Blundstone Unisex 550 Rugged Lux Boot

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Update Sept 2015 I have changed my review to two stars. These shoes still fit well, and amazingly are just now starting to leak water around the toe, however, the sole of this shoe is terrible. I read reviews about people storing them for long times in their closets and then when they go to put them on after an extended period of time, the sole just falls apart. Well, I wore my boots at work every day, 5 days a week (minus a holiday here and there), they were never stored for any length of time, and when not in use, they lived under my desk in my office. I watched these things fall apart and took pictures of it along the way. Its like the soles are made of two pieces of rubber that are glued together with a similar rubber spackle. This spackle degraded and sloughed off in bits. After only about 6 months of wear, they are now nearly unuseable. I would rate them at 1 start, however, they have a one year warranty. I have contacted them and have been asked to ship them to them, at my expense, so they can determine if it is a manufactures defect, as Im certain it is. I have since learned, IF you register your boots within a (short) amount of time after their purchase, you can get a 2 year extended warranty. Its too bad this offer isnt mentioned with the boots. I question why they would offer such a warranty, unless they were having issues, word of those issues was preventing sales of their product, and it is an attempt to get you to buy their flawed product. These are great. Took me forever to figure out which size to buy. Reading through many reviews I learned that Aussie mens sizes are one size smaller than US mens and half sizes are wide width. Wearing womens 7.5W the 5.5 fit fairly well. They do have a lot of up/down give inside especially in the heel. I removed both insoles and replaced them with my orthotics. The left was tighter than the right, uncomfortably so across the top of my foot (likely my left foot is larger). I crammed a baseball down at the end of the workday in them to stretch them out overnight. Took a few days of doing that but then they were great. Great water tight shoe. I bought more of the sample Nikwax that came with them. It works well with them.

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I have a high arch. Because of this, the top of my foot goes up at a significant angle. Because of that, this boot puts a LOT of pressure on top of my foot. I thought they would stretch out a bit, so I kept them, but after months of trying, its still too much pressure; enough to put my foot to sleep if Im sitting down. Fit great in width and length; just not in "slope/height".

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Amazing boots!! My boss recommended them to me. Shes swedish and tells me theyre a thing in her country. I wear them in a production kitchen. 8 hours at work straight out of the box. Spectacular! Im still wearing them 3 hours later. I never want to take these boots off. Theyre a beloved part of me now. Oh! And do lots of research on sizing if youre American. AU sizes are confusing. My advice is to find the one that fits your Euro size. Im a 40 Euro, 9 womens American. I got the 6.5 AU. So far so good. Lots of toe room. Apparently half sizes in Australia are the wider width. Take that into consideration. Buy these boots. You know you want to. Mine are steel grey and I

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Im a fan. I bought mine in October 2014 and wore them all winter (when it wasnt sandal weather) for 2014, 2015 and 2016. The heels show signs of wear but the soles are good for another season. We just went on a November trip to Europe and I wore nothing else. They havent let the rain in (unless it rained so hard that my pants got wet and so my socks got wet and so the inside of my shoes got wet). After more than three years, theres minor wear on one of the elastic gussets. I havent mentioned the best thing about these boots: comfort. I can wear them for hours and still feel fine. If you get a pair, I hope youll enjoy them as much as I don.

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I **love** these boots. Bought before heading to Australia for 3 months during winter there in Sydney, and these were perfect all-day every day boots. My only complaint is that I wish I had been able to try them oh before ordering, as they fit fine with bulky socks but are a bit too long and loose without them/with regular thickness socks.

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