Bought a pair of Hi-tek "Water - Proof" boots for work in March of 2017. In August of the same year the soles became detached at least 50% from each boot. Using shoe glue I was able to get another couple of months of wear, but certainly not close to waterproof . Well I bought a different brand of "waterproof" boot from the same store. I guess I'll see how these go. When I questioned a sales associate as to how long a waterproof boot should last before it fails he said six months .I asked if that was their store policy he told me that's normal...of course I asked for that in writing and he couldn't do that. So Now onto the store manager at my request, Frank walked up to me and not with what I call a happy to hear what I had to say look before a word was even uttered. I already new that he would be no help. Now when I pay over a hundred dollars for a pair of waterproof boots. They should hold their weight, and the store manager should know something about the products he sells in his store.
Well even tho I bought and walked out of his store with a different brand of waterproof boot, I'm not sure these will be much better. However I didn't purchase them based on anything Frank had to say. I can honestly say that Frank made minimal effort to even appease me with the description of what waterproof means. Instead Frank proceeded to tell me that I was rough on them. I wonder how he came to preclude that? Maybe because. The pair of boots on my feet appeared to look like 4 parts!! If they could only talk....trust me they looked like they could. Needless to say, I left there feeling as if Frank thought I was trying to get a free pair from Big 5 . my fault for walking in there without checking the 2 star rating Frank's store already had. Will not make that mistake again, and I strongly suggest that anyone do the same.
avoid this Big 5!