[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Muck boot alternative (Page 1 of 2)
Posted: 11/21/2019 10:22:59 PM EDT
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What boot is better than muck? After my 3rd set I'm done with them . I can't even get a year out of them before they crack all up and let water in .
Statesmen use to have a good boot but can't get them anymore. Surely someone makes a decent rubber boot |
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What boot is better than muck? After my 3rd set I'm done with them . I can't even get a year out of them before they crack all up and let water in . Statesmen use to have a good boot but can't get them anymore. Surely someone makes a decent rubber boot |
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What boot is better than muck? After my 3rd set I'm done with them . I can't even get a year out of them before they crack all up and let water in . Statesmen use to have a good boot but can't get them anymore. Surely someone makes a decent rubber boot |
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For like $18 at Tractor Supply, I'm bout to get some. Quoted:
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Depends on application, but for farm boots I have been impressed with the longevity of Dunlops. Their high end insulated boots go for a lot more, some north of $250 on their site. |
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Dryshod. This is the boot company that was started by the Muck Boot originator after the company was sold off. I love my Muck Boot Arctics. I get about five years out of muck boots wearing them hunting and fishing in cool weather. I hunt and fish a lot. I’ll look into Dryshod when it’s time. |
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They look more like KTM boots. https://www.jackssmallengines.com/jacks-parts-lookup/part/husqvarna/544027943?gclid=cj0kcqiainnubrd3arisam8kmlunpbb-hxgf3wtbs5e6u55b2uypzaxtxe0gvelqq9eqfpgquxm6pvoaaravealw_wcb I love the husky boot because I can put the cleats in when icy and the felt liners |
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Looks like I'm not the only one that is only getting about year out of them. I've always had the Wetlands though and have never had the Artics.
Maybe the artics are more durable. The lacrosse seemed like they would always crack right above the heal where the boot broke over. Well I'm gonna try one of the above suggestions. Thanks for the replys |
I got a set of these...great reviews, cheap (under $20) and so far so good...
 
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I would say Tingley....but they went to shit a decade ago when they got bought out and outsourced.
My old ones from the 90's are still better than the newer shit, and I have tried all of them...and I can't get a year out of anything either. Cabella's and LL Bean can kiss my ass with their china shit. There is no way in hell, I am paying over 100 bucks for Muck boots, that are clearly meant as a fashion statement to be worn in some Fucking Virginia lawyers Horse barn, or chinese garbage that doesn't fit to begin with. If you find something that is worth a shit, I'm all ears. |
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I have a pair of the WoodyMax and the Artic ones that have the ice biter soles and the rubber farther up the boot. I use the Woody Max for deer and pheasant hunting and am on the second year. The artic ones I just got to replace my Artic sports that started leaking and delaminating after a couple years of mild use.
I think what caused the soles to delaminate on the one pair was that I would kneel alot with them and curl the toe for long periods of time. |
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I've had the same pair for ten years and I wear them daily in the fall/winter. Still going strong. Quoted:
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What boot is better than muck? After my 3rd set I'm done with them . I can't even get a year out of them before they crack all up and let water in . Statesmen use to have a good boot but can't get them anymore. Surely someone makes a decent rubber boot |
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Looks like I'm not the only one that is only getting about year out of them. I've always had the Wetlands though and have never had the Artics. Maybe the artics are more durable. The lacrosse seemed like they would always crack right above the heal where the boot broke over. Well I'm gonna try one of the above suggestions. Thanks for the replys I buy a new pair for winter/mud use, they see little daily wear through a year, the previous pair of those gets tossed into the truck for concrete boots, and the previous concrete boots get tossed into the toolbox for backups, the previous backups get tossed into the dumpster. A year of concrete basically destroys them but doing it this way I get a 3 year cycle out of each pair. |
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I got a set of these...great reviews, cheap (under $20) and so far so good... www.amazon.com/dp/B002IS8AJ0 Muck boots are like wearing a sneaker all day. |
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Only people around here wearing Muck boots are the slutty wanna-be cowgirls and the young kids carrying around "mud-jugs" to spit in and driving around their lifted 2005ish chevy diesels with stacks. I have lacrosse alphaburly pro 1600gram 18 inchers for hunting and general work. |
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Only people around here wearing Muck boots are the slutty wanna-be cowgirls and the young kids carrying around "mud-jugs" to spit in and driving around their lifted 2005ish chevy diesels with stacks. I have lacrosse alphaburly pro 1600gram 18 inchers for hunting and general work. |
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https://www.ariat.com/CONQUEST_RUBBER_M_FOO.html?dwvar_CONQUEST__RUBBER__M__FOO_color=BLACK
I'm really liking my Ariat "muck" type boots. Very comfortable, fit better (my feet always seemed to slosh around in mucks) and I'm getting better life out of them then I have other types of rubber neoprene boots. |
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Quoted: I've always hated those boots, they are like 40 lbs and slippery as hell in the woods. |
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What boot is better than muck? After my 3rd set I'm done with them . I can't even get a year out of them before they crack all up and let water in . Statesmen use to have a good boot but can't get them anymore. Surely someone makes a decent rubber boot |
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Dryshod. This is the boot company that was started by the Muck Boot originator after the company was sold off. Although that name. I’m sure they could have come up with a better name. The local co op only sells these now. They said they had too many complaints about Mucks. |
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My first pair of Mucks lasted over 10 years of very hard use. literally wore the soles smooth. Added a pair of Tingly overshoes for a year or two to get some more life out of them but this trapped water and things got heavy.
I refused to pay the horribly overpriced going rate for Mucks, so I made do. Last year I bought the cheap knockoff version from Tractor Supply for under $50. I have been very happy with them. I have wide feet and these actually fit better than the current Mucks. Granted I do not use and abuse these new boots like I used to, but they do get a fair amount of use. |