Extra Wide Calf Hard Wearing Navy Blue Wellies - Regular Fit in Foot and Ankle - up to 50cm Calf

Having quite chunky calves anyway and getting older conventional wellies are pretty well at the limit especially with thicker trousers or jeans.

First surprise was discovering a sticky label that these were manufactured in Serbia - new one on me.!

Second surprise was finding how well lined and comfortable they are. Strap line describes as a Regular fir in foot and ankle. Now I have quite a wide foot and high instep and to be fair don't usually have any issues with footwear unless the product comes up narrow.

So why only the four stars.? Well I've only had occasion to wear a few times but they are a pain to put on because they don't have the convention structural strength of normal wellies especially above the ankle/lower calf area so I'm still working out the best method. It may mean having to sit in a chair to pull them on rather than stepping into them. I'm also a bit confused why it was felt necessary to design with side and rear gussets. I want to get the rear one sorted so that whether I release the side straps to put them on and then tighten or use as normal once I have got a comfortable and convenient adjustment.

One last point and it fully justifies the four stars rounded up or down but not dropping as far as three - these are not full length wellingtons and are a good 4cm shorter than my well-worn-but-still-serviceable Hogg's so I barely get any overlap with my main winter coat and am sometimes aware of the rear gusset strap fouling on the rear hem.