Mumsnet Deals: £10 off 'indestructible' boys' school shoes

[HannahGMumsnet]

Treads Shoes are offering Mumsnetters £10 off a pair of leather boys' school shoes (£35, were £45) with free delivery across the UK, and a 1-year indestructible guarantee.

Put them to the test here.

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I think maybe SuperVP works for Treads Shoes Same inability to use the apostrophe.

You could be right there!

I was always taught to never argue with fools, so, have a nice day lovely ladies.

Not wanting an argument. Have you evidence that boys’ feet differ in structure to girls’ feet?

I'm sure if Treads Shoes released the girls' shoes first rather than the boys', you wouldn't be piping up as much.

If I wanted to buy a dress I can't, because its marketed as a 'Womans' Dress with Women's sizes, where's the equality in that. BS.

I would indeed be “piping up” because there is no NEED for separate kinds of shoes!

Great first post by the way. 👍🏻

TittyGolightly - Out of interest, would you name your daughter with a 'Boys' name? Is this sexist? I've lost the plot.

Even setting aside the sexism, I do not believe that the shoes are indestructible. I’m absolutely confident that DS2 could wreck them in the same time he does all the other ‘hear-wearing’ school shoes he’s ever had, even without using the shoes as brakes for his bike.

I often wonder how many pairs of school shoes parents of girls must go through a year. The ones marketed at boys come with rubber toe caps and reinforced side panels, etc and still never last. They look rubbish within a couple of months if you’re lucky. Yet I look at the selection for girls and wonder why anyone thought they were going to last a year of primary school playground antics. Sure they look prettier when you buy them (pretty much anything looks nicer than DS2’s school shoes) but they must last about a week before they’re a state.

I've lost the plot.

You’re not kidding.

DD has a girl’s name. But actually, her nickname is a boy’s name.

But regardless, calling her Jane, Sarah, Pixie, Fred or Simon doesn’t make any difference with regards the opportunities available to her. Whereas gendered footwear does.

FFS. They just don't get it. The problem is labelling the shoes for boys. They are shoes for children. Children's shoes. Why would girls need different shoes? They are children.

Teads I’m interested to know how the girls shoes will differ from the boys and why you think these differences are key to how you market the shoes? Would be great to get a response on this from Teads Mumsnet

Coming n to say what woodlice* said - very disappointing

Getting any school shoe that lasts more than a term has always been a problem for my DS I bought a pair of these treads shoes two weeks ago and have to say so far they are standing up to the test Time will tell I guess

Presumably they’ll be the best shoes ever.

Interesting that those with positive reports seem to have either signed up or name changed especially for this thread.

A better test of the guarantee would be to offer some MNers (parents of boys or girls) to test these indestructible shoes for you. I’ll volunteer DS2 for the task, and promise not to let him wear them while riding a bike (although I can’t promise he won’t get them wet - it does rain on school days, sometimes a lot). He’ll be a great test of how indestructible they actually are.

I’m sure other people can offer similar help in convincing us all that indestructible shoes for boyish boys who behave boyishly exist. And that they are, in fact, not suitable for those girlish girls who behave girlishly (and therefore require radically different shoes).