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Hi 
 
Thanks for all the replies...  More than I expected!  [emoji4]  
 
Do I **need** wellies?  I guess not totally, but we do have a stream that runs the length of the garden and I do find myself in it from time to time sawing fallen branches.  
  
 
 
The instructions state:  "The footwear should be visually assessed for suitability after 5 years of storage".  When I quizzed the makers they said that the issue would (could?) be the rubber deteriorating.  I replied that I can visually inspect the rubber to tell if it's ok, but they insisted that they could not guarantee the safety of them after 5 years storage.  It felt like arse covering to me tbh, which is why I thought I'd asked for more practical thoughts here.  
 
@Wonky  - I'm not quite sure what to say about that animated picture!  
 
The reason I bought them, apart from the stream (and generally/usually wet garden) was:
 
- Price.  They were £25 in the end.
- I'm a vegan.  I'd buy leather boots if I absolutely had to and there weren't alternatives, but there were, so....  Leather style boots tend to be leather, or at least when I looked I wasn't finding synthetic ones
- Frequency of use...  I've got a load of felled ash trees I need to process.  Once that's done, I'll only be using the chainsaw on rare occasions.  It's all just personal use.  I'm loving my new bowsaw and I'm even thinking of getting a crosscut saw, which would mean even less chainsaw use.  If I was planning to use it more, or work in the trade, then I'd have definitely looked to spend more on something better and more comfortable.   
 
Thanks again for all the contributions
 


Did you start this thread just so you could tell us all you’re a vegan? 🤣
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53 minutes ago, Kent Arboreal said:

 


Did you start this thread just so you could tell us all you’re a vegan? 🤣

 

 

As if ! When have you ever heard a vegan telling everyone they're vegan ? Coeliac vegan non smoker would be a nightmare 😱

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Well, I'm definitely not coeliac (not that you can hold it against people who are - it's not like they choose to be!) 

 

I've smoked on and off all my life.  I'm in the lucky position of not getting particularly addicted, so I can smoke when in the mood or the occasion is right, then go months without.

 

So one out of three ain't so bad.

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