And as for customer service, well forget it. Not interested and replace, reimbursement? 😁 Get out of here. I did a small hill walk and wore a new pair which had just been broke in. The eyelets snapped off on the walk and left me having to stab holes in the fabric to cobble together some form of fitting to get home. But these are still good boots and I'm happy with them. So there you go, Karrimor Brecons are still a decent, mid budget walking boot. In my opinion. I'll let you know if they fall to bits in 6 months, but I'm confident they will last a good hill or two.. There other Karrimor boots and walking shoes, I tried some of them on. The ones made in China... and they felt like they would disintegrate after 100 paces on a grassy knoll. Utter rubbish and not worth even the supposed reduced price.