Sorel | Winter Carnival™

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1 / 5

Disappointed!

PostedJanuary 7, 2012

Violet22

Location: Canada, Vancouver

Footwear Attitude: Function over fashion

Employee: No

Quality

This itemʼs level of materials, construction, and workmanship.

1 / 5

Fit:

Fits Slightly Large

I was also excited to make this purchase they looked comfortable and durable and they are a awesome style of winter boots. To my realization they gave me horrible blisters on the back of my ankle too as to the previous post.

Either the designer has to make some adjustments on this fit and it's proportions. Maybe the company should wear them for an hour at least then they will know what the consumers are talking about here on their own page. It is a Canadian company right?????
I definitely do not recommend buying these boots or any ones that are of similar construction. I went out for a walk with the nephews yesterday and I was wearing them for a hour and the blisters came right back in the exact same spot they appeared the first time I wore them. I too thought I would test them again you know to see if the blisters would appear.
I really had hoped these boots would have been a great buy and I am thankful I didn't buy the more expensive ones because that would have been a bigger loss for me.

Color: Black

Occasions: Work, Other, Casual

I do not recommend this product.

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Overall Rating

2 / 5

Beautiful but painful

PostedDecember 29, 2011

jbones

Location: Toronto, ON

Footwear Attitude: Style conscious

Employee: No

Quality

This itemʼs level of materials, construction, and workmanship.

2 / 5

Fit:

Large

I am so disappointed with the fit of these boots, because I was so excited about them in the beginning and love the way they look. I wish I had read more reviews before buying - I went a size up instead of a size down (as was the usual rule-of-thumb when buying boots once upon a time! What happened!), and though they seemed a bit big when I first put them on, I figured I'd rather them be big than have them be snug and risk losing warmth. I should have waited and taken them back to the store to try a smaller size, but I'd received them as a gift, and we were hit with a big snowstorm that day and I was too tempted to go outside in the snow!

Within 10 minutes of walking around, I developed excruciating blisters on my heels.

What I've discovered after trying different remedies (because I am determined to make these work, at least for a couple seasons) is the trick is to ensure your heel is sufficiently supported. The boots tend to sag a bit around the ankle, which leaves a thick piece of rubber digging into the tendon. What I ended up doing was taking advice from another post - in addition to two pairs of insoles and thick socks, I stuffed a copious amount of cotton balls in between the boot and the lining where the heel is. You need enough so the boot doesn't sag at all, so it might take a lot of cotton balls, depending on how big the boot is.

Overall this feels like the silliest thing I've ever had to do to make a pair of shoes work for me. But I also feel pretty silly for wearing them outside before really taking a long-enough test drive indoors.

Besides that, they're gorgeous boots.

Don't know if I can recommend these - even as snug as I've gotten them to be against my ankle, I can still feel that rubber poking through a bit. I don't understand why a boot would be engineered to have a stiff piece of rubber intruding on the most tender part of the ankle. I'll have to try on another pair that fits my foot better to compare I suppose.

Hope my mistakes have helped some of you!

Color: Black

Occasions: Active, Casual

I do not recommend this product.

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