Thanks millennials and boomers.
It's also hiring 100 more workers in the new year to make the boots.
Annual sales have grown from fewer than 100,000 a decade ago to more than 600,000 this year. The company expects to top 700,000 next year and 1 million in 2018.
Wicked good for the Maine economy.
If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it..................
Great boots if you don’t mind cold feet and minimal support.
I never knew that they went out of style, must have had 5-7 pair of assorted styles.
I had a pair of knockoffs before I knew of LL Bean ones. I really didn’t like them and question whether I’d like the Bean ones. I don’t see the soles as having enough traction.
I bought a great pair of Sorel boots last year. Warm as can be and lots of traction.
The only LL Bean item I’ve ever had is a daypack, which has served me well for at least ten years.
The original LL Bean “duck boots” are comfortable, waterproof and last forever. I’ve got a pair that I’ve owned since I was in my late teens, no worse for wear other than replacing laces, the leather ages down to a nice dark brown. The insulated ones make a halfway decent pair of snow boots in a pinch too, if it isn’t too deep.
Yup just got my LLBean catalog and there they are.
Ugly boots with useless soles. I’ll pass, thanks.
Boots, maybe....
But I see in their catalogue that now most of their stuff is imported and I’m not paying their prices for imported stuff.
Love LL Bean footwear, but living in Upstate NY, the traditional Bean Boot never had enough traction on ice for my tastes. I much prefer some of their newer models for winter.
I love LL Bean.
I bought my two oldest backpacks in middle school, they used them all thru college, and still have them.
Strange how those from Maine, Vermont and New Hampshire can be so conservative in their lives yet vote so liberal.
I bought a pair of Hunter waterproof boots last year and I live in them all winter.
They’re warm and very comfortable, with memory foam cushioning.
As long as they keep dry, a ‘roomy’ size and some warm sox is all you should need to keep your feet warm.
DRY is what is most important.
absolute best rubber boots I ever wore were XtraTufs with felt liners. Used to work on boats in AK and they were comfortable 16-18 hrs a day working.
Used to be made in Illinois, but the company was sold around 2011-12. Now they make them in China. The 1st couple years there they had delamination issues. Might have fixed the quality issues, but they are still made in China.
I grew up in New England and we called them “Duck Boots”
If I’m just working in the yard during the rain, I find that barefoot is the way to go. Coming into the house, your feet dry almost instantly. I still have an issue with ice and snow but I can be out for short periods of time barefoot in those conditions as well. Usually to just get the mail or take out the garbage.
I have a pair of similar construction, but with felt liners. They’re not for hiking... they’ll wad up your socks and give you blisters... but for still hunting in cold weather, they’re the tool for the job.
Had some once, many years ago.
The uppers let in water, the lowers made your feet sweat.
They did look great, though.
I stand by my criticism but also confess: I still have a pair of 10” bean boots I got as a college student in the early 80s. I also still have their Norwegian sweater, same vintage.
That sweater is unbeatable in the cold, and durable.