I work in a plastics factory so when I needed a pair of steel toes I knew there was only one choice, Doc Martens.

I've had them for 4 months now and they have endured grease, hot oil, water leaks, thumping into 50 ton presses, stepping into hot purge (molten plastic) and other regular "wear and tear"...not a slip or melting to be seen.

As for the "squeaking" issue, they haven't squeaked once. The whole "non-British" excuse is bunk. Over the past 20 years the only Docs I've had squeak are British made ones and even then it only happened to me twice.