I noticed when I spent more $$ my use time went up
That may not be true w you.
These have worked well for me in steel toe - Justin- redwing - Georgia boot - carhart- I spend about $160
I hear lot of great things about thorogood (prob messed up spelling) - they 180-200$ - but I talked to multiple guys last week that love theirs and talked to guys in past weeks that do to
Good luck