Thread: Andrew boots,a review.

Andrew Antelao.

These are not a hunting/tramping boot they are a safety boot.

I bought these boots with my own money for work, my work is general engineering and these boots are not designed for this they are designed as a chainsaw/forestry boot.
https://www.metrogreen.co.nz/Product...SABEgJSTfD_BwE

I had had a gutsfull of buying 300-350 dollar boots that would only last 3-9 months before falling off my foot literally.

All the boots I can find that are "designed for engineering" are designed to feel like a slipper when you put them on the first time and in 3 months they are rooted but still cost over 300 bucks.

I have had these nigh on a year worn 5-6 days a week for 10-12 hours a day and the uppers have had one leather treatment in that time and look like they would do another year.....Uppers always fail on my work boots....untill now.



Soles are exceptionally slippery on a wet or oily smooth concrete/lino surface like any stiff outdoor sole....once used to it it is not a problem and still safer than a floppy useless slipper with a steel toe.......these may be the first ever work boots I wear out the sole on, they are down to 1.5mm in the wear area of the ball of foot.
No sign of sole delamination despite constant showering with molten metal.

They are quite heavy but you get that with chainsaw snag protection and steel toe.

One anomally I have never struck with another boot is that the right side seems to be slightly bigger....after lacing up 5 min later I have to retighten that boot to stop heel lift then shes good for 10 hours.

They are a stiff boot with heaps of ankle support even now a year or so down the track and that is important to me having broken an ankle not too long ago.

I am absolutely using these boots in a environment they are not designed for and I have to say they outperform any other boot I have used in my trade, havent taken them off road at all as they are my work boots but dont doubt they would excel in the steep stuff.

I will be getting a non saftey pair for hunting.