Steel Toe Caps

maxwell silver · 13-05-2007, 12:07

Anyone else on here have to wear these for 8 hours a day?I know because of health & safety reasons they're required to be worn in most work places & when trying them on for the 1st time they feel o.k.But 8 hours,day after day really kills the feet.I'm sure in the future thereis going to be more people with foot problems through wearing these than if they had'nt bothered.Nowadays i'm looking foward to the weekend more then i don't have to have them on my feet,rather than the more obvious things

Traceyb37 · 13-05-2007, 12:10

My hubby wears them for work 12 hours a day!

and when he comes home, god what a stink!

And his feet are always sore!

shillelagh · 13-05-2007, 15:33

It was made the rule at where i used to work that everyone in the fitting shop, stores, cleaners and garage had to wear steel toe caps. The blokes all had to choose from either 1pr shoes or boots. Us ladies had the pick of the catalogue - all the cleaner chose shoes. Me after having trainers with steel toe caps changed her mind and got boots. 6 months after me getting them and only wearing them twice (i wore my trainers) my nephew was having a birthday party and i was dressed up as a monster - thank god i had the idea for covering the work boots in green & yellow tissue paper them steel toe caps saved my toes with 30 7 year olds beating the living daylights out of the birthday monster.

By the way ive still got them theyre great for in the snow and ice.

slinky · 13-05-2007, 15:42

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Originally Posted by shillelagh

It was made the rule at where i used to work that everyone in the fitting shop, stores, cleaners and garage had to wear steel toe caps. The blokes all had to choose from either 1pr shoes or boots. Us ladies had the pick of the catalogue - all the cleaner chose shoes. Me after having trainers with steel toe caps changed her mind and got boots. 6 months after me getting them and only wearing them twice (i wore my trainers) my nephew was having a birthday party and i was dressed up as a monster - thank god i had the idea for covering the work boots in green & yellow tissue paper them steel toe caps saved my toes with 30 7 year olds beating the living daylights out of the birthday monster.

By the way ive still got them theyre great for in the snow and ice.

Have they still got the green and yellow tissue paper on them

shillelagh · 13-05-2007, 15:44

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Originally Posted by slinky

Have they still got the green and yellow tissue paper on them

No i had to wear them going to work on the monday so had to rip the pom poms off as well.

cashman · 13-05-2007, 15:49

had to wear them for 23 years 6/7 days a week, had a lot of trouble with the old plates, but thats life, necessity to wear em.

SPUGGIE J · 13-05-2007, 15:53

Should try mine they are made to make your feet sweat to make for better ESD disipation into the floor. We have to get them a size bigger as feet swell that much in them. Two hours and you have to remove em to cool the tootsies.

shillelagh · 13-05-2007, 17:14

Mine are comfy enough and light enough to wear as normal boots.

mani · 13-05-2007, 17:16

look for a brand called magnum - they're really comfy - they usually make police/security shoes but also do toe caps - they're very very comfy and u can buy gel insoles fo them

SPUGGIE J · 13-05-2007, 17:20

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Originally Posted by shillelagh

Mine are comfy enough and light enough to wear as normal boots.

Wears them to kick bods under the table with.

shillelagh · 13-05-2007, 17:44

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Originally Posted by SPUGGIE J

Wears them to kick bods under the table with.

Would i do that?

Nah not wearing them - prefers the trainers for that!!!

glasgow guy · 13-05-2007, 18:01

I have got a pair of cattepillar steel toe boots and they are as light and as comfy as anything and I wear mine for roughly 12 hours a day...with steel toe boots you get what you pay for...

SPUGGIE J · 13-05-2007, 18:06

I dont have any option we have to wear the ones they issue.

If I could get away with wearing Cats if I could.

glasgow guy · 13-05-2007, 18:08

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Originally Posted by SPUGGIE J

I dont have any option we have to wear the ones they issue.

If I could get away with wearing Cats if I could.

surely they cant stop you from wearing your own saftey boots ??..just tell them they are unwearable and hurt your feet and that your own are better ??

SPUGGIE J · 13-05-2007, 18:13

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Originally Posted by glasgow guy

surely they cant stop you from wearing your own saftey boots ??..just tell them they are unwearable and hurt your feet and that your own are better ??

They are designed to be used on an electronics assembly shop floor so that any ESD (static) disipates into the floor. We have the option of boots or so called steel toe capped ESD trainers which are worse than the boots. Many of us have tried to get away with wearing what we feel comfortable in only to get a strip torn of us and forced back to there issued ones.

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