04-12-12, 11:41 PM
I've had the HG Voyager V for 3 or 4 years now & it's never leaked even when riding in heavy rain all day.
Boots, for winter are Daytona Roadstars & though they may be an expensive initial outlay they are easily the cheapest boots I've ever owned! I bought them at the NEC show in 1995 for £170, used them every winter since including for a 90 mile commute for a big portion of that time & they're still waterproof going into their 18th winter season, so I figure they've cost me less than £9.50 a year. Prior to getting them I'd get at most 3 years from a pair of winter boots at £100-120 a set none of which were ever 100% waterproof, so the 'expensive ' Daytonas have in the long run worked out about a quarter of the price of cheap ones!
The sole is getting a bit thin on the heel now, so I reckon come spring they'll be going back to Daytona as they do a complete refurb for abou £120-150, I'm 51 now so I reckon that will probably see me through the rest of my winter biking life, ~£300 for 35+ years of warm dry feet in winter has to be a bargain!
Boots, for winter are Daytona Roadstars & though they may be an expensive initial outlay they are easily the cheapest boots I've ever owned! I bought them at the NEC show in 1995 for £170, used them every winter since including for a 90 mile commute for a big portion of that time & they're still waterproof going into their 18th winter season, so I figure they've cost me less than £9.50 a year. Prior to getting them I'd get at most 3 years from a pair of winter boots at £100-120 a set none of which were ever 100% waterproof, so the 'expensive ' Daytonas have in the long run worked out about a quarter of the price of cheap ones!
The sole is getting a bit thin on the heel now, so I reckon come spring they'll be going back to Daytona as they do a complete refurb for abou £120-150, I'm 51 now so I reckon that will probably see me through the rest of my winter biking life, ~£300 for 35+ years of warm dry feet in winter has to be a bargain!