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Title: shoes-for trad working
Post by: bobby p on October 24, 2010, 09:13:03 am
Summer last year i stumbled on a great grippy trainer that fitted me like a glove (mercury ) ,cheap as chips and probably the comfiest trainer i ever did wear . in fact i love them so much i got the shoe shop to get me in as many as they could ,to keep me going as i found each pair only lasted  a maximum 2 months before the sole split where it twists across the rungs  .  i ended up with a whopping 11 pairs but  im now starting to getting low in my bottom drawer shoe stock  and the mercury model i bought isnt made any more (mercury capone)

 what are you lot wearing? im going to have to start a new search soon and might save time if i hear of a good grippy buy .   
Title: Re: shoes-for trad working
Post by: SPE on October 24, 2010, 10:01:21 am
check out the range by five ten, not cheap but the grippiest trainer I know of
Title: Re: shoes-for trad working
Post by: Sean Dyer on October 24, 2010, 10:02:18 am
merrell interception

mine are falling apart now but been great for over a year

not cheap though
Title: Re: shoes-for trad working
Post by: Londoner on October 24, 2010, 10:40:46 am
You shouldn't wear ordinary trainers for ladder work. You will damage the tendons in your feet and once they are damaged they are damaged for life. You need work trainers with a steel bar inside the  soles. TOOLSTATION do a range and they are very good and hard wearing, cheap too!

Title: Re: shoes-for trad working
Post by: G Griffin on October 24, 2010, 10:59:26 am
Get some platform shoes and you won`t need a ladder.
Title: Re: shoes-for trad working
Post by: bad trippy on October 24, 2010, 11:33:24 am
This is the shoe you need, from Millets, best shoe i have ever worn, waterproof and its like wearing a pair of slippers.
I bought this shoe 3 weeks ago and im pizzed off coz i notice its just bee reduced grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
http://www.millets.co.uk/footwear/men/product/082774.html
Title: Re: shoes-for trad working
Post by: andyM on October 24, 2010, 02:42:33 pm
This is the shoe you need, from Millets, best shoe i have ever worn, waterproof and its like wearing a pair of slippers.
I bought this shoe 3 weeks ago and im pizzed off coz i notice its just bee reduced grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
http://www.millets.co.uk/footwear/men/product/082774.html

Yes i've got a pair of them, paid about £25 6 months ago.  ;D
They are light and have got a good sole on them but they aint 100% waterproof, water gets through the mesh bits on them. But for ladder work they would do the job.
Title: Re: shoes-for trad working
Post by: Richard Neal on October 24, 2010, 05:14:56 pm
I always wore safety boots with the steel in the sole as i didnt want to damage my feet or twist my ankle if i slipped, safety first!! best ones which i still wear for winter after 2 years were from brontana ( bad spelling!) for about £40 the problem i have is size as im a 13.
Title: Re: shoes-for trad working
Post by: martinsadie on October 24, 2010, 05:40:17 pm
Docs for me all year round
Title: Re: shoes-for trad working
Post by: Londoner on October 24, 2010, 08:47:04 pm
I wear safety boots with steel in the sole. The only trouble is you lose the "feel" of your feet on the rungs.
Title: Re: shoes-for trad working
Post by: martinsadie on October 24, 2010, 10:16:24 pm
I wear safety boots with steel in the sole. The only trouble is you lose the "feel" of your feet on the rungs.
thats why i wear Docs  ;)
Title: Re: shoes-for trad working
Post by: G Griffin on October 25, 2010, 08:29:50 am
I wear safety boots with steel in the sole. The only trouble is you lose the "feel" of your feet on the rungs.
thats why i wear Docs  ;)

Does the sole not split on them? I`ve never used them but someone told me they used to where the rungs had been.
Title: Re: shoes-for trad working
Post by: martinsadie on October 25, 2010, 08:35:58 am
I wear safety boots with steel in the sole. The only trouble is you lose the "feel" of your feet on the rungs.
thats why i wear Docs  ;)

Does the sole not split on them? I`ve never used them but someone told me they used to where the rungs had been.
no problems here,
Title: Re: shoes-for trad working
Post by: martinsadie on October 25, 2010, 08:37:20 am
I wear safety boots with steel in the sole. The only trouble is you lose the "feel" of your feet on the rungs.
thats why i wear Docs  ;)

Does the sole not split on them? I`ve never used them but someone told me they used to where the rungs had been.
did he have square rungs,so you are stood on a corner,i always buy D rungs
Title: Re: shoes-for trad working
Post by: G Griffin on October 25, 2010, 09:11:07 am
I wear safety boots with steel in the sole. The only trouble is you lose the "feel" of your feet on the rungs.
thats why i wear Docs  ;)

Does the sole not split on them? I`ve never used them but someone told me they used to where the rungs had been.
did he have square rungs,so you are stood on a corner,i always buy D rungs
Not sure Stan, but I think they were. Thanks anyway.
Title: Re: shoes-for trad working
Post by: Dick on October 25, 2010, 09:42:30 am
Dickies safety shoe, non slip sole, oil resistant  etc, I paid about £22 from Countrywide store, very comfortable. I notice Aldi are selling a safety shoe/boot this week which look very similar to Dickies.