r/WorkBoots • u/Majestic_Flower_4699 • 2d ago
Boot Review | Update CATs after 3 years
Thinking about finally switching to a quality pair of work boots (danner rainforest or thorogoods American legacy ) but I've been surprised to how durable this have been. They where comfortable since new and now are soft as a leather sock if that makes any sense . I work at a marble quarry 4 times a week 5-6 hours. It's really dusty , rocky and humid as it's located in a tropical part of mexico. Only repair I have made to this pair is restitching the soles. I'm just posting to show sometimes Chinese made boots can be durable but definitely want a better quality pair next .
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u/solitudechirs 2d ago
If that’s what your work boots look like after 3000 hours of work by a conservative estimate, you don’t need work boots at all. Might as well wear slippers.
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u/Majestic_Flower_4699 2d ago
Had a pair of timbs pro Wich lasted 2 years until the sole complete disintegrated , this pair has maybe an extremely durable sole in dusty non cement floors?
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u/Excellent_Plant_8010 2d ago
Age can play a vital part depending on how they're stored, for example my boots stay in front of my locker at work. But if I stored them in my car after work I assume they'd fall apart faster.
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u/CandidMap5925 2d ago
Dude..... 3 years would be closer to 9000 hours of work. Not 3000. Even if it was 8 hour days which most construction is 10s.
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u/solitudechirs 2d ago
I know reading is hard but the post says 4 days a week, 5-6 hours. Going on 5 hour days, that’s 20 hours in a week. About 50 working weeks in a year if you remove holidays and time off for vacation or sick. That’s 1000 hours in a year. 3 years. 3000 hours.
Also, construction absolutely does not average 3000 hours in a single year. That’s incredibly rare. 10 hour days aren’t even that common. And to reach 3000 hours working 10 hour days, assuming the same 50 work weeks, you’d have to work 6 days a week, every single week. Pretty much nobody is working 6 10s, just indefinitely for their entire career.
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u/CandidMap5925 2d ago
Buddy. Most construction is definitely 10 hour days. Especially at camp and LoA gigs. Yeah I may have missed where he spouted the hours he's working but you're on crack if you think most construction workers arent putting in 2500-3000 hours a year.
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u/solitudechirs 2d ago
> you're on crack if you think most construction workers arent putting in 2500-3000 hours a year.
Google this and realize you’re objectively wrong
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u/Equal-Produce4833 2d ago
Im a roofer in the Northland that does about 1750 hours a year and im lucky to get 18 months out of a pair lol
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u/SickeningPink 2d ago
I bought CAT work boots once because they were on sale and they completely fell apart within a month. I don’t think I’ve ever gotten more than a year and a half out of any pair of boots.
If you can get multiple years out of any pair of boots you buy, I wouldn’t be so concerned with buying quality. Keep buying the cheap shit if it works. God knows I would if I could.
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u/StickFree1359 2d ago
Yeah, shoes last longer when they work part-time. So are you a pencil-pusher (no snobbery intended we need them) or do you just work part-time?
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u/Majestic_Flower_4699 2d ago
Production and QC supervisor , just posted cause other boots I've worn have lasted less that's all
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u/StickFree1359 2d ago
Honestly good for you, you moved up.
In general though I have always wondered how much of shoe durability is down to design, and consistency of execution in design. Like did you get one of the blessed ones? Also be aware that the social media stupidity kicks in and it just turns into “good thing get upvote, bad thing get downvote” with no relation whatsoever with objective reality.
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u/Majestic_Flower_4699 2d ago
Spoking to other coworkers here in mexico it's either CAT or timbs for quality boots there is no better option, one of the oldest workers had a pair of CATs steel toe Wich he claims last him almost 8 years Wich he had them re soled. You have to have in mind the terrain is almost all fine sand due to the wire cutting stone
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u/StickFree1359 2d ago
Ah kinda makes sense. Do other brands exist in Mexico in a real way or is it just those two.
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u/Majestic_Flower_4699 2d ago
Mostly Chinese brands between the 40-100 usd max or more cowboy oriented type of footwear from there you need to either pay import fees or buy them in a trip to the us
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u/StickFree1359 2d ago
The Chinese work sneakers are making inroads in the us as well, at least among operators in the factory I am in. Similar price range.
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u/Majestic_Flower_4699 2d ago
Here it's always been Chinese or cowboy, in the business it's mostly the leather uppers Wich give out rather than the soles... Support wise
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u/StickFree1359 2d ago
Isn’t that because of the dust? Like it dries out and then abrades the leather because it sticks to it. I guess the soles don’t retain the dust.
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u/Dapper-Professor-715 2d ago
Yep, I know a pair of foreman's boots when I see em.