When the weather forecast is rain, wear boots made in Maine. This is the general advice we’ve received from numerous outdoor experts over the years, even if they didn’t always rhyme it. The boots that get the most praise, L.L.Bean’s original handsewn Bean Boots, are 28 percent off today, bringing the price down to $100 from $139 — which is an excellent deal on a classic pair of duck boots that can be worn for the rest of winter and well into spring.
They’ll stand the test of time, too. Strategist editor (and L.L.Bean fan) Maxine Builder has owned her pair for more than a decade and says they’re still going strong, “even after ski trips out West, brutal New England winters, and New York City’s black holes of slush.” First produced in 1912 and constructed from rubber and leather with a nice grippy sole, L.L.Bean’s boots can handle snowy conditions as well as rainy ones. And while there are plenty of competing options out there, “any other duck boot is just trying to copy what L.L.Bean perfected more than a century ago,” Builder declares.
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