Be Lenka Barefoot has super functional winter boots that are perfect for snow, cold, and even dressing up in the winter! What most people here do instead is wear shoes with minimal leather, more mesh and thin socks and just let their feet get went and dry as they walk. So, the selection of socks, and the frequency with which they are changed, is a major consideration. On other sites you will find the opposite, people who always hiked in shoes and now swear by boots – different strokes for different folks. Others however have liked them, indeed I sold my virtually unworn pair to a chap who was delighted with them.

The Softstar Phoenix is a fully lined high quality sheepskin boot with a side zipper for easy on and off.Another option that is a slip on boot but not a chelsea boot is the Be Lenka Polaris – they have a sheepskin lining and are the warmest boot they carry with a functional non slip outsole. Bad enough having to entertain and accommodate them and take them off to visit various expensive professionals! Most boots have way too much volume for the average foot, and if you're wearing the wrong thickness socks, the fit will be worse. Fine initially, probably best for motorcycle use or in snow but walk regularly in rain as I do for a living and after a while they'll leak. it was more the BOOTS per se that I'm wanting to try out… And so far, apart from liner issues, I have to say I'm loving them!

This amount includes seller specified domestic postage charges as well as applicable international postage, dispatch, and other fees. I'd say if you're boots are already tight then these will make things worse but if you're like me and like to run a little slack then you'll be fine. With a considerable amount of doubt I set off into a deluge the likes of which Noah must have seen when he'd finished loading up his boat. Essentially in all GoreTex shoes I ever owned, from hiking boots to essentially everyday leather sneakers, the membrane degraded over very short time (at most within a year or two).My two beefs with this boot are that the sole is pretty stiff for a barefoot boot and they are slippery on ice (but great on snow). I’m partial to Merrells because they were the first brand I found to figure out the bottom of the human foot is not flat. Being one who tends to wet their boots from the inside, I found that textile lining (I don't think the GT membrane did anything useful - but I found only textile/GT lining or leather lining boots, no outer leather + "normal" textile lining) lasted much longer than the leather lining boots I had before.