I have steel-capped boots which as the day wears on become increasingly more uncomfortable. Getting home and taking them off brings enormously satisfying relief.
I see people at work wearing extremely uncomfortable looking boots and wonder why – you spend all day in the blumming things? And if they are that uncomfy, they probably aren’t doing your feet any favours in general
Working outside in all conditions, I simply won’t wear rubbish PPE
Cofra make really comfy boots
General site boots
Helly Hansens for winter, also super comfy
DM Safety boots for the office/might have to go in the warehouse, or out on site – again really comfy and not stupidly priced like normal DM’s
To the OP – the comfiest boots I own are Salomon Quest 4 GTX, so I’d imagine the trainers are similar. I tried Merrels and they were really uncomfy (to my feet)