Timberland PRO Men's 6 Inch Steel Toe Waterproof Work Boots - Heavy Duty Industrial Safety Shoes for Construction, Warehouse & Outdoor Work

I have been buying work boots for over 20 years and I tell you, these are the best work boots I have ever purchased. I haven't used them yet except to try them on and wear them around the house but the feel and quality stand out from the very first time I put these on.I usually buy the lowest price work boot that has all the safety equipment. This has recently lead to much frustration as the boots nowadays are made to be sold, not to last. There is a clear feel and difference to this boot. I decided to go with a boot that costs a little more but has a ton of customer satisfaction behind it. THIS IS THAT BOOT!People said it was comfortable and durable. Well, I can vouch for the comfort part and now I just need to wait for old man winter to show his face so I can prove the durable part. I always buy my boots at the beginning of winter so as to get the best bang for the buck, Usually, by the time summer rolls around, my cheap boots already have holes in them but it doesn't matter because it is spring and summer and I don't need to worry about freezing water getting to my toes. So they last until next winter approaches and I buy the next year's pair of boots and the cycle repeats. Something tells me I won't need to worry about that this year. :)My next goal is to put these boots on my wish list. I assume that, by the Thanksgiving black Friday sales, I will be able to find these boots at an even better price than I found them here. If I do, then I plan to pick up at least one, if not two more and for all I know that could be five years worth of good quality boots that I would be investing inUpdate: Dec 4th, 2013. These boots have just been broken in. It only took a few days working in them and they already fit like a glove. Very comfortable and easy to slip on and off. I like them so much that I just ordered a second pair for 30% off during the black Friday sale. Excellent deal and I think I just bought many years worth of boots! ;) I don't mind. By the time these wear out I can imagine how much boots will cost so the savings from inflation alone is going to be significant. I also don't need to worry about growing out of them since I'm not a kid any more.If I can mange to leave my job in a few years I could have hiking boots for life! That I would not mind at all given the quality of this bootUpdate #2 Nov. 4, 2017: I finally wore through the first pair of boots so that they have holes in the leather and am down to one pair of waterproof boots. I decided to go looking through my old posts to see what these would cost now. Ironically it is four years plus a day since I wrote my first review. It is hard to believe these two pairs of boots have lasted this long! I plan to use one in the summer because of the holes and the other in the winter to make them last longer. These two should last another year easily at this rate a probably two. At that point the winter boots will become the summer boots and I'll need a new pair for winter.I may as well go ahead and see if I can pick these up in another Black Friday sale since they went up 35% in four years. That is a pretty good ROI if I just put them in the closet waiting to be used