KEEN Utility Introduces Philadelphia Work Boot
KEEN Utility has introduced its strongest, most capable heavyduty work boot to the American and Canadian markets. Built tough for heavy industries including demolition, commercial construction, utilities, rail, pipe fitting, public works, heavy equipment maintenance, quarry and mining. The new Philadelphia boot series features eight different models including CSA and ASTM-certified styles and is available at specialty retailers and online. The series boasts a few familiar KEEN Utility comfort technologies as well as scores of new construction qualities and components that mark its rugged toughness.
Created to take on the most extreme working environments, the Philadelphia series lives up to an unyielding standard of quality, durability and comfort with innovative design and progressive safety and performance features.
Built tough from every angle, the heavy industrial designs are crafted with Barnyard Resistant leather, a PFC-free, super-durable leather that resists the damaging effects of most chemicals and minerals including oleic acid, urea, sodium chloride and ammonium hydroxide. The boots are also armed with KEEN.DRY, a waterproof, breathable membrane that allows moisture out but never in. A ¾ welt construction and heel stabilizer system provides excellent torsion stability over uneven ground and one of the most durable footwear welted constructions on the market. Heavy design does not translate to dragging, uncomfortable feet thanks to left and right asymmetrical, non-metallic, carbon-fiber safety toes that are 15% lighter than steel. Comfort goes the extra step with a KEEN Luftcell air-injected, dual-density PU midsole with 100,000 air bubbles per cubic centimeter for next-level cushioning comfort. Underfoot, the Philadelphia builds on its brawn with an abrasion-, oil- and slip-resistant rubber outsole that meets ASTM Mark II non-slip testing standards and a heat resistance rating up to 572 degrees Fahrenheit.
Two models including the CSA Philadelphia 8” and 6” feature an Internal Metguard that is lightweight and flexible to protect the metatarsal bones from crush injuries. Earning CSA-Grade I standards for protection, the boots also feature Wellmax puncture resistant midsole plates made from a very lightweight, flexible, non-metallic woven design.
Other styles within the Philadelphia series feature cold-weather ready performance advances including 400G to 600G of insulation and the KEEN.POLAR TRACTION outsole with micro-glass fibers built into rubber lugs that pierce icy surfaces for enhanced grip and traction.
