London checking in.
1)
@keone running jokes now???
2) Anytime you live somewhere where it is a wet/snow winter time, boots is on anytime you are going outside.
3) If you wear boots for work related reasons especially steel toes capped boots it ain't easy to go out and about in sliders or light weight shoes. You are forever stubbing your toes and your feet feel vulnerable.
4) Shorts and Timbs from April to October maybe November. I took 3 pairs to Australia for the year that I was out there, you think I was stomping about in 40-44C and 10% humidity jeans?
5)
Timbs never die. They just transition to yard work boots.
12 yrs old and still showing their value.
I believe 5 pairs beat your 2 pairs.
All of the Timbs are at least 15 years old. Probably got another 4 pairs in the bottom of the warbdrobe. And must have had 20 pairs over the last 25 years. I usually buy 3 or 4 pairs at a time. At least one pair of 10073 and one pair of 10061 and if any other colours catch my eye, so be it.
You can kill them, usually the soles come away or the inner sock tears away. I have had 1 pair repaired (resoled and re-socked by an authorised repairer) only to collect them and the following day got to the Timberland shop to buy 3 new pairs and after trying them on I was putting my repaired pair back on only to hear a rip. The assistant said what was that and I explained to him about the repair. He said he would get them exchanged and to return to the shop the following day which I did. 4 weeks later Timberland phoned me asking me to return to the shop and that they wanted to give me another pair for the inconvenience. On top of that I have sent 2 pairs back that I was not happy with the durability. I believed that they changed the compound of the outer sole about 18 years back and the soles on 2 pairs that I bought at the time were wearing out a lot quicker than the ones I had bought the previous year.