Homeland Steel Toe Waterproof Work Boot

I purchased these online. I shouldn't have. Not quite as good as the same boot I purchased pre-COVID. They still haven't really broken in and I've been wearing them for 3 weeks. The shoes strings are much thinner and they're not nearly as comfortable to walk in or stand on a daily basis. Maybe I'm just getting too old? I loved my other Georgia boots and they were so comfortable I even wore them outside of work. I still have them just the bottoms are worn down.

I've purchased a similar workbook for several years in a row. Noted that the similar style was now renumbered, but style so close that maybe the number had just changed. I had no problem, even with break-in, with the old boots. Got these boots, and tried them on. The size was good, but the left boot had stitching on the tongue, that pressed on my foot right where the upper foot joins the ankle curve. The other boot tongue caused no conflict, so I figured that the left stitching would stretch some and then feel like the right boot tongue. It initially pressed hard at that point and I had to insert some rubber cushioning between ankle and skin. I've had them for a few weeks now, and there does seem to be less pressure, so I suspect that the left will become like the right. I have noticed that the boots, both, have a tendency to pull down my socks into the boot. I wear a light sock, not a heavier work sock. Not too handy to have to stop and pull my socks back up, but hope that, too, will go away. One thing I've noticed on past boots is that the tops of the boot do wear well, and I usually wear them until the heels wear into the lower shoe. However, the shoes have stayed water-proof pretty much up to the end of soles and heels.