£400 is properly ridiculous, I'm not interested in brand names just comfort and performance, if I can get that with a branded boot at a reasonable price that's fine but that doesn't seem to be a reality. I have a winter and summer boot, I ride all year round in. My current winter boots, now in need of replacement, are wide fitting, cost £49.00 on special from JTS (Coalville, Leicestershire) and have kept my feet warm and dry for the last 10 winters and some of the summer too. My summer boots, also a wide fitting, cost £59.00 on special from JTS and have served me well for 7 summers. They remain comfortable, waterproof and still have life left in them.
I've recently been looking at boots on the J&S website and have seen several reasonable priced pairs I may be interested in but wouldn't dream of buying boots without first trying them on because I need a wide fit and I place comfort on an equal footing to waterproofing, roll on the re-opening of retailers.