Brahma Men's Alpha Brown Waterproof 6 in Steel Toe Work Boots

I'm a cryogenics tanker operator. Required to wear steel toe boots for safety meeting typical safety rating, however we have further safety needs. Materials must be real leather, no paneling of mesh or woven materials on externals on boot, many special needs go into workers that are handling cryogenic liquids. These boots are amazing. I've bought several because they are that good. I drive the tanker so they need to be comfortable and responsive to the pedals in a large tanker truck. They have an insert that can very easily be taken out and newer more special inserts can be added for comfort. I like I can change those out every couple months to keep them fresh and super comfortable. These are warm and the first boots I've ever worn that are good with keeping water out. I walk in slush from time to time. I'm also required to wear non sparking boot cleats that slip on when working in frozen conditions like liquid oxygen that can flash freeze that ground over to ice. These boots have stood on flash frozen ground, cryogenic liquids at -300 degrees, and I've pulled my boots up out of this freeze and no issues. Many boots are very well “connected” and separate over time doing this, these have been great. My working brothers and sisters are wearing work boots at almost $300 and I'm in comfortable yet super strong Brahma boots at equally performing safety and comfort in a cost that's a fraction on that. Because of the money I'm saving I can afford multiple sets. Yes my company pays for my boots, however, would you want your company to supply you with one pair that you cover the extra over their threshold, or have your company pay for a pair of great boots entirely and still have enough boot credit to have them buy several more sets? For those of you knowledgeable in how this works, you'll understand. Walmart/Brahma has many boots in different quality, some can do what I need and some are designed to do the easier stuff, these are die hard and do some serious work. I hope this model stays a long time to come. Hope you enjoyed the read

This is my summary.: The leather is thin and the wrap around collar is suedo leather so long term durability is a question. It does look well constructed and I have wide feet in a 12 but wide was not available so I ordered a13. It fits a little loose as expected but acceptable and with thick socks is perfect. I replaced the laces with paracord which will easily out last the boots. For the money a good buy if you are not expecting $200 quality and good for around the house minor construction. Time will tell about the wear factor.