Rubber boots

[Harry Hill]

if you buy them large do they pull your socks off? My farm boots always work my socks off and they are the correct size.

[Salty]

Originally Posted by Harry Hill

if you buy them large do they pull your socks off? My farm boots always work my socks off and they are the correct size.

I'm normally a size 12 and these had a little extra room, so i tried the 11 and it was WAY too tight. I sometimes wear socks with them depending on weather conditions and have not yet had an issue with them pulling off socks. I usually wear thicker, breathable hiking boot socks if I do.
Worth noting is that I only use them on-deck, not in muddy conditions like you might be experiencing. I can't say how they would perform in conditions where mud or certain "Equine-Related Substances" might keep them stuck to the ground as you try to lift your feet

[ProfessorLongArms]

I'm a fan of XtraTuff. I've seen in a lot of reviews that people will double up their socks and wear them around for a while to stretch them and break them in. Definitely hard to mitigate that soreness in the toes, especially on a long day out on the water.

Now, if you're talking about going out on a kayak, I've been working at this one for a while. I'd been wearing neoprene booties for the longest, but they just don't drain and dry from the initial wade out into the surf or provide the support I want.

I eventually settled on Merrill water shoe with a .5mil neoprene sock. Super comfortable, warm, and not as soggy as a neoprene boot.

[Harry Hill]

I have beach shoes I wear when kayaking so that isn't an issue. I am walking in thick sticky mud when cleaning corrals so that is an issue. I also walk about a half mile in them to do a different ranch every day, that is my biggest issue. Walking in the boots I have right now starts mashing my little toes and gets real uncomfortable, but the mud doesn't pull them off. I did have the mud at the coast guard beach in Newport pull my wading shoes off once on a super low tide.

[MMc]

I used Xtra tough for years. I tried the Shimano boat and love them. I have a 3E wide foot and these are great.