Back in January JJ was gifted a pair of men's Venture shoes from our local Hotter shoe shop in Eastbourne. We wrote a review of the enjoyable buying experience and I said I'd update you all on how these shoes
are lasting.
JJ is quite a typical 12 year old boy, except
for the fact that he is the size of a 15 year old and has size 9 feet. He is
also very heavy footed and this means he has been going through school shoes
far too quickly and now due to his man-sized feet they are costing us £40 or
£50 each time. For this reason I asked Hotter to allow us to review some of
their men's shoes to see how they would hold up to JJ's regular antics.
He has now had his shoes for three months and
they are still wearing very well. Within a couple of weeks the leather had
softened up and he found them like a glove to wear. Yes they get scuffed and
look filthy at times but with a clean and polish they come up looking good as
new.
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| How JJ's shoes arrive home from school |
I didn't realise that JJ had taken me quite so
seriously when I asked him to put them through their paces and give them a
really good try out. Apparently he even went wading in the sea at the youth
club treasure hunt the other week and yes these shoes with GORETEX technology
really are waterproof (thankfully). But then he already knew that as his daily
walk to the school bus is often down a flooded back road and he wades straight
through the mud and water.
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| Returning home sopping wet |
I asked JJ if anything could be improved in
regard to his shoes and his only comment was that he would have liked longer
laces, as there is hardly enough length in the supplied ones to tie them, let
alone do a double bow, which is what he feels he needs. After about six weeks
one of the laces did snap, so we have since replaced them but that was no issue
as the laces are just a cheap consumable part of the shoes.
In general we are very happy with his Hotter
men's shoes and we will happily invest in them again as shoes for school. Thanks so much Hotter.
July 2016 Update: JJ's Hotter shoes lasted him right to the end of the term and I'd be sending him back to school in them if it wasn't for the fact that his feet have grown again!
July 2016 Update: JJ's Hotter shoes lasted him right to the end of the term and I'd be sending him back to school in them if it wasn't for the fact that his feet have grown again!
Disclosure: we were gifted these shoes for the
purpose of this review. I have not been instructed what to write and I remain
honest.
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