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Muck Boots

Stephen Scaysbrook

Stephen Scaysbrook

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I know this has been done and done but I need to know I'm buying the right thing. My local farm shop has Derwent muck boots in stock and they have made me a good offfer price wise. What I need to know is' Will the Derwnt keep my feet nice and warm or should I be looking at the Tay Sports. I tend to sit in one swim for long periods so not on the move to help keep my toes warm.
Sorry for doing it again :rolleyes: but all help greatfully received
Thanks
 
I'm unsure about the derwents if I remember rightly people seemed to prefer the Tays I was say outside in -4 a couple of week ago for 7 hour in the Tays with very little movement and my feet was very warm and very comfy!
Regards
 
When I was looking at Muck Boots, someone reported that the tread pattern on the Derwent isn't very good for muddy river banks. The links below show the difference in the treads between the Derwents and the Tays. The grip on my Tays when scrambling down a steep muddy bank is excellent and they don't get clogged easily.

These pictures show the difference (the derwent is on the left):
muckboot_derwent01.jpg
tay.jpg
 
I have actually got both, bought the Derwent originally and then picked up a pair of nearly new Tay Sports secondhand recently.

The Derwent are good and yes they will keep your feet warm, but the Tay Sports are better :) warmer and have better grip on the sole. Might be a bit much in summer but I would normally wear walking boots then anyway.

If I were buying today from scratch I think I would go for the Tay Sports and pay the extra.

regards
Richard
 
Simon Lush said:
Going for the Tay sports myself, does anyone know of a stockist in the Oxford area ?
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Not sure if it is any good to you but you can pick them up on eBay for £80 obviously the down side to buying clothing over the net is not been able to try them on.
Regards
 
My Tay's are used for my morning dog walk through a muddy wood and do not clog up. I looked at the Derwent's at the same time but felt the tread on the Tay's was far superior.
 
I've got two pairs of Derwents, they are great in summer/autumn but soles lack grip for winter and I find my feet do get cold if static. I'm getting a pair of Tay Sports for those reasons.
 
Just to put into the mix, have a look at these; Grubs Snowline Wellingtons | GO Outdoors
I did have some Tay sports, but after an op they are too small now, so I had to sell.
I have the Grubs stalkers wellies now, which are not as insulated as the snowline stalkers (or the Tays) both have a vibram sole(long wearing) which dispels mud etc with ease.
If you do have a Go-Outdoors or another stockist near by, they are defin ately worth a look, personally they have a better sole, but thats my opinion.
 
I have the Avons for a few years now I would think the grip is similar to the derwents . Thye are warm and long wearing as well . I can report no issues with mine..

Brian
 
If you are buying Tay Sport speciffically to keep your feet warm then think about getting a pair of Skee Tex Essex instead. I have both and The Skee Tex (which in my case are actually original Skee Tex liners in Ron Thompson identical copies of the boot outers) are far warmer.

The tread on my fairly new Tay Sport are very slippy on pavements and slabs or rock. I'm hoping this will improve when they wear in a bit. The Tay Sport are also heavy but apart from the weight are comfortable to walk in.

By the way, if by any chance you need a pair of size 12 Tay Sport then this is the cheapest place I found and they were friendly, fast and do free P&P.

Link: Muck Boot - Tay Sport Muck Boots
 
Will Smith said:
If you are buying Tay Sport speciffically to keep your feet warm then think about getting a pair of Skee Tex Essex instead. I have both and The Skee Tex (which in my case are actually original Skee Tex liners in Ron Thompson identical copies of the boot outers) are far warmer.

The tread on my fairly new Tay Sport are very slippy on pavements and slabs or rock. I'm hoping this will improve when they wear in a bit. The Tay Sport are also heavy but apart from the weight are comfortable to walk in.

By the way, if by any chance you need a pair of size 12 Tay Sport then this is the cheapest place I found and they were friendly, fast and do free P&P.

Link: Muck Boot - Tay Sport Muck Boots
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Like you say Will, great price, but no stock, unless you are a giant....or in the case of the muck boots, a giant or a midget :D

I wonder if they will get more stock....and whether the price will go up if they do?

Cheers, Dave.
 
Tay's all the way.................... a superb pair of boots that definitely keep your feet warm, not hot and sweaty like some but warm, if that makes sense.
 
Will Smith said:
If you are buying Tay Sport speciffically to keep your feet warm then think about getting a pair of Skee Tex Essex instead. I have both and The Skee Tex (which in my case are actually original Skee Tex liners in Ron Thompson identical copies of the boot outers) are far warmer.

The tread on my fairly new Tay Sport are very slippy on pavements and slabs or rock. I'm hoping this will improve when they wear in a bit. The Tay Sport are also heavy but apart from the weight are comfortable to walk in.

By the way, if by any chance you need a pair of size 12 Tay Sport then this is the cheapest place I found and they were friendly, fast and do free P&P.

Link: Muck Boot - Tay Sport Muck Boots
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Skeetexs will keep your feet warm ok, trouble is your feet sweat like a Turkish wrestlers jock strap ! i had the original ones when they first came out (Blue they were !) and had to replace the liners at least once a year cos they just rotted away! they were also bloody awful to walk anywhere in, that said i wouldn't have been without them at the time because there were no viable alternatives.

Will, are you saying that the Tays aren't as warm as all the hype suggests? if so i will do without, i have a pair of Tremme 4x4s which do the warm bit better than anything else i've owned but they are pretty cumbersome, hence me being interested in the Tays in the first place.
 
Find they're sized right and I've never needed thick socks with them, but if I did, there's plenty of room.

Great investment!
 
I have a pair of Tay Sports - expensive but worth every penny. Warm on cold days and not too warm on warm days like today. No need to buy a size up, I'm size 9 and the size 9s fit perfectly.
 
I have both, the sports and the Derwent, being a Bailiff on Throop Fishery i do quite a bit of walking, the hardest ground is packed down gravel and the Derwent wears out very quickly, i wrote to the Muck Boot company to have one of my usual moans but i did not get a repy which is no surprise these days, all the muck boots are very comfortable and very easy to walk in, the sports have a thicker material and are slightly longer in length, i would almost certainly choose the sports, they are more expensive but are worth it.
If you are looking for a cheap and very warm thermal boot, then try
Muck Luks, they sell for about £40, and are easy to walk in, unlike Skeetex, i have had a pair for about 9 years and have just replaced the inner linings, by the way, the Skeetex lining fits these boots.
Brian
 
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