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Keen Chicago Work Boots Analysis

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What are the Best Shoes for Painting? Workboots and Shoe Review!

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Next, the Keen Chicago work boots are reviewed. These are a newer style from Keen and feature a 'carbon toe', which provides protective toe safety while being lighter than a traditional steel toe. The presenter notes that carbon toe protection is an important feature for job site safety, especially when handling heavy items like 5-gallon buckets of paint. He finds them very comfortable with ample padding on the tongue and throughout the boot. The soles offer 'better grip and better traction' on steep roofs compared to other boots discussed, which is critical for safety on asphalt shingle and metal roofs. They are all-leather construction, reflecting Keen's usual quality. Their weight is 25 ounces per boot. The price is shown as $175.00 on keenfootwear.com for Men's Chicago 6" Waterproof Boot (Carbon-fiber Toe).

Goal: The Keen Chicago boots are highlighted for their new style, carbon-fiber toe protection, and overall Keen quality, including comfort and strong grip. They are heavier than some but offer superior traction for demanding work conditions.

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you know if you're wearing these shoes you know day in and day out you know it's just going to be a lot more comfortable for you even as heavy as this shoe is there's no padding on the inside there's some padding on the tongue right here the sole it's um kind of a lighter you know insole but it's got a really thick padded heel on the back right there so we'll go on to another pair of shoes and this is getting back to these are keen san jose's these are keen chicago's and so these are a brand new shoe brand new style that just came out and i'll tell you a little bit about why i like these shoes now so here's the keene chicago's and i got sent these and i've started wearing them i haven't you know worn them for a long period of time but typically like keen keen shoes all clean shoes like out of the box are just amazingly comfortable and don't have any break in time this is a really cool pair of shoes i really like these shoes they're not super light they're five ounces heavier than these shoes but there's a lot more padding on these shoes extremely extremely comfortable they're just a little bit different styling on them they've got a lot of padding up at the top but the soles if you're i'm concerned about slipping and on roofs and stuff like this these are going to give you a little bit better traction on certain type of roofs and stuff and just a really good quality shoe i absolutely love the comfort of these things i do out of all these shoes um other than our trail running shoes the sole on the bottom of them is going to give you better grip and better traction on steep roofs and stuff that we're climbing on day in and day out you know when we're actually painting but heavy duty laces um great it's all leather shoe just like keen quality other than this kind of like carbon material you know in the middle but um it's keen every pair of keen shoes that i've ever worn you know has extremely comfortable um insoles and um here's their insole right here keen utility insole right here and um it's a great boot so i once again i've been um been on tons and tons of roofs with them you can see they're fairly new so if they're a new shoe that has come out um this year i believe and so um there it is the keen chicago

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