Grow Your Own Magazine

I'm just flicking through the December edition of GYO magazine and i've come across their 'Tried and Tested' section on Wellington Boots.

Now, when I needed a pair I went down to Focus and paid 10 quid. I was just wondering if anyone here would actually consider paying £125 for the Lacrosse Alphaburly that is rated "Best for Quality"? I mean, regardless of whether they're any good, I can think of better ways of spending 125 quid on the plot. Am I alone in this?

No. Anyone paying £125 for a pair of wellies is certifiable, in my less-than-humble view!

I'd love to see a grape come on and defend the 'wonder wellies', tho - I am genuinely mistified as to why a single pair of these has been bought. By anyone.

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Hazel
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update Tues 02/09/2008......beans and beans and beans......

Anybody who spends £125 on a pair of wellies needs a slap.

I can think of much better gardening things to spend it on.

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Well phrased, SS!

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Hazel
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update Tues 02/09/2008......beans and beans and beans......

£10? £4.50 on Mold market...and they're GREEN. If I want to be really flash, I spend £15 on toe tectors.

You could buy a pair for £10 or less then spend the rest on beer. you can get a lot of beer for £115 anyway I don't wear wellies sooner have my purple Doc Martins anytime

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But then...
I got a pair of green dunlops and can't wear them when it's cold and wet - which I thought was the whole point - my feet get too cold, even with extra socks.
So I got a pair of hybrid heavy boots with rubber tops that have a fleecy lining - live in those in the winter, much better and strong toe caps too for when you get run over by the wheelbarrow.
Sue

Took me ages to find a pair of wellies, and the ones I have are not ideal - a little on the snug side. I ended up buying a pair of Dunlops - but finding a pair in size twelve was tricky. I would imagine my brother-in-law would have even greater trouble than me, and would have to spend considerably more than the £15 I spent as he has size 16 feet.

I looked into buying decent "walking" boot type things, but they were even more expensive.

Doubt I'd pay £125 for a pair though, given that I spend a considerable amount of time on the plot in flip-flops (much to the potential detriment to my health).

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I like my old walking boots best, but doing up the laces is a faff, its easier to slip on a pair of wellies. I won't pay much... my Dunlops were 50p at a carboot, almost new.
My OH is of the persuasion that he doesn't care how things look, its how expensive they are that counts (how we ended up together I don't know).Please don't tell him about £125 wellies, because he'll go buy some.
He's just bought some garden centre wellies for a tenner. He doesn't wear wellies, he doesn't garden, he doesn't walk anywhere except to the car, and worst of all we have nowhere to store them...they are sat on the stairs, tripping everyone up.

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Purple dockers, that takes me back to my teens!!

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Bloody hell, HW - do they put something in the water round your way??

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Hazel
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update Tues 02/09/2008......beans and beans and beans......

Had my purple docs for about 7 years & they are about worn out but I would find it hard to get rid as they are so cumfy
Oh and my teens were a long long.....................long time ago.

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I was going to agree with everyone about the outrageous price of those wellies, but then i remembered my dad bought me a pair of Hunter boots for my birthday this year - they were 50 quid!!! In my defence I would like to point out that younger son had bought me posh fleecy wellie-socks for Christmas and they wouldn't fit it my usual 'any old' £5 boots. I spend most of the winter in wellies and it was wonderful to have a comfy pair for slogging across the field to the horses with barrows of hay and feed. Mind you, in the garden (my lottie) I just wear whatever is suitable for the conditions, have a pair of ankle high wellies from Lidl which are fine for plooching up there!

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I don't have a problem with buying a quality pair of Wellies for £50 when you see the use you get out of them, and if you had a cheap-o version you could easily find that they rub. After all, I pay £50 for a pair of 'work shoes' (i.e. anything which looks remotely respectable with a pair of smart trousers and I can walk in!), so the Hunter wellies are not much different.

For me, I think that the problem with the £125 wellies is that I wouldn't pay that much for ANY pair of shoes/boots, let alone a pair of wellies!

This has got me thinking - the most expensive footwear that I have ever bought was a pair of beige suede high heel boots - £70 if I remember rightly. Mind you, they were a waste of money - if the conditions are remotely appropriate for boots (wet, snowy etc), the boots aren't appropriate for the conditions. And they are too uncomfortable to walk in for long. In fact the only place I have successfully worn then is at the Christmas Eve service at church where it is always freezing, and even then, mum was most disapproving as to the mile-high nature of the spikey heel... and they are still in the wardrobe as I can't justify chucking them out, either....

Anyone else want to admit to their most expensive/biggest waste of money footwear...?

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Hazel
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update Tues 02/09/2008......beans and beans and beans......

He he. Must be something. But then, I'd look pretty daft at my height with size 8 feet, and likewise with bro-in-law who's 6ft 4 and a sturdy lad!

If only my veg would grow as well as we do...

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The only problem I have with cheap wellies is the string through the top holding the two together, it's always too short and I keep tripping up!

Thought it was only me with that problem

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I have a pair of old shoes, which I wore constantly for about 3 years until the sole started to split. At the mo, the sole is gone on one shoe and the leather upper no longer joins the sole on the other in 2 spots. So they are fair weather shoes.

For less nice weather, I have my old hiking boots (which have seen a fair bit of use in the past 10 years for hiking and general casual wear).

I may get a pair of overshoes or wellies from Lidl over the winter. But certainly not a pair at that price - twould be about €170. The most I have ever spent on shoes was about €60 for a pair of high heeled knee high boots that I wore a lot last winter (for work and casual) and will wear a lot this winter too. I also tend to get a lot of my shoes resoled and reheeled, so they are usually falling apart by the time I let them go to the trash gods.

My limit for wellies is my limit for jeans.. under £10.

Anything over is sheer extravagance considering that most of the time wellies are covered in mud, leaves, cow dung, turkey crap, quail feathers, compost, and at present squashed rotting crab apples.

The cows in the field are the only things to admire my wellies and they don't give a monkeys whether they cost £20, £10 or £300. And when you are walking in cow dung trying to rescue the farmer's bull (worth a few £100) which has looped its nose ring over the top of your cast iron fence, been there all night, can't move and is obviously in great pain and starving, you do not want to be wearing anything you'll regret getting damaged or you don't want ankle deep in dung and mud...

You sound like you speak from experience, hope it all worked out ok.


Moo.

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Try using elastic then.

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