Thorogood GEN-Flex2 8" Side-Zip Tactical Boots for Men and Women - High-Shine Leather Heel & Toe with Goodyear Storm Welt and Slip-Resistant Outsole

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I have really wide feet so it’s hard for me to find a pair of boots to wear in patrol that check the boxes in comfort and shine. These boots meet the mark! I love them! Out of the box they are very comfortable with the included insoles and after a few coats of “leather luster”, they have a great high gloss shine! After owning several pairs of Danners, and other similar competitors - I won’t be going back after owning these Thorogoods! Buy a pair, you won’t regret them!

Best work boots I’ve had. Extremely comfortable, lightweight, barely had to break them in. Easy to secure due to it having a zipper topped with Velcro closure instead of a button. Way better traction on wet floors than other boots I’ve had.

Thorogood has been known to pump out some very nice products over the years. Thorogood has such high enough standard that it is the boot of choice at my station. I researched a lot of boots prior to purchasing a new pair due to getting burned on a previous boot purchase from another manufacturer that only lasted about eight months before falling apart. Day one, these boots straight out of the box are already impressive. The aesthetic look that these boots have far surpasses that of most any other boot out there with the spit shined toe and heal caps that give it that nice parade shine to show off on foot patrols or around the station but I will most likely be taking a couple of layers of Lincoln wax to the rest of the boot to create an all over spit shine just due to preference. Immediately I put on my 5.11s with these boots to see how the bottom of the pant legs would fall on the top of the boot, as expected they fall around the ankle area without bunching up. Next came the soul test where I took some heavy duty shipping boxes and proceeded to flatten them with my feet. The stiffness of the new boots helped a little I'm sure but the soul it self felt very good on my feet while the boxes just imploded, you can really feel the thickness of the soul giving you that "I'm gonna totally be able to go curb stomp some one with these." feel good kinda feeling. This pair of Thorogoods feature their GEN~flex2/ VGS Technology souls that feature several layers of padding including a high density polyurethane removable footbed, another EVA footbed, Gen~flex cushions and flexibility pads, a Welt channel cushion, an interavtive visible gel system VGS, composite shank, molded EVA midsole flex channel and a multi-directional traction lug design. The souls are also oil and slip resistant. These boots do feel as though they could be a half size smaller, I usually wear a size 12 boot and that is what I ordered but my feet do slip just a small bit inside the boot while walking. I'm sure just wearing a thicker pair of socks will help address this issue. This is my first pair of boots that have a side zip and so far the side zip is already feeling like a gift from above. The amount of time and effort just simply zipping up the boot is amazing. The first time I put on and took off these boots I actually stopped and said, "Wow, that was easy." The zipper allows you to bypass the always annoying lacing and unlacing that comes with the territory of an eight inch boot. After a 7-7 shift you'll feel so relieved to just unzip, slip these boots off and roll into bed. I have yet to wear these in the rain or snow so I can't review on how waterproof the zipper is or isn't although all the hardware on this boot is rustproof which to me sounds pretty promising. Overall ratings: Style: XXXXX Fit: XXXX Comfort: XXXXX Durability: XXXXX Price: XXXX

Boots are of great build quality, no noted imperfections, and an excellent choice for the rubber sole. I will note that I wore Bates boots for many years before trying these--the company for bought and updated and if I gotta gamble on new boots I may as well try the competition. My only slight issue is that I do need to be mindful to lace the boots so as to eliminate heel slip, and the laces can slide a bit so I had to swap the laces. With new laces, no more gradually shifting through the day so my lacing holds. Not a real concern, but given the nature of the design, if you squat or kneel a lot, you *will* crease the leather just before the toe cap, as it is not soft enough to flex without creasing. Saddle soap and some conditioning could've mitigated this, but I don't need them to be dressy so I didn't bother. Tldr: Wear some comfy socks (A good wool blend sock is good for any unlined or thinly lined boot anyway) while breaking them in and toss in an insole for the lack of padding, these turn into pretty good all-day boots after a few days of wear.

I wear them as station boots as a paramedic. 🚑. I wore them every shift for about 3 years total. The soles wear out first, then the zippers. I literally had paper clips as zipper pulls, and disintegrating souls for about the last year before I finally retired them this week. It’s time to order new work boots and after a lot of research, I decided to go with this exact pair of boots again. You can’t beat the quality for the price. Instant comfort straight out of the box, quick on and off with the side zipper, they fit and stay on your feet even with them unzipped, which is nice, and not to mention how sharp they look. Great product! Excited to break in my new pair. They do take some time to break in, but they are comfortable straight out of the box just very stiff. Highly recommend for EMTs, paramedics and firefighters. See attached photos for what my old boots looked like after three years of daily use. Most EMS boots typically last roughly 8 months to a year these far exceeded my expectations.

So far the boots are great. I had to initially return them to get a smaller size because these boots do round about 1/2 size bigger than you would normally order. Most of my boots are 11 1/2 or 12 but I had to return the 11 1/2 and order the 11 which fit great. The leather is really nice and the Boots are really light and compared to other boots in the same style. I'll update this if there's any issues with the boots over the next few months.

The ankle fit of these is weird. It’s very big and very flat. Gives the appearance of my ankles being bigger than the rest of my legs. I bought my normal size 9 and have an inch of room in front of my toes. They’re way too big. They’re also very loose around the ankle. They’re a little bit taller than my normal boots which is just RG combat boots I wanted better quality boots, even though those things will not die after five+ years of wearing them. I actually like the appearance of them better than in the pictures because they don’t come with the high shine on them. So they’re nice and even when you get them, I’m not a huge fan of the back of them, but they’re also cool too cause they look like motorcycle boots. Overall, they don’t feel heavy, but they look like and feel like wearing snow boots. They’re just big and bulky and definitely pretty stiff.

Quality build boot! If your tired of the same old boots at your tactical shop, then these boots are what you want. Ive always wanted to wear a 8" zip side boot just always felt it hard to get used to. Well that changed once I got these boots. After a few work shifts(12's) I was accustomed to them and love them dearly now. Good quality zipper, also when you lace up the boot the leather is very giving almost contouring to your foot which gives your foot the feeling of "one" with your boot-the way it should feel! Temperature- after 12 hours your feet could run warm however the zip side helps if you need cooling(on your breaks) Highly recommend this boot if your tired of buying cheap build boots!

Las botas están de lujo, a la medida correcta, con buenos terminados. Son muy cómodas y anchas. Se pueden calzar con facilidad gracias al cierre y a las agujetas. Es de esperarse que sean algo pesadas pero no influye en su calidad.

Love these boots, as soon as I got them I ended up working a 20hr day and had no issues at all.

good boots

Not bad for Chinese made boots, comfortable, seem pretty solid, not a safety boot but I use them for work anyway and so far so good. Get them on sale , hard to justify paying full price for anything made in China.