Well, I' ll tell you this. I probably won' t be buying another pair of Rocky' s. So, if it were a choice between the two pairs that you mentioned, I' d say Irish Setters.


I just cleaned and was putting some sno-seal on my Rocky Steel Toed 8" boots, when I noticed how the Gortex was put in them, and man I am disapointed. In on the tongue and side where the tongue is attached, the gortex is coming apart. When I looked at it, it looks like the gortex is glued and not sewn in. Now why would gortex be glued in, isn' t gortez suppose to breathe??? It is not sewn together to attach the gortex on the tongue and side. Right now, it is all exposed leather. When I look at my Danners, everything is sewn together. I guess that is part of the difference between a $120 pair of boots compared to $260. But I' d take the $260 any day cause I know they do what they are supposed to do and will last me for years.