[Closed] Best wellies

Hunter are shit.

Le Chameau Vierzonord are excellent.

Wouldn't touch Hunter

I get issued Aigle Parcours 2 Vario by my work and i love them...happily walk 8+ hours in them without a hint of soreness. If i wasn't issued them, Id buy some.

My wife took my advice and got the standard Aigle Parcours 2 and she loves them too!

Purofort Thermo+ , proper wellies!

Le Chameau Vierzonord are excellent.

I just looked those up, what has gone wrong with the world!!

Dunlop Agrifort Pro 😉 get 10 pairs for that price!!

My Dunlops were the best £6 I’ve ever spent (the day before going to a particularly wet and muddy Leeds festival)

Hunters really are rubbish. Chameau or Aigle are top drawer. Get the neoprene lined ones not fleece.

Edit add Dunlop are winners for vfm by a metric mile.

Re the posh one do NOT get zips

Aigle ones here too. Can confirm wifes Hunters are perished after not much time. Avoid

I never got on with Aigle. They soles punctured and went squishy .Replaced under warranty and same happened again. Took them back and they don't replace a second time. The shop were very understanding and gave me 10% off Muck Boots. Never looked back since and can't see me changing brands for a while.

Korum wellies are excellent, cost £50 or £60, they sell them in Gary Evans fishing shop on the Whitchurch Road ( I seem to remember you being Cardiff based), I bought a pair as I have big calves and they fit me with jeans on, warm, comfy and great for walking for miles.

Avoid Hunter.

If you want all day long wear or hillwalking, they need to fit snugly around the heel and ankle.  Aigle and Le Chameau differ slightly in fit, so trying them on is vital. Try them on with the socks she's going to wear with them. Knee length, otherwise she'll spend all day with them sliding off under the boot.

Look for gusseted calves. Again, ladies boots vary in fit around the calf. Zip sided boots are fine, but they're worn with stockings, not with a bunched pair of jeans inside them.

Look for neoprene linings.

As alternatives to the big two, look also at Toggi, Arxxus, Muckboot. If you have deep pockets look at DuBarry.

Avoid like the plague any company that also makes country clothing or hunting clothing- they tend to buy in lookalikes, and we see a lot of returns on some of the big brands, so much so we won't stock them.

Personally I prefer Aigle or Toggi for fit, but everyone differs!

If you have a narrow ankle, Le Chameau with a full-length zip is the way to go. Not cheap, however, but nothing worse than ill-fitting footwear on a day out.

Grubs Boots. Similar to Muck Boots, but better soles for offroad walking. And usually better value.

Having trashed various different wellies in a matter of days my wife got me some La Chameau. Superb boots, very comfy and are lasting extremely well. I wouldn’t look any further if I were you.

I don’t like Wellies but the kids and Mrs have all had Hunters, the kids have been handed down twice now and are still in good condition. Wife’s are about 6 years old still going strong.

But if you don’t fancy them then get her Durbarry.

To go against the crowd, I have a pair of Hunter 3mm Balmoral with a vibram sole and shank. They are absolutely fantastic and have been used for 20 mile hikes as well as standing around in wet fields etc

Old thread with similar advice.

Following recommendations there, I bought a cheap pair of Decathlon wellies, which are great for local walks and gardening, although I wouldn't use them for hill-walking, winter or summer.

And I certainly wouldn't use them for "hunting small game in lowlands in cold conditions"!

Another vote for La Chameau here. My wife's are still going strong after a few years when the 2 sets of hunters they replaced only lasted 6-8months a set being work to do the horses 2 or 3 times a day

I've a pair of Hunter Balmorals, that get used for everything and I live in them in the winter,  I have a pair of Le Chameau too, but they don't provide good ankle support.

I had the Aigle Parcours, they lasted just over a year before splitting at the heal, better than the Hunters before them which perished at the ankle, older hunters used to last me 10 years, things have changed.

I have recently bought these from Decathlon

Quite happy so far, £100+ for a pair of wellies now seems mad.

Muckboots. Mine live in the boot of my car, have been worn on nine mile country walks, around last year’s Greenman Festival when the weather turned wet, and I went back to the cat to get them, they’re comfy, warm when needed, and have been worth every penny of the £75 or so I paid for them eight or nine years ago.

I really like my Animal wellies, mega comfy and half neoprene uppers. Not ridiculously expensive either.

Again bucking the anti-Hunter trend, both my wife and I have Balmorals and they're excellent and have been for the past couple of years. Worn daily 2/3 year when walking the dogs over the fields and woods. Mine have the leather lining and wife's the neoprene, if buying again I think I'd go neoprene, lighter and I think warmer from what I'm told. Just don't pay full price for them.

Aigle for me. Wlak lots in them.

Another recommendation for Grubs over Muckboots here - lighter, and better soles. Mine have been great.

My muck boots are great, but sole is almost done for now. No resoling option that I've found, seems a shame. Boots are still waterproof