The older I get the more my feet hurt, does anyone have a recommendation on work shoes for tech's
Thx Hoosierdaddy
Thx Hoosierdaddy
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I like Duluth Trading Company's Wild Boar Hiking Shoes. After breaking my ankle 3 years ago there aren't many shoes I can wear for any length of time. They're not as formal as I'd like, but I can wear them 13 hours, and now come in brown, dark brown and black. =^..^=If you'd like a serious answer to your request:
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agree with Zootech and Blackcat.. i also wear inserts in mine... red wing makes good ones IF you need steel toed ones.Comment
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I WAS wearing steel toe boots with Gel inserts and they were fine for 18 months.
I recently developed a heel spur in my right foot and NOW I wear a pair of black UnderArmour boots and they are amazing.
Not as dressy as one would like but not that casual either.
Now i only have to drag the boots out for PPE visits.Comment
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I used to wear doc marten shoes, but now I wear CAT Falmouth shoes, they last me for ages & are really comfy the moment you put them on from new, if I wear "ordinary" shoes, i'll get through a pair a week, as I walk to all my jobsTip for the day; Treat every problem as your dog would.....If you cant eat it or f*ck it....then p*ss on it & walk away...Comment
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Magnum Patrol boots, love em, most comfy boots i've ever hadComment
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In the past couple years I've started wearing Nunn Bush shoes (Current brand = Beale Street). A lot "dressier" than most, but unlike some places, we don't have a "typical" technician attire (we're a Slacks and a collared shirt Svc. Dept.). The Nunn Bush Shoes are Extremely light weight, with gel pads built into the soul of the shoe. Surprisingly they've held up to the constant abuse of being bent in half, scoffed, endless walking, etc. Like I said, kind of dressy, but durable. I also carry a pair of slip-on steel toe shoes for the industrious areas.OmertÃComment
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For work shoes, you can take any pair of sneakers convenient for you. The main thing is that they are durable, and you feel comfortable working in them. I tend to think that if you choose some shoes for work, then your feet won't get tired in it. Therefore, I do not wear heavy shoes or shoes that fit me or squeeze in the sock. Usually, these are some sneakers in which the foot fits very comfortably. Now I'm wearing yeezy sneakers, and I feel comfortable. Before that, I wore specially protected boots that were dense and heavy. But I didn't feel comfortable in them, and my legs were tired...
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You will wish you were still wearing those heavy "protected" boots the first time have a large piece of equipment land on your foot and break a few bones. You will regret those sneakers the first time you have to slog your way across a three inch deep mud on a dirty parking lot out in the oil fields. You will really regret it that mud sucks one of those sneakers off of your foot.Comment
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If your feet are hurting that bad, you have nephropathy, get some tumeric from any health store, or start using it in your cooking because it is an herb. It will desensitize our old feet. Cinnamon too. Root cause my techies.Programmers don't die, they gosub without return...Comment
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I have crushed my right big toe twice while at work, not in the field. Once a pallet jack with a skid of paper ramped up my toe as I was pulling it up a ramp and the other I dropped an 140lb MFP on it while trying to flip it on its back by myself. The corner of the MFP landed directly on my big toe. The first sent me to the ER to melt holes through my toenail to relieve the pressure. Shattered the bones too. The second just turn my toenail black. I still have rolling sharp pains in that toe from time to time.
Now I have two pairs of steel toe shoes with gel inserts. Skechers Hartan slip on steel toe work shoes and a pair of lace up PDPQ.Comment
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for comfort and protection!!
We know a thing or two because we've seen a thing or two.
The medication helps though...Comment
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im noticing more and more techs wearing black sneakers instead of dress shoes.
i've been trying to do more walking so definitely notice the days that i wear dress shoes instead of more comfy shoesComment
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Back when I was working at this, and now that I am back, I like the sneaker/tennis shoe, for comfort, big guy here/over weight, so I like a shoe like that, I do have some steel toes, from when I used to have to into plants and such, so far, on new job, dont think we have any, or very few, but I still like the tennis shoe for comfort and having to walk, lots of schools, long walks from front to work rooms, the 2 years I was out of the business, thanks to COVID, did a stint as a sub-custodial worker in a local school district, let me tell you, that is hell on your feet, 6 or 7 hours of non-stop moving, hard tile floors, concrete floors, wow, them people are not paid nearly enough.
I have not found a shoe that will hold up to the constant wear I give it Mon-Fri, so I plan on getting new pair about every 6 months or soComment
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