Wellies MkII

[TiggerToo]

Not to drift fred (MkI). Here is my grumble: my boots rubber keeps perishing very fast: the GUL boots I bought last year are already giving signs of cracking. The Gill ones lasted three years before getting holes in them. Any idea what might be happening?

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When not in use they are kept in the loft.

 

[Becky]

Change your socks more often?

My boots have lasted years and years. Colour is out of fashion, so got some new ones, but they are alright in the dark /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

 

[Twister_Ken]

You're not still wearing those green ones, with the frog's eyes?

 

[TiggerToo]

I can ensure you that it is not the fresh aroma that emanates from my wellies that is the problem /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif
I can dare you to a sniffing competition....

more seriously. It is the rubber outer "casing" that seems to perish, leaving cracks that eventually leak the briny