You need to do a outsole burn test on every shoe from now onwards

Redback vs Rossi ?

I don't 🍆➡️⭕

@@coryparni3620 😂

I struggle to be rude about work boots

Not me , some times I just put my foot in it .

Fuck that!

Sounds like someone in the government got richer off using the taxpayers’ money for crap laced zip boots! Typical

This was very informative actually. But 4 years of use ain't bad for that price either

Just please promise us to never drink out of it mate ! lol

@@edwardfletcher7790 hahahahhahahahahhahahha

Pillow................ROFL..............

How do you find then against something like RM Williams?

@@outogetyougotyou5250 totally different boot for a different purpose. RMs are a dress boot, Redbacks are a work boot. Both can be worn casually. Both are great. Get a pair of each of you can! 🙂

This!

I really like this idea

brilliant

Good thinking John!

John Konkin that’s a good thought.

Thankyou for your possative comment as I'm on my feet all day comfort is key .Redbacks sound just the ticket

How long would you say a pair lasts you if you were to wear them about 8-9 hours per day?

Hello wearer of Redbacks that hasn't had issues with moisture. Would you happen to live in a particular part of the world that might happen to be a little bit dry? I had a pair of that was sitting in my closet for close to 20 years and didn't have any issues with moisture. They never crumbled... They were in a closet in a part of the world that doesn't get any mold or humidity. They were a bit dry. Mine weren't redbacks or blundstones they were a South Australian brand that doesn't exist anymore.

Redbacks were suggested to my by favorite Aussie store. I was sad when they said they could no longer ship those from Oz. The suggested I try the Mongrels. Soooo... I’m two months into a pair of mongrels now and they are very comfy.

James Hamilton I love mongrels, my favourite boot!

AC mongrels are soft and pliable in is the right places. Also, I have two distinctly different feet due to an unfortunate accident breaking my left hip, and my right leg compensating for left shin/foot nerve damage that’s never been correct. Sooo.. I’m happy to find a “wide toe” in a boot that compensates. I’m a complicated human. : (. I’ll never be the same foot size l to r.

how durable are these? and are they slip resistant on wet and oily floors?

@@thesheepthemightythecrazy Ive never had a traction issue. They have a pretty gummy sole. Ive hiked up shale and mopped sealed concrete floors in them with no issues haha. Durability wise they have been great. I just oil them with a little boot oil whenever they get dried out and they stay nice and supple. honestly the cushioning in the midsole is probably going to wear out before I burn through the soles or leather.

@@squidog94 thank you for the info.

Haha, I got into it with some federal forest service firefighters. Mass casualty event, crash on a stretch of rural interstate. A lot of people, most of them injured, ran from the scene down a shale and gravel hillside into a deep wooded ravine. I was half carrying, half dragging a pretty obese half unconscious woman with a head wound back up the hill. Three firefighters standing at the top of the hill watching me struggle. Came to a barbed wire fence and was at a standstill, couldn't get her over or through it without tearing her to shreds. One of my partners found us about the same time another guy from the crash with an obviously broken arm came stumbling up to us. The three of us got her over the fence and back up to the top. I started yelling at these firefighters after the paramedics took over. They literally said they didn't want to get their boots dirty. I almost fought all three of them right there on the side of the road. Anyways, they did have stylish boots and respectable mustaches. My danners don't mind getting dirty.

@@squidog94 Meant that last reply to be tagged

and your point is

@@rum5812 It is just an interesting story. Not everything in life needs a punchline.

The smell come from the rubber i guest..bcse real rubber smell alot..

@@Rainbow-kl9hyyou obviously don't know what a tannery is

@@Rainbow-kl9hy Tannery's stink. Worked at a beef abattoir which had a tannery. You could smell it from a mile away

Were yours a different sole ? I can't imagine 4mm of TPU would last that long ??

thanks for sharing

@@edwardfletcher7790 No, the standard sole ... they last very well indeed.

What are your thoughts on the boots after 4 months mate?

Same, I usually get gore tex uppers because I work in rain but those shoes don’t last more than a year and a half. I treated the boot with leather waterproofing, will test how it holds up

I just bloody bought Blundstones but glad I watched coz I need a second pair. I'll go the Redbacks after reading all these comments

that's the problem with cemented sole, they can't be resoled

Blundstone 172 work boot mate! Yer all trippin on redbacks when this boot is phenomenal!

@@piepiemushroom yea the leather ain't as good as rebacks, I own it too, looks stylish but is leather thinner than redback

@@MasterofPlay7 disagree mate! Redback leather is thirsty mate! Its thicker but cracks , colour fades quicker! You have to treat leather often.

@@piepiemushroom plus is made in Australia and Redback was service boots for the army before, they are oil tanned don't know why u say they'll crack....

Great tip!

Mine start too crumble.. rarely used it in 3 years.. is there a way to treat it?

@@adrianmark613 No, sadly. The plasticiser when left inert and inactive inside the TPU will start to leech out of the material as a vapour. The TPU left behind will go hard and be prone to cracking. This doesn't happen on a boot worn regularly as the regular flexing of the TPU sole in use blends the vaporising plasticiser back into the TPU itself.

@@tripsadelica too late. I alrdy remove the sole. And will be resole with other rubber sole

@@adrianmark613 Same here, about about the same time. The sole failed and all this rubbery black crap fell out. 2014 they were bought. Ones before that lasted about 10 years,

@@tripsadelica ugh why do they even use this material? Thanks for the detailed info

I hear that, my missus has got a hundred pairs of shoes, she must be a bloody centipede. I've got 2 pair of redbacks, ones I wear daily and a better pair. Same as you, they last about 5 years before the sole starts coming off.

Good name you got mate, I reckon mack boots aren’t too bad either

I have been working in redback steel caps the $140 ones for 7 years and I go though a pair a year normally at job sites. The failure point is always the leather on the steel caps then the stitching on the mesh to leather on the ankle but they have never split on me and are still the most comfortable.

Little known fact. The souls start to disintegrate if not used for a few years. They turn to a sticky jelly. Don't ask me why. But they do. Still the most comfy work boot out there.

Why would a baker need boots😂😂. The have sneaker 3x the comfort

@@huhSHUAa good boot is going to be way more comfortable just from the amount of support you’re getting from it. Especially standing on your feet all day.

@@weebogeeta negative

Hanwag!!!!!!

Oliver. I used to wear redbacks & then i found olivers.

I use to wear Oliver’s then I found Blundstone, now I’m going to try red backs

Blue steel, heaps more comfortable than redbacks. I use redbacks for bush, camping etc but blue steel for work. Redbacks are s decent boot but nowhere near as good as blue steel.

Mongrel boots are by far the best boot I've ever worn. 👍

I've had that problem too , usually go through 2 pairs in a year . Alternating daily

How long does 1 pair usually last you mate?

My Mongrels die from stitching failure and delimitation on the inside near your arch and big toe. Theirs is due to iron ore mud and water. They last about 6months on our mine site. They are comfy and I’m happy to support an Aussie made brand🙂

For a second there I thought you were going to say that you bought the company.

No that is Remington! @@woofbark4475 😁

A 'leather' insole.. keeps you cool in the summer?

@@blickluke Yeah. Like leather car seats. 😄 I actually don't know. If the man is Australian I think we can take his word for it.

That’s not a knife...

@@robertlarsen6516 Who's talking about knoifs here?

@@blickluke leather has to ability to keep you warm as well as cool.

Danielle Nishihama That’s Ultra Instinct Beerus.

That is not a cat. - Joey Tribbiani

Have you told Redback this? I would totally buy a more casual version!

@@cjdontthink2 I didn't think to initially, but I just sent them a message after I saw your reply

@@bahb6883 they are WORK boots. Designed and made for people who don't work in offices. Mechanics, landscapers and plumber and such.

@@rjskum688 that is not lost on me. They are however, a business, and if they built a less WORKY boot they could potentially tap into some of the market primarily held by another brand from that part of the world. Timberland is primarily a work boot company but sell an immense amount of boots to people who have never worked a day in the trades in their life.

I totally agree with this. I farm, and chose Blundstones over Redbacks because I’d be happy with them for not only work, but also play.

That's for his parachute.

Or his jetpack.

all of the above ha ha

Dude..... only evil cats wear multi functional harness. After many episodes, the face didn't gave it way yet? 😁

It's for frickin laser beams. :P

Do you mean traction vs. wedge sole? I'm with you. Wedge sole is my preference most of the time for the same reason you mentioned, tracking in crap. Wedge sole; no little rocks, etc. However, if I needed traction in mud or snow or climbing/cutting trees, I might require something else.

@@sweetiepienumber1 no i simply mean the tread design/pattern on the sole of the boot

WeLl said, I confirm this

They are very popular with the farmers here the UK and I found exactly same problem they do like to collect chippings but they are a lot more comfortable than even the walking boots I own seem to be lasting well too all other brands I've had would only last 12 months and that's with spending 4-5 months in Wellingtons in the winter.

How are they in the rain/ mud?

@@GusI727 rain awesome. Mud I don’t know. Haven’t gone in super deep mud

if you work on slippery roofs these are the best

Good to know. Was wondering how an Australian boot would hold up in the snow and ice we get in Canada.

@@leahgeller9988 hell yeah!

Super nice .. 😅🤣😂

Odd to me that some of y'all consider these to be work boots, when I barely even consider them to be boots. More like a boot-type of shoe.

Yeah I'ma get two pairs of the great barriers. One pair for work and the other pair to wear. They look so nice with pants.

Thanks for that redundant information!

@@latetodagame1892 LOL

I had a pair of Blundstone brogue shoes. I left them in a cupboard for a few years and the soles distintegrated into a sticky mess. So I'm no longer a fan of the brand.

So maybe you remember ECCO Track boots family? Isn't these Redbacks got the same protector print like ECCO had in 1990-th and early 2000-th?

@@DimitrosSJ I think I know what youre talking about. I bought a pair of Ecco boots a long time ago. Beautiful uppers but the soles disintegrated very quickly.

If he starts making videos about his kitty I will ask him to call the kitty "Puss in Boots"!

Hey gorgeous 😍

How did you find the boots?

@@alexfranklin2898 I have wore these boots now for months and still really like them. I ordered from Redback direct

Seriously! I bet those blades take no quarter, and would remove a digit without blinking.

He doesn't fear the knife. He respects it and handles it with experience. Not much different than learning to drive.

Absolutely. Every single time I hear the knife meet resistance my brain says “this is it!”. Thankfully it hasn’t happened.

I just said there is no way he hasn't cut himself with that knife.

Jack the ripper...

Haha how are those blundstones treating you? Still got em?

I am currently trying to decide between a pair of Redbacks and Rossi boots so I would like to see Rossi boots broken down :)

Yeah rossies!!!!

Rossi Desert Ripple Soles are the best and an iconic aussie shoe

bizarro20daves As are Mongrel boots

i think eventually I will get to them but if i remember correctly they are a little harder to get in the states

I'm starting Trade school and want to be well comfy so does these shoe fit true to size .

@@kirkedwards7983 if you’ve worn boots before then the sizing is pretty spot on. just make sure you’re reading US size and not the UK size on the strap

I've been buying them since 03 from snap-on. Best boot I've ever worn.

Very useful comment. Thank you!🇨🇦 in need of something of quality for our winters.

I’m of the same thought when it comes to Boots one manufacturer is never same the as another size wise and fit. Jeans are the same way and probably even more so these days.

619 OG ooh tell me more. 😊 I’m not familiar do they make steel toe boots?

Once you get used to the arch support you'll never go back.

im pretty sure they suggested the sbb because they claim its the colourway with best leather quality

ya its got to be the real deal, what do you think the most requested shoe is?

@@RoseAnvil probably the iron rangers, I see them EVERYWHERE in the comments

The SBB claim to fame is the leather quality. Maybe it is shitty leather and most people don't recognize it as such or it could be actually good leather. Only one way to find out.

@@alex_inside the hi 85 seems to have thicker leather

How on earth did that thin 4mm sole last so long!! Wow!

Same

It sounds like the soles are very soft. For city folks and folks working on concrete floors. I work in nature and needs hard soles on my working boots.

Absolutely my observation as well. The rubber sole is the major point of failure for these boots.

My guess is that your issue is Plantar Fasciitis. I just ordered these boots to help alleviate the pain from this condition. I'm excited and hoping it works.

@@testticklehead I have since discovered that it is, indeed, PF. I still haven't worn the boots due to how stiff they are above the ankle, plus not knowing or having correct insoles. I recently got some insoles from a podiatrist and now my work shoes are better. What I really need is something that is super soft, like the crocs I wear around the house. No matter what, if my foot hurts, wearing them makes it feel better.

@@hotflashfoto Crocs are the best, I've been wearing them for years outside of work. All of my friends that originally made fun of me for wearing them years ago are now buying them. Comfort before fashion....always!

for how long does a redback last?

I'm also curious about the longevity. Did you buy other pairs because the first ones wore out or just for a different style?

@@Heilzmaker I’ve had several of these boots that have lasted at least 2 years each of daily use 10 hour work days. My current pair I’ve had for almost 3 years but I’m in need of another pair bc I wore through the first insole layer and the outer toe.

Or of you stand on somthing that pearces the bottom... and you don't know then it just crumbles, but for the most part it is self sealing.

I started out with Jenkins in the late 80s but when they folded went to Blundstone but was never happy with them they were hard to break in and squished my foot , Redbacks for the last twenty years.

Never thought I'd ever care about this, but yes... This!

That's a good idea actually

A very fair idea.

I actually just picked up a pair of vegan docs for that exact reason!

What is vegan leather? Are we talking pleather?