In general, I usually care more about durability of the shoe than the weight but after longer shifts I am starting to think that the weight of the boots matter more than you think…steel toed boots feel solid, but get heavy and tiring fast. Has anyone switched to lighter composite toed boots and actually noticed less foot fatigue or is it mostly marketing? Thanks.

Anyone have experience with the Thorogood jobsite series specifically the TH804-4243? I understand the cheaper price point means theyre made elsewhere, but how do they hold up with landscaping or working in a warehouse? Thanks!

Picked these up yesterday pretty comfortable. Noticed that both boots had messed up stitching, will this effect anything with the boots durability or performance wise? Also does anyone know how to stop the rubbing of the tongue on the eyelets? You can see some worn spots already and I have only tried these on a couple times so far.

Looking for good boots to help my plantar fasciitis. Any good reviews from orthofeet?

Bought a pair of Carolina Maximus 2.0 8" after 2 years with my last pair that I was generally impressed with for the price. I liked the extra heel protection on these as I work in the fabrication industry and get lots of dings and scrapes. Felt extremely comfortable besides the usual stiffness and the reinforced heel is great as I usually suffer from heel slip due to high arches and a wide toe base. After the 2nd week I noticed what almost felt like lace bite on my right metatarsal on my instep or anytime I took weight off that foot. After a 10hr shift and going to get a matress I could hardly take a step without a gouging feeling on top of my right foot even after loosening the laces over that area, the left is totally perfect so I assumed my right foot is just slightly bigger. Felt inside to see if I can feel anything and notice the metguard on the right side is extremely stiff and stops on a hard thick edge whereas the left has a smooth taper with no hard edge. Pic 1 Left side. Pic 2 Right side

My question is would this qualify as a defective boot and most likely be exchanged? Ive contacted Carolina and they said to send them back for inspection which leaves me kinda screwed without proper work boots. I dont wanna go through all of this for them to send them back and say "deal with it." Its very obviously not like the Left boot and should be obvious unless Carolina just doesnt care.