• Extra cushion and or support
  • Most boot's innersoles can be taken out and replaced with an after market innersole from any number of innersole companies. After market innersoles have several different categories:
    • More or less arch support.
    • Styles are made specifically for the different activities wearers may find themselves in.
    • After market innersoles have more bells and whistles than the innersoles that are provided with a new pair of boots.
  • Altering size of a boot.
    • Adding an additional innersole will shrink the volume of a boot and make it fit nearly a half size smaller or can be used to make a regular width boot feel narrower
  • Keeping a boot fresh.
    • Most odors in footwear can be attributed to the innersole. A person's foot perspires directly into the innersole. With daily use and unchanged, boots/shoes will begin to smell. If a person changes the innersoles in their boots/shoes on a daily or weekly basis, most of the odor associated with any footwear will be eliminated. Additionally, a refreshed innersole will help the boot feel more comfortable.
       

The idea of lacing a zipper into the tongue portion of a boot is outdated. We recommend you use our Installation Straps to install the Original S.W.A.T.^® 8-Eyelet Zipper. The Installation Straps, unlike using a bootlace, keeps the zipper more rigid and secure. This allows the zipper to be more efficient when being used because the "lace play" that is associated with a laced in zipper is eliminated.

Our 8-Eyelet Zipper is used traditionally in an 8-Eyelet Boot. However, it can be used with any of our 9-Eyelet Boots.

The zippers in our boots need to be operated with care to ensure a trouble free life.

The zipper has a 103 lb. breaking strain which is achieved by having a higher number of teeth per inch. This also provides the necessary flexibility in a zip of this length.

However, care must be taken when operating the zippers to:

 
•   Not get the gusset caught in the zipper;
•  Should the gusset get caught, you must reverse the zipper direction to release the gusset – under NO circumstances try to force the zipper.

   

Forcing the zipper could result in breaking the zip-pull tab or the zipper itself. This will not occur under normal operation and will therefore be considered “abuse” and negate any guarantee.