The first boots I bought cost me IR£70. Before a month was out the zipper got stuck in the lining and was unmovable even with a pliers. Got the zipper replaced another IR£12. Then it happened again. The next pair had a drawstring instead of a zip. But after a while a hole developed in the heel. Both of these were Falco Boots. Both also totally not waterproof. Both leather. So I decided to splash out on a pair of Daytona Leather GoreTex boots. The ones the police in Ireland use. IR£225!!! But they're not waterproof either. Although I've never had a problem with the zip. I treated them with "waterproofing stuff" guaranteed not to soften the leather. But no good. So I spent another IR£40 on Porelle Dry socks. They've been very good. Serious rain still gets thru - but this is after 7 hours in the rain. (I doing courier work 8-9hrs a day) The plain jane goretex boot liners - do they work? What about overboots. The only ones I've seen might be fine for riding on a bike but would disintegrate if you did any walking in them.

Maybe normal working/hiking boots with a plastic bag when necessary might be better than all these high tech expensive stuff.

So my question is: anyone any experience of goretex bootliners or overboots of somekind that work?

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