My Irish setter boot experience

[DHainer]

My first pair leaked after 4 months.... then again we logged 47 miles free range doggin deer around Loring, brutal walks. IS replaced the boots and upgraded to the $300 ones for free. I have been carefuller (<---- is that a word?) with these ones.

[LondonDave]

Mine leak in the exact same spot near the ribbed section on the back of the boot. Well it's been almost a month now with no response from Irish Setter. I am a patient man but this is showing me that the customer service level is very low & no where near what it should be.

I am going to start contacting them by all means possible. Figures it's deer season & I am stuck wearing my old crappy boots waiting for these jokers to evaluate if it was me that damaged the boots or if it was the chinese factory that droped the ball. In this case I know it was not me & I am getting screwed!!

If any of you are considering a boot purchase in the near future you have just been educated on this brand!

I was wearing mine the other day while out walking the dogs after it rained. Just walking in tall wet grass and I could feel the wet coming through from that spot. I never thought to contact Irish Setter but maybe I should. Can't hurt to try I guess. If you get a response let me know.

Dave

[standup]

Made in China now.

And total garb. Got two pair in new cond for anyone who wants. Go grab some rocky mudsox and have done

[LondonDave]

My first pair leaked after 4 months.... then again we logged 47 miles free range doggin deer around Loring, brutal walks. IS replaced the boots and upgraded to the $300 ones for free. I have been carefuller (<---- is that a word?) with these ones.

Did you go back to where you bought them or did you contact Irish Setter directly? I just sent Irish Setter an e-mail to the customer service address on their website.

Dave

[Thinking]

I've always found that what I do with my boots in the off season impacts how they perform in the hunting season. I've put boots away (forgotten about them actually) caked in mud, and the leather dries out and performance is lost. If I clean them with a mild soap (saddle soap etc) and apply a coat of dubbin to them they last forever and offer good performance.

[otto11]

I also had the same leak happen on my rutmasters last november along with other areas near the toe of the boots where the materials actually tore. I really have no idea how those ones started because the boots hadn't seen much action before the november gun hunt. I ended up contacting Irish Setter about this because the store they were originally bought at would not take them back or replace them and what I was told by Irish Setter was ship them back out of my own pocket and they would try to fix them but would not give me a replacement pair or guarantee that they would be fixed. So instead I decided to Goop the hell out of them and they seem to keep my feet dry now.

The Rutmasters were my second pair of Irish Setters and I was surprised on how fast these things failed seeing as my first pair which were a lace up style boot lasted me almost 6 years and I used them for ice fishing, snowmobiling and hunting. I just bought a pair of the 1000 gram Grizzly Trackers, I feel like giving Irish Setter another chance to impress me but I'll probably never get another pair of their rubbers until they do something about how they put them together. There is way too many weak areas if you ask me.

[standup]

I've always found that what I do with my boots in the off season impacts how they perform in the hunting season. I've put boots away (forgotten about them actually) caked in mud, and the leather dries out and performance is lost. If I clean them with a mild soap (saddle soap etc) and apply a coat of dubbin to them they last forever and offer good performance.

Or you could where Rockys and do notta

[Iconix]

Well thanks for the heads up, I am heading to Gander mountain to pick up boots this Tuesday... I was initially going to look into Irish Setter boots, looks like ill be re thinking them now.

[bellerivercrossbowhunter]

UPDATE

A new pair is on the way finally. The only reason I am getting a new pair is beacuse of where I bought them ,Franks Great Outdors in Michigan. I have called them 3 times & just got off the phone with Franks. They called IS boot company & put the pressure on them to cough up the refund for a new pair.

KUDOS to Franks Great Outdoors they have won me over as a Customer every time I hunt the Midland Mi area I will stop in & buy!!

I don't expect the new pair to last but hope I get this season out of them & will never buy another pair of IS boots again after hearing other members here have the same issue with Leaky seems!!!!!

I tried a pair of Muck wetland boots on the other day & was very impressed with them. I held off on dropping another $150.00 to see if my warranty would go through...

[fishhawk]

Try the Danner line of boots #1. Irish Setters and Rocky's are not what thay used to be There water proofing system is not that good any more.