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Boot Construction Overview

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How to pick the best Work boots & shoes for the Job site & why some wear out so fast

What happens here

At the Keen factory, an expert disassembles a Keen Utility boot to reveal its internal components. He shows the different layers, including a full-length thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) plate, which acts as a shank to provide torsional rigidity and stability. This internal structure helps support the foot, especially on uneven surfaces, while maintaining comfort with the surrounding EVA material.

Goal: Understand the internal components and construction of Keen Utility boots.

Tools and materials

  • EVA Material — Cushioning and comfort around the foot
  • Keen Utility Boot Keen — Demonstrating internal construction
  • Thermoplastic Polyurethane — Providing torsional rigidity and stability as a shank

What they say

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popcorn. So, for my industry, hardcaping, landscaping, this is the boot that Keen recommends we go with. Okay. So, this is what this boot is made out of right here. You got it. [Music] And then obviously the steel toe cap would go in here. So that's how this boot is constructed. There's a lot of pieces and parts to it. The biggest and most important thing is we use this TPU uh 3/4length plate that goes all the way grab the heel but also provide uh as a shank almost that stretches out to the edges just to provide a little bit more stability. This has good torsional rigidity primarily because of how this is in the system uh within all this soft EVA material but it provides a lot of structure. Uh we found that this technology which I just showed you this this only has one set of ribs. This particular boot has an even longer piece that goes further up the boot has three sets of ribs goes all the way up to these indicator which gives even more torsional stability. So if you're on really uneven ground Yeah. This can challenge a welted boot. It gets so like that. Um, can you actually show me the exact boot you'd recommend for a guy in the concrete industry? Somebody that's not working on uneven ground as much, but just a lot of dayto-day grind on the

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