Black Hammer Mens Safety Trainers Lightweight Composite Toe Cap with Midsole Protection Work Boots Shoes Hiker Extra Grip S1P SRC 1557

Very good shoes! Waterproof, comfortable and stylish. I'm normally a women's size 4, but bought these shoes at size 5 as have wide feet (10cm). Most shoes are quite painful, but these are perfect. The insoles are somewhat bouncy and whilst they were painful for the first few days (soles of feet were sore after 6 hours of walking) they got better after a week and now I can comfortably wear them 8 hours a day, 5 days a week on a heavily physical job with near constant walking with ease. The material outside the toe cap has gotten a bit damaged and discoloured from repeated kicking and shoving, but none of the daily abuse got through to my toes. They are a very solid choice in terms of protection. The backs of the shoes are relatively soft and don't rub against my heels at all despite having hardened, irregular growths there, as well as on the sides of my toes. I do not yet know how long they will last, but otherwise, they are a wonderful set of shoes! They have not given me any blisters even though I am particularly susceptible to them. I also found that the insoles can be lifted out, replaced, or put back in with extra insoles underneath/on top. I used them with orthopaedic insoles under the insoles that came with the shoes, and those added a bit of an extra bounce and shock absorption.

Had these trainers for a year now, time to leave a review.when I first got these out of the box I thought they felt a bit heavy, but that said when wearing them they do not feel heavy. After a couple days wear I noticed a split in the leather on the right shoe, next to the little toe. It was a flaw in the leather, but despite that it has not affected their waterproofing. As other reviews have stated, I also do not like the textured insoles and for me even gel insoles were not comfortable, but now I have foam insoles and I can wear these all day. Often 10 - 12 hours a day no problem. The toe box is also nice and wide to give your toes plenty Of room and after a year's wear the sole still has plenty of wear in them. IIf I was not retiring at the end of the year I definitely would buy again.

Comfortable and lasted 3years before I needed to buy again. Worn every week for work, admittedly lots of sitting.. hopefully the new pair will be as durable.

I struggle with most work shoes. I have very weird feet and I only ever find wide skateboarding shoes comfortable so to have to wear something smart for work is torture for me. These however are the most comfortable work shoes I have wore.I've had them for 13 months now, so just over a year and usually at this point any other work shoe I have bought has already been replaced! due to them getting holes, or just been very uncomfortable or not keeping water out.These so far, fingers crossed are still going strong however the past few weeks I have noticed a bit more discomfort in the fronts near where the steelcap protection is. This week however I did manage to get them a bit better. Not sure if something was just moving about a bit at the front but it's much better now and hopefully they will remain great.Time will tell but I am very happy so far, as I say I have usually had to replace past shoe purchases way before now.It's also funny as I went into work with these on and noticed another colleague had the same shoes which is something that has never happened before and so we laughed about it. His have now got a hole in but hopefully that won't happen to me.As for the waterproof, they are not really waterproof BUT they don't let water in like other shoes have so that's a massive bonus. Just don't laugh at me when it rains if you see me in these as I may be walking like a speedy maniac as the material really isn't suited to getting wet. At the front anyways, not quite sure why it has that material.

These are the third pair of Black Hammer safety trainers I've bought my husband. The fit is good as they are quite wide which is what he needs due to ankle injuries. He wears these in his workshop and doing jobs at home - he is retired. No idea how they would stand up to heavy industrial work. Only minus with these are the eyelets as the laces don't run freely through the metal holes as they are square, Something I didn't see when choosing on line as to me they looked like hooks holding the laces but they aren't. This didn't come to light when my husband tried them on to see if they fitted him but he did comment he needed to re-lace them to his own liking so the issue only came to light when it was too late to return them. It was a few weeks before he began to wear them - he got the last miles out of his old ones first. I will buy this make again but another style. After 10 months I've changed my mind. They are totally worn out and the lacing mechanism has been a nightmare for my husband. Not as robust as one of the other styles of Black Hammer.

Safety trainers arrived next day and the first look and feel of them even before I tried them on said quality. Fantastic price, great look, definitely not heavy, and felt really comfortable as soon as I tried them on. Great to walk on, good fit [for us guys with size 13 feet - that really means a lot], nice to work in and comfortable to drive with. All round you could not get a better safety trainer/shoe. And to put the icing on the cake, I had occasion to contact the customer service department with a query and they could not have handled my issue any better: true professionals, and they really understand what it means to deliver and exceed customer expectations. Brilliant firm, and I will definitely use them again.Initial review edited because second pair purchased. We've now bought a pair size 5 for 'the boss' and she is delighted too. Great fit and great looks for anyone working within the craft areas where heavy items falling onto toes would be pretty painful if you weren't wearing these safety trainers. Great delivery service again from these guys. Really recommend them.....