I count 6 pairs of Red Wing Boots or Shoes currently in my closet. I also have two belts I use, and have outgrown more Red Wing belts than I can count on one hand.
I say without hesitation that the quality is top shelf all the way, and the customer service at their retail stores is in rarified air in this day and age. These people that own and run these stores believe in their product, and in their companies' philosophy of standing behind their products.
They know that if they take care of you, you will be back. The company knows that too, and backs the product accordingly.
It takes a real man to break in a pair of these Red Wing 1155's,
RED WING 1155 11" Pull-On but once you do, you won't ever want to "work" in anything less, whether mowing the lawn, working around the house, bike, farm or ranch, or shop. These things are tough enough to make a grown man cry the first few days - tough on the INSIDE - until you get them broken in. Then they will outlast several re-soleings while remaining extremely comfortable. Best advise, if you are Man Enough, put them on when you know you can wear them 11-15 hours straight, and working hard enough to sweat through them from the inside. You get that done, and you have a real nice pair of boots to work in, and you can call yourself a MAN. Buy the right size though, and the store will tell you they better fit tight to start with, because after you wear them in, they will fit perfectly - almost like a pair of 501 "Shrink-to-Fit" jeans.
I have a pair of these:
RED WING Gables I wear around the house and yard - best "house shoes" I ever had on my feet, and a pair of Oxford full-grain leather shoes that I wear quite a bit when I just don't feel like wearing boots, and they are tough as nails, too. I wore one pair of these for over 10 years, then ruiend them somehow - so I bought two more pair, one Black, one Brown. I don't see them on the website anymore. I climbed Squaw Peak in Phoenix, AZ wearing them, and the other "mountain" city park in Phoenix the next day in them, too.
SuperSoles are AWESOME!
