Dellis
Registered user
...you decide.
I spent my £299.99 expecting to be buying a boot that would offer excellent protection however, what I ended up with was a pair of comfy boots that offer questionable *protection. I'll fill you in with the details, I bought my new boots late last year and found them to be waterproof, comfy but not as warm as I'd expected but all was well until early in May where Sandra and I had an unfortunate off at around 60mph. The bike slid along the road and flopped over on hitting the grass verge, Sandra and I were a bit battered, our clothing showed serious signs of sliding down the road but was intact and did what was required of it. Now we come to the boots, the zip had burst and my foot was out of the boot but unharmed, I'm assuming that my foot came out as I came to rest. I'm only glad we weren't going 20mph faster!
I have written to complain about the level of safety the boots offer and have been given fairly short shrift basically being told "you're ok so they did their job" which I accept to a point the point being don't rely on your Datonas protecting you if you are unfortunate to have an off at over 60mph.*
In conclusion I feel fairly hard done to after spending over £100 more than I have ever spent on a pair of boots and getting nothing extra for my money. And yes I have put other boots to the crash test and none have ever performed as poorly as these.*
Oh mustn't forget, Daytona are fixing them FOC as a gesture of good will. I've not decided as yet if I'll wear them again.*
Dave
I spent my £299.99 expecting to be buying a boot that would offer excellent protection however, what I ended up with was a pair of comfy boots that offer questionable *protection. I'll fill you in with the details, I bought my new boots late last year and found them to be waterproof, comfy but not as warm as I'd expected but all was well until early in May where Sandra and I had an unfortunate off at around 60mph. The bike slid along the road and flopped over on hitting the grass verge, Sandra and I were a bit battered, our clothing showed serious signs of sliding down the road but was intact and did what was required of it. Now we come to the boots, the zip had burst and my foot was out of the boot but unharmed, I'm assuming that my foot came out as I came to rest. I'm only glad we weren't going 20mph faster!
I have written to complain about the level of safety the boots offer and have been given fairly short shrift basically being told "you're ok so they did their job" which I accept to a point the point being don't rely on your Datonas protecting you if you are unfortunate to have an off at over 60mph.*
In conclusion I feel fairly hard done to after spending over £100 more than I have ever spent on a pair of boots and getting nothing extra for my money. And yes I have put other boots to the crash test and none have ever performed as poorly as these.*
Oh mustn't forget, Daytona are fixing them FOC as a gesture of good will. I've not decided as yet if I'll wear them again.*
Dave