Is This How TreeStuff Ships Life Support Hardware?

islandarb said:
No. It is hot here. Tropics. So I just rotate. Works well. Feet always happy. I prune a lot so need grippy soles.
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rotating boots really helps. I have 2 of the same boots and rotate every other day. When one is worn out, the other is about half way there...buy a new pair and repeat. they last a lot longer when they have time to dry out
 
ATH said:
rotating boots really helps. I have 2 of the same boots and rotate every other day. When one is worn out, the other is about half way there...buy a new pair and repeat. they last a lot longer when they have time to dry out
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Ah yes. One of the many benefits of living in a dry climate. It has it's challenges, but things don't rot or corrode easily.
 
Serf Life said:
Toe box looks tiny like so many of them. I’m giving Salewa a go next.
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He did complain of a narrow toe box, but it grew on him when he was actually using them in the tree. I grew up in flip flops, so I have very spread out toes, and I just can't get shoes that aren't extra wide. None of the above for me.
 
cory said:
Fine looking boots.

Do you use a boot dryer?
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Just reading this thread. I use a boot dryer Cory. From stinky boots before (perspiration growing bacteria) to zero stinky.

I use a Peet model with fan, low heat option, and digital timer. Over $100 on Amazon or anywhere I've seen it in manly black. Ebay has some for $45 in pansy white that must not be desired. I bought an extra as I've had them quit working at times through the years.
 
Matias said:
He did complain of a narrow toe box, but it grew on him when he was actually using them in the tree. I grew up in flip flops, so I have very spread out toes, and I just can't get shoes that aren't extra wide. None of the above for me.
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Keen has wide toe are on their boots and extra wide models. And if any of the German brand Haix interest you, they have wide versions.
 
Simpleiowaguy said:
I quit buying because the website wasn't accurate with in stock items and shipping times became slower. Perhaps things have gotten better after the transition. Im content with the current places I order from. I fully understand conglomerate subsidiaries, my regular job is for one of the largest privately owned companies in the world.
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Man I do not know what has been going on with suppliers lately but I am waiting on two orders since Black Friday and since Boxing Day - the first from Wesspur and the second from Maple Leaf. The latter's reasons for not shipping are supply from the UK but website didn't indicated they had no product when I purchased. The first instance is now just plain incompetance on their part - twice. So here we sit - one order still not strightened out after TWO MONTHS and the second order, one month. How can we run a business with suppliers like this? Imagine if these were parts for a chipper or truck? Do we have to buy spare chippers now just in case? Really?

Addenda: Today 30-Jan-2024, after another email - Wesspur refunded my purchase price admitting the spurs appear to now be lost in shipping. However, for me, still no spurs . . . . . and if I do try and get them now, no sales either. You just can't make this stuff up. Moral of the story appears to be - Black Friday and Boxing Day sales are a lark. Caveat emptor. More and more, tree gear appears to be becoming "Unobtainium"
 
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Merle Nelson said:
Keen has wide toe are on their boots and extra wide models. And if any of the German brand Haix interest you, they have wide versions.
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Keen let me down hard. I found out some years back that they had opened up a factory in Portland, and I bought a pair that I wore every day for 18 months of hard work in a soil yard. They kicked ass, so I bought another, which had the sole flopping off in 5 months, so I got a new pair under warranty, and those were just as shitty as the second, so I gave up. Haix are definitely my new favorite and both pairs have held up phenomenally. I got the Protector Primes, and have gone through the first sole, and got them resoled, but the company they contract that work out to is mediocre at best. I had to reglue the front of the sole, lest it actually start to peel, but at least it was in a spot where the glue does work. The Keens wouldn't stay together with aftermarket glue because it was the high impact spot on the ball of the foot where the sole started to peel off, and the second two pair straight up cracked through the middle of the sole. I also got the Haix sneakers for electrical work from their clearance rack, and they are the best darn sneakers I have ever owned, still going strong, and the Airpower XR200, while not as comfortable and slow to break in, are finally becoming a boot I enjoy wearing for pruning. I ha e purchased many pairs of Lowas for my daughter and one for my wife, and I think the Germans take these things very seriously, as my wife's sneakers get used for the wettest and roughest activities, and they're immaculate, my daughter has produced a series of hand me downs for my niece, as she can't kill Lowas, but destroys all other shoes we've gotten her quicker than she can out grow them.
 
Matias said:
Keen let me down hard. I found out some years back that they had opened up a factory in Portland, and I bought a pair that I wore every day for 18 months of hard work in a soil yard. They kicked ass, so I bought another, which had the sole flopping off in 5 months, so I got a new pair under warranty, and those were just as shitty as the second, so I gave up. Haix are definitely my new favorite and both pairs have held up phenomenally. I got the Protector Primes, and have gone through the first sole, and got them resoled, but the company they contract that work out to is mediocre at best. I had to reglue the front of the sole, lest it actually start to peel, but at least it was in a spot where the glue does work. The Keens wouldn't stay together with aftermarket glue because it was the high impact spot on the ball of the foot where the sole started to peel off, and the second two pair straight up cracked through the middle of the sole. I also got the Haix sneakers for electrical work from their clearance rack, and they are the best darn sneakers I have ever owned, still going strong, and the Airpower XR200, while not as comfortable and slow to break in, are finally becoming a boot I enjoy wearing for pruning.
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I had watched a couple of YouTube videos about a year ago where old style shoemakers and some other folks just reviewing men's shoes (usually high end dress boots) were going over the recent materials substitutions (cutting them open) even name brands have made over the last couple of years - it was eye opening. Stuff like midsoles that used to be full leather were suddenly cardboard, stuff that was stitched is now glued, thinned hide, and on and on. I can tell you I had an old pair of Sperry Topsiders slip-on boat shoes I used for kickin around shoes - these wore for years. New ones off Amazon are no where near the quality but funny the price went up. Go thru em once a year now. This all goes along with new "water-based" spray paints in my mind - garbage compared to old lacquers or oil based coatings. A guy in an auto restoration business told me it is getting impossible at times to get solvent or epoxy coatings that used to be commonly available. Seems the VOC police have restricted trade somehow thru customs or duties or something. All these new "enviro rules" are being made by people who have never painted anything or sawed anything or welded anything in their lives. And here we are. End Rant for today.
 
ghostice said:
I had watched a couple of YouTube videos about a year ago where old style shoemakers and some other folks just reviewing men's shoes (usually high end dress boots) were going over the recent materials substitutions (cutting them open) even name brands have made over the last couple of years - it was eye opening. Stuff like midsoles that used to be full leather were suddenly cardboard, stuff that was stitched is now glued, thinned hide, and on and on. I can tell you I had an old pair of Sperry Topsiders slip-on boat shoes I used for kickin around shoes - these wore for years. New ones off Amazon are no where near the quality but funny the price went up. Go thru em once a year now. This all goes along with new "water-based" spray paints in my mind - garbage compared to old lacquers or oil based coatings. A guy in an auto restoration business told me it is getting impossible at times to get solvent or epoxy coatings that used to be commonly available. Seems the VOC police have restricted trade somehow thru customs or duties or something. All these new "enviro rules" are being made by people who have never painted anything or sawed anything or welded anything in their lives. And here we are. End Rant for today.
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I'd bet that there are ways to get those paints and coatings, but you need to have a booth with adequate air filtration to get them, and the manufacturers know the 7 people on earth who have such an expensive setup, and that's who they still deal with. The restrictions are probably due to people spraying that shit out in their garage or whatever.
 
has anyone else noticed the evo 2 does not last nearly as long as they used to?

And ya the toe box gets smaller and smaller as they are used.

Probably done buying those for a while. Although I will wear the pair that the boss bought us haha
 
ghostice said:
Man I do not know what has been going on with suppliers lately but I am waiting on two orders since Black Friday and since Boxing Day - the first from Wesspur and the second from Maple Leaf. The latter's reasons for not shipping are supply from the UK but website didn't indicated they had no product when I purchased. The first instance is now just plain incompetance on their part - twice. So here we sit - one order still not strightened out after TWO MONTHS and the second order, one month. How can we run a business with suppliers like this? Imagine if these were parts for a chipper or truck? Do we have to buy spare chippers now just in case? Really?

Addenda: Today 30-Jan-2024, after another email - Wesspur refunded my purchase price admitting the spurs appear to now be lost in shipping. However, for me, still no spurs . . . . . and if I do try and get them now, no sales either. You just can't make this stuff up. Moral of the story appears to be - Black Friday and Boxing Day sales are a lark. Caveat emptor. More and more, tree gear appears to be becoming "Unobtainium"
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What kind of spurs were you trying to get?
 
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