Dubarry Boots are the gold standard for long lasting, warm, comfortable country boots. But they are insanely expensive and not a part of everyone's budget. They rarely if ever go on sale. Today, however, there are more than one knock-off from which to choose, at various price points to fit everyone's budget.
The Kildare is my favorite style and I actually wore out a pair of these which is really hard to do (it took 10+ years however). They are not as tall as some of the more popular models but they pull on and off easily (a huge attraction for me - no boot jack or boot pulls are needed). They also come in multiple colors today (navy/brown, green/brown, black/brown and brown/brown). I'd probably pick the black/brown ones today as they will go with black and brown. I owned the brown/brown version below. Let me add that these are also the warmest boots I've ever owned. They are lined in Gore-Tex so they keep you warm but my feet never were hot either. Suspect the knock-offs won't have this feature. The Dubarry Boots are also waterproof. While you wouldn't really want to walk through water puddles in a pair of $500 boots, I can attest to the fact that you can. As my Kildare's got older and I bought another pair of tall Dubarry's to wear, I wore mine to the barn every day in winter, in wet weather and my feet were always dry.
SmartPak has recently created their own brand, the Ada, which looks a lot like the Dubarry for about one-fourth the price. For the difference in price it might be worth a try.
Dublin also makes a Dubarry knock-off that is quite popular, for a fraction of the price.
TuffRider also makes a copy, again for a lot less. See this model here.
Another option is the Ovation brand. These are a lot less. See them here.
Shires also makes a model. See them here.
And Mountain Horse has also gotten in on the action. See this version here.
Choices, choices.....
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