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Originally Posted by Tobra
What are you planning to do, with these comfy shoes? When you say, expensive supports, what does that mean?
For walking, I would suggest a decent running shoe. You can get elastic shoe laces that will do a decent job of keeping them secure and still be able to slide them on with a long shoe horn.
To get a leather boot to conform to your foot more quickly, run hot tap water, fill the boot with hot water, dump it out, then put the boots on with a good thick set of socks, walk around until they are dry. I have seen devices that you twist to pull the laces tight, but with a boot, I don't think it would work that well, you sort of want to pull them tight as you are lacing them up.
Shoes should not hurt your feet.
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I think that's silly question. Insoles to me are mostly a ripoff. For instance, is there a Dr. Scholes that is not a piece of junk? Not where I shop. The insole that Thorogood puts in their boots is available separately and cost around $20. It's good. I've seen much more expensive. Generally, I stack them. First is a thin non memory foam just for a little (and I mean a little) lift. Then goes in some kind of arch support insert.
As I said, I over pronate a little but I have healthy arches so I have to up the game a little to compensate for the pronation. Of course a 6 or 8" boot does a lot for that laced up properly.
The previous post about western boots was a good one. They do have great arch support as well as ankle stabilization. However, I always thought c'boy boots cause big toe deformity due to the pointed toe box. I've certainly seen some ugly feet on western boot wearers.
I got rid of mine but I didn't have 300 dollar boots. One pair had a modified toe box that was more rounded. Didn't look quite right but I didn't care. I bought them in too much of a hurry while passing through Texas at a mega boot store. They were always too tight but the salesman was pushing hard on the fact that they would grow to shape and expand with wear. Never did and hard to return.
I've neve heard of pouring water in a boot. Do manufacturers really condone that?