{"id":13951,"date":"2018-06-08T04:00:35","date_gmt":"2018-06-08T08:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=13951"},"modified":"2018-06-07T14:31:40","modified_gmt":"2018-06-07T18:31:40","slug":"wilcox-boots-review-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=13951","title":{"rendered":"Wilcox Boots Review II"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Wilcox02-241x300.jpg?resize=241%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"241\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-13529\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Wilcox02.jpg?resize=241%2C300&amp;ssl=1 241w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Wilcox02.jpg?resize=300%2C373&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Wilcox02.jpg?resize=121%2C150&amp;ssl=1 121w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Wilcox02.jpg?w=482&amp;ssl=1 482w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 241px) 100vw, 241px\" \/>Back in January, I bought a pair of Wilcox boots and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=13525\" target=\"_blank\">gave an initial review<\/a>.  Contrary to social media claims, these are not the &#8220;coolest boots&#8221; ever.  <\/p>\n<p>After wearing them now for more than four months and having the opportunity take <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bootedman.com\/work\/wilcoxshiloh.html\" target=\"_blank\">photos and post them on the website<\/a>&#8230;<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n&#8230;I have concluded that:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>These boots are more like work boots than motorcycle boots, because the half-lug soles are thin and cheap.<\/li>\n<li>they are really short at 5 inches (12.7cm).  Real motorcycle boots come above the ankle, and are at least 9 inches (23cm) high, if not taller.<\/li>\n<li>The boots do not have any toe protection (other than a cardboard form) &#8212; no steel toe or even composite toe.\n<li>The boots have very hard and somewhat inflexible soles, which makes them uncomfortable to wear for more than a few hours.<\/li>\n<li>Even though they are made in Mexico, the boot construction seems to be lacking. I already have loose threads both inside and outside the boot.<\/li>\n<li>Did I say that these boots feel like they are hard as a rock?  Man oh man, are they uncomfortable.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Sorry, while I commend millennials for getting into boot production, these boots are on the low-end of the scale.  Good for a cheap pair of boots, but not good for average regular wear.  <\/p>\n<p>Life is short:  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bootedman.com\/wiki\/doku.php?id=boot.reviews\" target=\"_blank\">know your boots<\/a> and wear good ones daily!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Back in January, I bought a pair of Wilcox boots and gave an initial review. Contrary to social media claims, these are not the &#8220;coolest boots&#8221; ever. After wearing them now for more than four months and having the opportunity &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=13951\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13951","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-motorcycle-boots","category-work-boots"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13951","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13951"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13951\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}