My Helm Zind Boots After 5 Months | Still Good?
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- Опубликовано: 29 июл 2024
- I was given these Helm Zind boots to review 5 months ago. After unboxing and recording my initial impressions (link below) I wore them regularly in the last 5 months to see how they fit me and my lifestyle. See what I think in this video.
Links
Helm Boots Website bit.ly/helmweb
My Unboxing and Initial Impressions • Helm Zind Unboxing a...
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Chapters
00:00 Introduction
00:31 Design Style
02:03 What to wear it with
03:17 Helm Boots
05:31 Construction
12:50 Leathercare
13:52 Size, Fit, Comfort
15:33 Value
17:36 Summary
Who Am I?
I am a Management Consultant in real life but in my Bootlosophy channel, I make videos about boots and all things boot related. This channel posts reviews of boots, unboxing of new boots, and follow-up reviews, and in doing so, may explore the philosophy of the brands from time to time!
I have owned boots for decades, but to be honest I have owned them as functional pieces of footwear. It wasn't until early 2020 when COVID struck that I started online shopping for boots to an obsessive degree. I love the aesthetic of boots and I love finding out more about how they are made. I now own an insane number of boots, and one day I may sell some of them (just not right now).
Full Disclosure
If any video is sponsored, I will declare it clearly in the video and in the description. Even if a video is sponsored, I will review the product openly and honestly giving you my personal opinion, warts and all, of the product.
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as an owner of helm boots I can say your review is spot on. Break in is brutal imo. However when they do break in you know their going to be durable. If u have wide feet I highly recommend these as their wides are actually wide, not to mention the slightly longer length helps as well. Around the 220 on sale they are great. 300 is just too much though.
I'm a big fan of Helm and have been following (stalking?) their boots from the start. On my last trip to Austin earlier this year, I went to their shop to finally try on some shoes in person. I decided on the Zind in natural, which they didn't have available in my size. I'm still waiting on a restock, but as soon as I get that notification I'm going to pounce!
This was a great review, and I think you are a fantastic reviewer. I appreciate your pace, your pleasant demeanor, how you breakdown and approach the elements of the review, and your fair and honest assessment. Bravo!
Thanks. Love your handle!
Thank You for sharing. Your videos have come a long way.
Another well-made, thoughtful review. Thank you sir.
I really like when you review the boots after spending some time wearing them. Thanks!
I finally decided to try Helm, buying the Zind in natural from their annual warehouse sale for $125 on 01/05/2024. I wanted to watch this video again after my purchase to refresh my expectations. I don't know if the natural will be Horween or B Leather, but for $125 I think the boots will be an exceptional value. I did remember your advice on half-down sizing, and the Helm website "sizing helper" feature confirmed that for me. Looking forward to them arriving. Thanks, Teik.
Great review. I've been curious about Helm. Think I'll go ahead and pull the trigger.
Thank you for another great review. I have two pairs of helms, the Marion Olive and the Railroad, both discontinued. Both are Horween leather and US made. They have aged very nicely, but the Blake stitching makes them difficult to get resoled.
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You see a similar sole on some Japanese boots, Rolling Dub Trio comes to mind. Using rubber, leather, cork and brass toe taps.
It’s fair to call them fully handmade as long as no machine does all the guiding, work, and thinking of any part of construction. If a machine holds the boots while a machine lasts the bottoms, and a machine cuts off the excess leather, then I’d say that is no long handmade.
Woodworkers who use power saws to cut boards down to size before making live edge slab tables and then use power sanders still are considered to be making those tables by hand. It’s only fair that boot makers get the same allowances and grace.
I want to support Helm, but I haven’t found one of their offerings that I like more than a similarly priced competitor ye.
thanks for the great content.
Is it possible to suggest boots for review? I would love to see RM Williams Santa Fe or Prada Black Monoliths, they are a bit far left-field from your style but all other reviews seem to focus entirely on the boots as an aesthetic item, not as proper footwear. Brillant review as always, Thank You.
Quite alright to suggest, another thing altogether if I can afford them lol 😂
@@Bootlosophy You do very objective reviews. How about one on Grafters? I can only find one review on Utube.
I'm debating if I should get them in wide or not 🤔
Hey I can see your teleprompter scrolling in the reflection of the computer monitor. And I always thought this stuff was adlibbed.
Haha, not always! Sometimes there’s a hell of a lot of detail to get through, and if I don’t get through the details, people complain! You can’t win!
is the quote Thereau?
the white line is bright. they should offer black rubber midsole too
Except that it's their branding.
@@Bootlosophy i understand
14:50 D-width and Standard width are the same? Y'all foreign mesurements try to trick me some times (im looking at you UK)
🤣🤣 “standard width” is a term Helm uses 🤷♂️