Trainers/shoes

angelcakes8791 · Post by **angelcakes8791** » 24 Mar 2017, 19:56

I just got some magnums and they're so heavy on my feet I prefer using my trainers! But they're a bit slippery in the wet

LouBarlow · Post by **LouBarlow** » 25 Mar 2017, 11:14

I always thought you needed a doctors note to wear your own trainers? Heaven help you if you have an RTA or fall over on delivery and damage yourself. They even asked the last guy who had an accident in our office, if he was wearing a hi-viz!

Sawfeet · Post by **Sawfeet** » 25 Mar 2017, 11:42

aiden01 wrote: But remember RM pay £30 towards any trainers you have to buy yourself as long as you have a doctors note or a podiatrists note.

Nice to know that. Thanks aiden01

sickofthejob You could use waterproof socks I use sealskinz they expensive but work very well.
But found sealskinz can be a bit thick & rub in trainer so got these WUDHU SOCK from dexshell.co.uk they a thinner sock do job well.

Youtube video on sealskinz

peshwaarinaan · Post by **peshwaarinaan** » 26 Mar 2017, 13:47

Sawfeet wrote:
aiden01 wrote: But remember RM pay £30 towards any trainers you have to buy yourself as long as you have a doctors note or a podiatrists note.
Nice to know that. Thanks aiden01

sickofthejob You could use waterproof socks I use sealskinz they expensive but work very well.
But found sealskinz can be a bit thick & rub in trainer so got these WUDHU SOCK from dexshell.co.uk they a thinner sock do job well.

Youtube video on sealskinz

I love my Sealskinz Sawfeet. Which dexshell socks do you recommend???

Sawfeet · Post by **Sawfeet** » 26 Mar 2017, 14:14

WUDHU SOCK found them not to thick. Don't know what they got to do with praying, not my religion
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Dorset Plodder · Post by **Dorset Plodder** » 29 Mar 2017, 19:02

JKSmudge wrote:For plantar faciatis, try these ;-

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worked wonders for me.

My wife bought some at a Country Fair. The couple that sell them are really nice..... plus she said they work so I'd be inclined to give them a go.

Dorset Plodder · Post by **Dorset Plodder** » 29 Mar 2017, 19:06

angelcakes8791 wrote:I just got some magnums and they're so heavy on my feet I prefer using my trainers! But they're a bit slippery in the wet

I think a lot of the problem is that youngsters grow up nowadays wearing trainers all the time. When they try something more "Industrial" they do feel heavier. Had a lot of problems in the Army when the young lads had to get used to high leg combat boots.

A few of our Posties wear their own trainers but they're in the shite if they have a trip or slip!

Post by **TrueBlueTerrier** » 30 Mar 2017, 16:52

Dorset Plodder wrote:
angelcakes8791 wrote:I just got some magnums and they're so heavy on my feet I prefer using my trainers! But they're a bit slippery in the wet
I think a lot of the problem is that youngsters grow up nowadays wearing trainers all the time. When they try something more "Industrial" they do feel heavier. Had a lot of problems in the Army when the young lads had to get used to high leg combat boots. A few of our Posties wear their own trainers but they're in the shite if they have a trip or slip!

I still have a pair of mine for when the weather is really bad, fit like a glove still - after 20 odd years after leaving.

Darwinsdad · Post by **Darwinsdad** » 30 Mar 2017, 17:29

high leg combat boots.

I still have a pair of mine for when the weather is really bad, fit like a glove still - after 20 odd years after leaving.[/quote]

Same here. Also worth getting a contact in the nearest TA centre. I've recently took some boots in and got brown Altbergs in exchange, along with some issued brown polish. Could have done with them during my time, straight out of the box comfiest boot I've ever had

Post by **TrueBlueTerrier** » 30 Mar 2017, 20:44

showing my age now but I started with DMS boots.

peshwaarinaan · Post by **peshwaarinaan** » 31 Mar 2017, 07:47

Sawfeet wrote:WUDHU SOCK found them not to thick. Don't know what they got to do with praying, not my religion
https://www.dexshell.co.uk/wudhu-sock" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Thanks for that. I'll deffo get some. My original post should have said I love my Sealskinz socks, not my Sealskinz sawfeet!

Dorset Plodder · Post by **Dorset Plodder** » 31 Mar 2017, 21:51

TrueBlueTerrier wrote:showing my age now but I started with DMS boots.

Dems My Shoes

Darwinsdad · Post by **Darwinsdad** » 31 Mar 2017, 22:43

TrueBlueTerrier wrote:showing my age now but I started with DMS boots.

Had a pair as 'best boots'. Strange, as I didn't have favourites in my locker

robbertwhitton · Post by **robbertwhitton** » 01 Apr 2017, 09:27

I wouldn't pay a penny to purchase shoes to wear for this firm when they supply them for free,not brilliant but ok,they wear out you order new ones,they take enough money from us with lapsing and unpaid overtime etc,I don't see the problem,guys in our office have top of the range Nike addidas etc not a doctors note to be seen,but hey that's up to them and a management thing to manage??? Which of course won't happen,

Dorset Plodder · Post by **Dorset Plodder** » 01 Apr 2017, 21:06

robbertwhitton wrote:I wouldn't pay a penny to purchase shoes to wear for this firm when they supply them for free,not brilliant but ok,they wear out you order new ones,they take enough money from us with lapsing and unpaid overtime etc,I don't see the problem,guys in our office have top of the range Nike addidas etc not a doctors note to be seen,but hey that's up to them and a management thing to manage??? Which of course won't happen,

I agree RW. I used to buy footwear for several years (normally walking boots) but like you I now use the Company Issue. They're not that bad, I think sometimes nowadays we're just a bunch of wimps.

Remember that advert for cross trainers circa 2000 where it showed a picture of a famous runners kit circa 1950 ... they were leather hobbed nail boots FFS!