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Happy feet

These new Alpina Hunter Heat boots caused quite a stir on a shoot I went on recently. Everyone noticed them immediately, even though I thought they looked like my usual shooting boots. What they spotted was the flap by my ankle, designed to house a battery pack, which provides heat to the toe box when required.

That day I had left the batteries out because it was a walked-up shoot and when you are active you tend to stay warm. Also we were wading through water and I didn’t want to risk the batteries getting wet. However, all components are fully waterproof and would stand a quick dunk if

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