My husband is a stone fabricator and spends 10+ hours/day in a very cold and very wet work environment cutting and polsihing marble and granite under a wet saw. Regardless of price, he never found a pair of boots that kept his feet safe, dry and warm and that he was able to put on easily (which tends to happen when you're a size 12 and boots have no zipper). A colleague recommended Bog's boots and he's been very, very happy with them. I cannot vouch for durability yet, but so far, they're the best boots he's ever got.