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Originally Posted by Loton24

stick with issued when your doing any sort of training, when it comes down to it on ops if your boots get fucked, when your re-supply comes in they aint gonna be gucci boots all worn in for you. There gonna be bog standard issued..... any thoughts appreciated!!!

My thought is that that is almost a direct lift from one of Andy McNab's books, right down to the word Gucci. Who've you been talking to, and what colour's the boathouse?

Back when I was still serving we were issued the (belive first) run of combat highs, and I couldn't stand them. At that time I used Lunghags with Berghaus Yeti's in the field.

When I did a tour of Belfast we were issued Magnams - but I do agree they were sh1t.

Now as a civvie, for general walking on the hills I wear either KSB's or the Berghaus version of them and have found them to be the best pair of boots I have ever worn.

But..... as others have said, every set of feet happen to be different, and where 1 x make of boots os good for one person, they will be no good for another.

Originally Posted by Bravo_Zulu

Originally Posted by Loton24

stick with issued when your doing any sort of training, when it comes down to it on ops if your boots get fucked, when your re-supply comes in they aint gonna be gucci boots all worn in for you. There gonna be bog standard issued..... any thoughts appreciated!!!

My thought is that that is almost a direct lift from one of Andy McNab's books, right down to the word Gucci. Who've you been talking to, and what colour's the boathouse?

Boathouse??? Was last easter we was in Chamonix for about a week, went into a climbing shop/bar with my old man and his mate and just got chatting to all these hairy people. Like i said i only had his word he was ex-sas, wasnt gonna start calling him a liar to his face just in case he was!! I basically wanna know what the deal is when ur on ops, can u order in the same boots you have been wearing if your ones fuck up or do you just get issued ones sent? What book is that from cause if it is a saying from that he was probably bullshitting!!

Originally Posted by Counter-Bluffer-Ops

Originally Posted by brighton hippy

magnums are fine for mincing about in and waterproof spent Saturday mostly in a swamp running an obstacle course.
crap for anything that needs a boot though

Do you write as you think?

I rarely think its overated
waterproof magnum boots you can wear in wet conditions as a high legged waterproof trainer no support at all though

Originally Posted by Loton24

Originally Posted by Bravo_Zulu

Originally Posted by Loton24

stick with issued when your doing any sort of training, when it comes down to it on ops if your boots get fucked, when your re-supply comes in they aint gonna be gucci boots all worn in for you. There gonna be bog standard issued..... any thoughts appreciated!!!

My thought is that that is almost a direct lift from one of Andy McNab's books, right down to the word Gucci. Who've you been talking to, and what colour's the boathouse?

Boathouse??? Was last easter we was in Chamonix for about a week, went into a climbing shop/bar with my old man and his mate and just got chatting to all these hairy people. Like i said i only had his word he was ex-sas, wasnt gonna start calling him a liar to his face just in case he was!! I basically wanna know what the deal is when ur on ops, can u order in the same boots you have been wearing if your ones * up or do you just get issued ones sent? What book is that from cause if it is a saying from that he was probably bullshitting!!

Joke ;) Although it very similar to a passage in Immediate Action about why candidates for selection re only allowed to wear issue boots. Ex-them don't tend to advertise being ex-them either (unless it helps to sell books).

The Boathouse

Anyway, this is veering a bit off course. I would imagine that if your boots broke on ops you'd probably end up wearing issued ones. That said, it would take some force to break a pair of Lowas beyond all repair.

i suppose when u look at it that way it makes sense!! You should be looking after your kit anyway so there should be no need for them to fuck up! Think ill buy them Altberg sneekers then, anyone found any boots that keep your feet warm even if they are soaked through all the time?

Yeoman Dai

Although, i'm having problems with them lately, my toes are getting bunched up at the end - I thought feet stopped growning at 21year

I thought so too but at an age well after 21 (maybe another 21) my feet grew a full size, which was a total nause because I had a couple of pairs of lovely boots which I had to give away because all of a sudden they were cutting the shite out of my feet. Before I get any posts about weight increase and me being a fat cnut has caused my feet to spread, the answer is no, no weight increase. If only other things would get a bit longer too.

hi has anyone tried the Webtex army pro xt boot ?