Product reviews
I have been wearing Brasher Hillmasters for over ten years, every day at work, plus hiking in India, Syria, Canada and Iran as well as in the UK, replacing them regularly and strongly recommending them to many friends who ask me for advice.
They are simply wonderful, I cannot fault them, I was forced to buy my first pair literally the day before leaving on a three week hiking holiday following the failure of my previous boots and was expecting to be crippled until they were broken in. To my surprise they were incredibly comfortable from day one and I've been a convert ever since.
Now, however, I'm wearing an inferior alternative.
Why? Because despite their website saying the Hillmaster is available in sizes 3-9, Brasher have in fact abandoned their Size 3 customers, presumably because we don't purchase enough of them to be sufficiently profitable, and stopped manufacturing them in that size some years ago.
PLEASE Brasher, do reconsider this policy.
According to their website the Hillmaster II is available in sizes as 3-9, but they still say that about the Hillmaster despite discontinuing Size 3 years ago.
Yes Brasher do kids boots in Size 3, yes I'm sure they're good enough for children who might grow out of them quickly, but frankly after wearing Hillmasters for so many years they're not in the same league.
Seeing this article about the great new Hillmasters just makes me rather sad....
Pictish Halfling, Worcestershire
Just about to buy a new pair of boots, mine have started to crack across the front but have been worn constantly for the last 10 years, mainly dog walking. Excellent boots.
Julie Healey, Worthing
Best boots I've ever had, and I've had a few different makes! The first time I put them on they felt like slippers, lasted me 5 years. I am about to get another pair the same.
Dawn Creed, Oakham Leics
My leather-lined Hillmasters are very comfortable, and my feet are perfectly warm and dry in the snow, but they do not grip in the wet, and I've slipped just on wet pavements, let alone in the aftermath of snowfall.
GR, London
My heels have been torn to shreds. I have always worn Brasher with no problems but my last Hillmaster boots did not have leather lining. Have tried every variation of sock and plaster and am about to take them back as I see there is a new model which has a leather lining like the old.
Joan Facey, Somerset