Regarding the size of safety shoes or work boots, many people have been troubled with fitting problems. There are two main reasons. One is because the different country has different size measurement. Another is because safety shoes' front part has less inside room caused by these protective steel toe cap or composite toe cap. Today, let's discuss the safety shoes or work boots size issues.
Regarding size measurement difference, we mainly compare with Europe size, UK size, US size, and Asia Size.
1. Europe size is also called French size, it is mainly used for Europe, Africa, the Middle East, South America, etc. The size difference is 6.67cm. For example, size 42 is 6.67cm larger than size 41. Please note the difference is for inner last, not outside mould.
2. UK size is used for England, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, etc. As we know the UK measures things by inch, not centimeter(cm), so the UK size difference is about 6.66cm, not 6.67cm. Generally speaking, UK size 8 is equivalent to Europe size 42. Another different point is UK size has half size, but Europe size doesn't have half size. For example, size 8.5 is 3.33cm larger than size 8.
3. US size is mainly used for USA and Canada. It is also very similar to the UK size. Normally speaking, US size 9 is equivalent to UK size 8, and also equivalent to Europe size 42. Similar to UK half size, US size also has half size. One more different issue, US size has men size and women size. For example, women size 7 means men size 6, one number smaller.
4. Asia size is mainly used for China, Japan, South Korea, etc. The size difference is 5CM, not 6.67CM. So we should order one size smaller compared with Europe size. For example, Asia size 265 is more similar to Europe size 42, not 43.
When choosing the size of safety shoes or work boots, as we talked about at the beginning, the protective toe cap will make your shoes insider room smaller. We recommend people to order one size or half size bigger, to avoid feet toe pain caused by steel toe cap or composite toe cap. For example, if you live in USA, your sports shoes or leather shoes are size 8, we suggest you buy safety shoes or work boots size 8.5 or 9. If you are a lady, buy women safety shoes size 9 or 9.5.
Safetoe safety shoes can match the feet of most countries. We made the below size chart table. Hope it can help people to choose and order the most suitable size safety shoes.
