This is amazing, whenever I am looking for anything work boots TheBootGuy already made a video about it over 6 years ago. A man really ahead of his time.
I've been using these zippers for 20 years. I work in a sawmill. Unfortunately they only give you one pair of laces and each zipper requires a pair.... so that makes four laces if you have two feet. So you have to use the pair of laces that actually come with your boot. I usually have one set that are way too long and the other pair are not quite long enough. I actually came here to find out how long the laces are that come from Thorogood but a guy in the comments said that he uses black zip ties..... I'm going to try that this time. I've got an "old" pair of zippers that I'm going to put into my new Summer boots. The reason I purchased these in the first place is to spare my poor hands and fingers with all the pulling and tightening every single day of my working life. You've seen elderly people with the really crooked fingers.... that's 'cause our fingers work so hard all of our lives and I wanted to give mine a break every day. I also purchased a skate lace tightener which is "T" shaped with a handle and hook and I gently pull the metal tab up the zipper with that..... not with my fingers.
One string method: place zip over tongue inside boot eyelets. Drop laces In the boot laces eyelets from the outside in then through the zip from the outside in bringing the strings against the tongue of boot, then pic a side to start first. Which ever side you pic bring the string up from the inside through the shoe eyelets out then across through the zip eyelet going in and tighten down making sure wholes stay lined up. Continue this method to the last two lined up wholes at the to of the boot and string should end up headed inward. Take the string across and bring it down a hole doubling through a previously used eyelet so from the outside there will appear to be just double bands of laces per eyelet accept the very top hole and when folded out to reveal what the strings are doing inside they will appear to be x ing or crossing over going down. To starting point. If there is string remaining run it up through the crosses or x's on the inside . Remove slack and keep holes lined up.
1. Wrong! The Velcro is there to block the zipper from unzipping. 2. Wrong! The age of the boot has nothing to do with this system. 3. If you need to silence the zipper, your blousing strap will do that.
I have a pair myself, I use them for my Danner acadia boots. Now, Danner makes a lace in system but its made from non leather materials. They crack after 6 months and the zipper teeth are hard plastic. They break real easily. Thourogood, All leather materials and brass zipper and teeth. I’ll have to try a different lacing technique. Used the one Danner suggests for their lacing system and they hurt the top of my teeth. I may end up making a pair of my own; since I do leather work. I would recommed these lace in zippers. Good product. You don’t fimd pride in craftsmanship or product like Thoroughgood!!
great review.. please can you or anyone else tell me where i can get these boots i live in the uk and cant seem to source them.. have they stopped making them perhaphs ?
Old Timers complain, "These zips aren't like the old ones. My old ones were brass." Sure you can get the brass zippers made in India or China for $10 and they are JUNK! Thorogood Zippers are the best on the market that I know of (unless Danner makes some I don't know about). I am an EMT and I've had a pair in my duty boots for two years and they take a beating four days a week. No fails. Sometimes those boots are also my motorcycle boots. No fails.
@@qazmko22 Four Years and Two Pairs of Boots later... I had to replace the Zipper Tab on one of the zips that broke for $3. Still going up and down smoothly for me. I put a lot of miles on my boots as well.
You had me at the ultimate lazy man boot. As a trucker in the oil field I have to have steel toes. I want a boot I can slip into to get out of the truck and slip out of so I can drive in comfortable clean shoes. This sounds like my solution.
I just bought some of these zippers. I can't figure out how to lace them in. The instructions are really hard to read. This video moves too fast. I can't see what your doing. Black boots. Black zippers. Black laces. Too hard to see anything.
I think that your channel is about to take off man !Great vid! Also i think it would be cool if you did like cowboy boot reviews or just a bunch of other types of boots. If you do start doing cowboy boot reviews than i would suggest that you do the Ariat Rambler as your first review. Ive had them for a while now and they are still very comfortable and durable and the more you get em dirty the better they look. They are also very affordable for one of the best cowboy boots on the market right now. Take care bubba and good luck
I need brown. So here's question? Why do you-all need an instruction manual to lace a boot? Is it the lack of big brothers and father figures or just the smarts of guys who wear tactical boots?
You skipped over the ONLY part that matters, how to install it.
Sorry, with being such a straight forward installation I didn't think I need to show that. But, you are right. I will re shoot this video asap.
This is amazing, whenever I am looking for anything work boots TheBootGuy already made a video about it over 6 years ago. A man really ahead of his time.
Watched the video for how to tie at the top... "that part i'm sure you will figure out for yourself"....
I've been using these zippers for 20 years. I work in a sawmill. Unfortunately they only give you one pair of laces and each zipper requires a pair.... so that makes four laces if you have two feet. So you have to use the pair of laces that actually come with your boot. I usually have one set that are way too long and the other pair are not quite long enough. I actually came here to find out how long the laces are that come from Thorogood but a guy in the comments said that he uses black zip ties..... I'm going to try that this time. I've got an "old" pair of zippers that I'm going to put into my new Summer boots. The reason I purchased these in the first place is to spare my poor hands and fingers with all the pulling and tightening every single day of my working life. You've seen elderly people with the really crooked fingers.... that's 'cause our fingers work so hard all of our lives and I wanted to give mine a break every day. I also purchased a skate lace tightener which is "T" shaped with a handle and hook and I gently pull the metal tab up the zipper with that..... not with my fingers.
I agree with Erin. I have been watching alot of lace videos. Wish someone would use bright colored laces just for demonstration purposes
Great idea. And go slower. Maybe use cgi video to very clearly show the process. No big old hands in the way.
One string method: place zip over tongue inside boot eyelets. Drop laces In the boot laces eyelets from the outside in then through the zip from the outside in bringing the strings against the tongue of boot, then pic a side to start first.
Which ever side you pic bring the string up from the inside through the shoe eyelets out then across through the zip eyelet going in and tighten down making sure wholes stay lined up.
Continue this method to the last two lined up wholes at the to of the boot and string should end up headed inward.
Take the string across and bring it down a hole doubling through a previously used eyelet so from the outside there will appear to be just double bands of laces per eyelet accept the very top hole and when folded out to reveal what the strings are doing inside they will appear to be x ing or crossing over going down. To starting point. If there is string remaining run it up through the crosses or x's on the inside .
Remove slack and keep holes lined up.
1. Wrong! The Velcro is there to block the zipper from unzipping. 2. Wrong! The age of the boot has nothing to do with this system. 3. If you need to silence the zipper, your blousing strap will do that.
I have a pair myself, I use them for my Danner acadia boots. Now, Danner makes a lace in system but its made from non leather materials. They crack after 6 months and the zipper teeth are hard plastic. They break real easily. Thourogood, All leather materials and brass zipper and teeth. I’ll have to try a different lacing technique. Used the one Danner suggests for their lacing system and they hurt the top of my teeth. I may end up making a pair of my own; since I do leather work. I would recommed these lace in zippers. Good product. You don’t fimd pride in craftsmanship or product like Thoroughgood!!
great review.. please can you or anyone else tell me where i can get these boots i live in the uk and cant seem to source them.. have they stopped making them perhaphs ?
Where can I get this and in south Africa
How do you tie them off at the top.
Old Timers complain, "These zips aren't like the old ones. My old ones were brass."
Sure you can get the brass zippers made in India or China for $10 and they are JUNK!
Thorogood Zippers are the best on the market that I know of (unless Danner makes some I don't know about).
I am an EMT and I've had a pair in my duty boots for two years and they take a beating four days a week. No fails. Sometimes those boots are also my motorcycle boots. No fails.
Is the zipper ever tight? I had to rub some dry soap for a waxy coating.
@@qazmko22 Four Years and Two Pairs of Boots later... I had to replace the Zipper Tab on one of the zips that broke for $3. Still going up and down smoothly for me. I put a lot of miles on my boots as well.
What duty boots do you use
@@Alejandro-du6vq Bellville Safety Toe.
What about boots when the top 3 or 4 are hooks and not eyelets?
You sold me on the zipper, but I can’t find any.
These fit US Navy Bates boots, however you’ll have to do the same method with use the 8 eyelet lace zipper.
You had me at the ultimate lazy man boot. As a trucker in the oil field I have to have steel toes. I want a boot I can slip into to get out of the truck and slip out of so I can drive in comfortable clean shoes. This sounds like my solution.
These are really nice, I suggest them, since they are snug and easy-on-easy-off.
Double H Anton, is the ultimate steel toe lazy man's boot.
I would like to know if this would work on my pair of Corcoran jump boots
Yes.
I just bought some of these zippers. I can't figure out how to lace them in. The instructions are really hard to read. This video moves too fast. I can't see what your doing. Black boots. Black zippers. Black laces. Too hard to see anything.
+Erin Howarth you can run the lace back down the inside of the looped lace to get it out of the way.
I agree I can’t seem to get it right.
I would like to order thorogood lace and zip, pls help me how do i order them and how much is a pair?
EGGZACTLEE!
I think that your channel is about to take off man !Great vid! Also i think it would be cool if you did like cowboy boot reviews or just a bunch of other types of boots. If you do start doing cowboy boot reviews than i would suggest that you do the Ariat Rambler as your first review. Ive had them for a while now and they are still very comfortable and durable and the more you get em dirty the better they look. They are also very affordable for one of the best cowboy boots on the market right now. Take care bubba and good luck
Also your voice is very soothing to listen to during these reviews. Lookin forward to the next vid Isaac
Could this work for high top shoes?
I need to know if these will work for my wild land boots?
YES. Just order the correct eyelet number that corresponds to your boot.
@02:20 I'm pretty sure you should be lacing the "Lace and Zip" through the existing lace holes of the boot.
BUT...
Do they come in brown???
Thank you Sir
Where do the politest superset
Where can I buy these?
Instead of lacing the zipper, could you use pop rivets?
use zip ties and you can slowly set them to the exact right tension
@@eco_logic Zip ties won't last a week. Don't ask how I know.
@@exexpat11 get the really big ones 8-10 mm
Horrible sound quality 😕
Бред.Ботинок утягивается по максимому. Здесь остается еще см 3. Ботинок будет болтаться. Идея не плоха но надо додумывать..
Why would you put zippers on a boots that already has one 😒
Lower back problems.
U remind me of head maintenance guy of Pinehurst management properties...Portland,Oregon
Let's see a review of Whites Smokejumpers or something comparable
+Matt Leonard Would love to but I don't know anyone at whites or Nick's. Maybe ones I hit a 1000 plus subscribers they will return my email's.
Give me that lece zippers
Can you tell me how i can contact you via email. Im having trouble finding a pair of work boots
+Treads Burnout isaac@thebootguy.com
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It looks ugly I dont like this way
QUIT talking so much and just get with zipping them up
thorogood is kinda trash in my opinion. compared to redwings heritage, nicks boots, or whites boots.
I need brown. So here's question? Why do you-all need an instruction manual to lace a boot? Is it the lack of big brothers and father figures or just the smarts of guys who wear tactical boots?
What if no one in your family believed or even used zippers?