....UPDATE; Now that I've been wearing these boots off and on for about a year, there's a couple of issues with them. Inside the left boot, there's a hump just behind the toes and it's very uncomfortable. The other thing is the stitching is letting loose on the heel of the same boot. I paid way less than $100 for them, now I know why. I've always worn Wolverine boot but, I'm not to impressed with this pair.

All way love the boots will buy again

My roommate received these as a birthday gift from me. He absolutely loves them! He says he loves the fit these are very nicely made & the price was great. These arrived sooner then expected. These are super nice looking boots too.