For Mobile Technicians

Truck. Customer site. Truck. Next site. If that is your day — standing, crouching, climbing in and out of a vehicle more times than you can count — we want your feet in our boot before anyone else's.

Why we're asking you

We asked more than 300 workers one question: if you wear boots 8–12 hours a day, what starts bothering you first? Most of the answers came from people who stand in one place — factories, warehouses, machine shops.

The people who work out of a vehicle said the least. Field techs, service techs, installers. Your day is different: pedals and running boards, ladders, customer floors, parking lots, crawlspaces, and back in the seat again. We don't want to guess what that does to a boot. We want to hear it from you.

What we heard fails first

  • Standing, not walking. "Walking's fine, my feet hate standing."
  • Nothing underfoot. "Every boot company skimps on the insoles."
  • Heavy by the afternoon. "They get heavy after a long day… catch my toe on steps."
  • Heat. "If I want boots that trap heat and water I'll just wear rubber boots."

From a public r/WorkBoots thread. Names withheld.

Work boot cut open at the toe to show the toe stiffener and lining inside
We cut boots open to see where they actually fail.

What we're testing

Not a spec sheet. How the boot feels out of the box. How long it takes to break in. How your feet feel at hour eight, after the tenth time in and out of the truck. Whether the weight shows up after lunch. You can follow the samples on The Build.

Boot last held in hand, bottom marked with hand-drawn measurement lines Side view of a boot last with girth measurements marked by hand Insole board marked with length and width measurements in millimetres

Fit starts at the last. We measure it, mark it, and change it when real feet say we got it wrong.

The deal

  • We send you a pair, free.
  • You wear them on real workdays and tell us what happened — a few short check-ins over the first weeks.
  • Honest is the whole point. What you hate is worth more to us than what you like.
  • No photos, no posting, no reviews required.
  • Limited spots. Priority goes to people who work out of a vehicle and buy their own boots.
  • Timing: test pairs ship once the final samples are chosen. We'll email you before anything ships.

Apply to the Field Test

— Jacob, founder