lozgti

After about 5 years my trusty boots (what I wear most of the time with jeans) have given up.

Just forked out £70 on some Rockports because I have heard the name.Was looking at Cat too and Timberland (expensive!)

Have I wasted the dosh then or was it a good buy?Only ask because I'll take them back if I have bought on a name and not on performance(as I say,they would be worn virtually all the time)

richiewong

They are a pure 'chav' item in the north east!

StickyMicky

agreed LOL!

it is a defining point of the charva up this way, if you have managed to scam more benefits then the average charv, then you can usually afford the slightly more expensive versions

once saw this goon swaggering around newcastle doing the charv-walk and the missus said "ohh look, he is the king, his have gold bits on them" pmsl

ps. do you tuck your trackie bottoms into them

SetoN

I got a pair of Rockports when i was 15 in highschool, they were the prop0r chav style back then, brown and black

Anyway, my point is, I am now 23 and dug them out from under my bed last year to wear for hiking and they were so comfortable 8 years on.

And so they should have been for £140!

Hope i helped

MattW

Rockport deck shoes used to last forever although sadly they don't now.

lozgti

Bugger

I just went into Slater Menswear and looked at the Boots (walking etc) on offer.

I am far to old for fashion as my wife will attest

Seem comfy though

Mitchy260

They are a good boot, they are comfy and they wont fall to pieces.

But just like Lacoste, Burberry, Stone Island and the likes, they are now branded chavvy.

I doubt however if you were wearing them with normal non chavvy clothing you would come across as a chav.

They are a good boot, ashame really.

corradoboy

Hillmaster® GTX - the brasher boot company -

hodgy0_2

I had a pair of Rockport Brogues and they were the best shoes I have ever worn

sooo comfy -- that i smiled every time I put them on

and as someone once said to me "never skimp on shoes or a bed -- coz you spend most of your time in one or the other"

corradoboy

I recall a friend whom had some once telling me that you could send them back to Rockport for a full refurb, whereby they'd re-sole them, replace the insole, lining and laces and freshen up the leather (clean, polish and re-proof) for a nominal fee. Seemed a good service to offer, but I have never heard of this from anyone else and their website says nothing of it. If it was so, then it would make their price worthy if you could ensure a very long, extended working life. Unfortunately, the Ch@v image has ruined the brand.

+Doc+

Rockport used to make great boots, back in the day you could wipe the pee off them after a nite oot on the toon with nee problem

mykp

ditto, comfy straight out of the box.