i've had a pair of lomer walking boots for 10 years at least. ................they're still as good now as when i bought them.
For me karrimor no more
Mountain warehouse have a good returns policy, I would take them back and state that they are not fit for purpose.
I am still very pleased with my Scarpa Mistral GTX boots. I have been using them virtually every weekend all year round, summer and winter. True, they don't have to cope with really rugged terrain and I usually try to avoid wading through deep water by picking a way through the shallowest bits but they are very light and are by far the most comfortable boots which I have ever owned. I would definitely have another pair when these finally bite the dust.
Ron
Hi Ron,
How are these regarding waterproofing? I've just got back from a mornings birding, much of it walking through wet grass and I've just discovered that my Berghaus gortex boots (only 2 1/2 years old) leak like hell:C!
Perry
Hi Ron,
How are these regarding waterproofing? I've just got back from a mornings birding, much of it walking through wet grass and I've just discovered that my Berghaus gortex boots (only 2 1/2 years old) leak like hell:C!
Perry
karrimor boots? Total rubbish. Bought a pair of Bodmin Weathertite off the internet because they were on offer and I needed a cheap pair of daily walking boots (I use Meindle for the heavy stuff). It said they were waterproof and they most categorically are not - they leak like a sieve and within two weeks the fabric and leather has shredded completely where it meets the toe rand, exposing the 'waterproof' membrane underneath. I contacted karrimor and was politely told to contact the retailer who would exchange them. What's the point? I'll spend more in postage returning rubbish boots than the boots are worth. NEVER EVER AGAIN. How karrimor have the nerve to sell such junk and proudly proclaim it's 'Britishness' is beyond me. It gives the country a bad name.
My previous pair of boots were Karrimor and were superb. However, after hearing similar reports as yours and learning that they were now part of the same group as Sports Direct (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karrimor) I went for a pair of Scarpas. Good decision:t: