I have had a pair of thorogoods for about 7 months now, they are great you can wear them for long peroids without your feet hurting, the only caution is the breakin period which lasted about two weeks. Once you get them the way you want them they are the best. (hint, if you get the zippers I used small key rings as pulls until they loosen up). I would steer clear of Rocky boots, they do not stand behind their product when it does fail, you will be left holding a pair of crap boots in under a year.