Seal Skinz socks?

[Initiative]

http://photos.rockclimbing.com/products/7/753.jpg

How good are they as hiking socks? Do they breath well? Thanks!

[MapleLeafInfantry]

your feet sweat in them like nobodies bidnezz... like a gortex boot, its bad when it eventually gets wet.

[Initiative]

Thanks. What are some good fast drying socks?

[Uncle Sam]

Just don't get your feet wet....Simple. :lol:

[HoboWithAK]

Get goretex boots and regular wool hiking socks. They aren't very good for preventing blisters.

[Sabre]

I would only ever wear goretex socks whilst static. I would only wear them with goretex boots if those boots had got wet, and you have stopped for the time being and want to dry your feet. After drying/powdering your feet you then put on the goretex socks and then the wet boots, keeping your feet dry.

I tabbed in goretex socks once and it f***ed my feet up royaly. We're talking blisters pretty much all over my feet.

Personally, I don't like goretex boots anymore. My advice is, wear non-goretex boots and wollen socks (UK issue ones are cheap and chearful, they're fine for me) with coolmax liners (if you wear them) to prevent blisters. When you stop at night but need to keep your boots on, clean/dry/powder your feet and put on goretex socks, then your wet boots. Otherwise, wear a pair of neoprene 'beach shoes' to give your feet a rest.


As for sealskinz stuff, I had a pair of gloves and your hands sweat to death if you move in them. I had them on for 24 hours constantly and ended up with 'trench hand'. Only really useful if you are static.

[Initiative]

Thanks everyone, especially Sabre.

[Initiative]

Sabre, why don't you like goretex boots?

[Durandal]

Wool socks and silk inserts too...work just as good as the synthetic stuff...

[Initiative]

Wool socks and silk inserts too...work just as good as the synthetic stuff...

Yes, that's been mentioned. (Thanks anyway.) I’ve heard that wool is the only material that will keep you warm when it’s wet.

[Sabre]

Sabre, why don't you like goretex boots?

For military purposes, goretex boots are less than ideal. Your boots are always going to get wet and when they do, the goretex lining holds the water in. That makes your boots heavy and it isn't healthy for your feet. Non-goretex boots allow the water to drain out through the seams as you walk.

For civvy hiking, where you can avoid getting your feet wet, goretex is ok. But I would probably now wear light/non-goretex boots in summer.

Happy to help mate.

[RGRBOX]

After 10 years of testing and trying everthing I could find while I was in the Army, I found the best sock only after I got out... www.rohner.com

These socks are the best, the stay dry and the don't wear-out like others I've tried...They kit everyother sock in the ass. They have them in Winter and summer...The models that are good are th e (Grenadier) Working Boots and the Army Sock.

[RGRBOX]

Sabre, why don't you like goretex boots?

For military purposes, goretex boots are less than ideal. Your boots are always going to get wet and when they do, the goretex lining holds the water in. That makes your boots heavy and it isn't healthy for your feet. Non-goretex boots allow the water to drain out through the seams as you walk.

For civvy hiking, where you can avoid getting your feet wet, goretex is ok. But I would probably now wear light/non-goretex boots in summer.

Happy to help mate.

I agree with Sabre about the G-Tex boots, but this also depends on the climate. In northern and central Europe G-Tex is good and can be worn all year round. The same would aply to Wash. State and the North West and Canada. As for the South and Central and South American nothing works like Jungle Boots. Just be careful in rocky regions, because of support for the ankles is needed. With Fatigue, you began to walk wrong, you start to step mostly on the balls of your feet and this slidding motion causes lots of blisters, ( I remember the blood blisters on guys feet in this region) as for the ankles this is also a result of tiredness. I've seen some bad feet coming out of the ADF guys. This is where good practices of changing socks and propper boots do wonders. I never had great problems with boots in the Army, just that first day of Graduation from Inf. School and those ****ing low quarters...this is enough to make any man stay on jump status...

[HooyahCQB]

I actually have a pair of Sealskinz socks. Just got them the other week. They prevent water from getting in very well. The cotton part that cinches around your leg at the top of the sock wil get wet, but it doesn't bother me. I bought them for walking when holding the boat and going down to the dock, which is sometimes icy (rowing team). Otherwise we walk barefoot and role up our cotton sock and put them in pockets or the spandex uniforms. If you use them with a pair of wool or cotton socks, they'll keep your feet warm, but otherwise, they're just good to keep water out. if you're going to completely submerge your leg and want to keep your feet dry, you gotta get their hardcore version of that sock. Forgot the name.

[Initiative]

Mikebox, too bad your store is on the other side of the planet. ;) Thanks!



[edit] I can't find the socks on: www.rohner.com :|

[Adam Wilhelm]

I must also say that i don´t go with goretex-boots anymore.
My advice is to buy this kind of boots:

http://shop.lundhags.se/upload/products/fullsize%5C00125.jpg

or:

http://shop.lundhags.se/upload/products/fullsize%5C00146.jpg

http://www.lundhags.se/

Ask the Paras in Falklands how they feel about this boot.
It was the only unit in the expiditionary force that didn´t have trenchfoot!
And yes... you guessed right... they were issued Lundhags Military p-)

[RGRBOX]

I must also say that i don´t go with goretex-boots anymore.
My advice is to buy this kind of boots:

http://shop.lundhags.se/upload/products/fullsize%5C00125.jpg

or:

http://shop.lundhags.se/upload/products/fullsize%5C00146.jpg

http://www.lundhags.se/

Ask the Paras in Falklands how they feel about this boot.
It was the only unit in the expiditionary force that didn´t have trenchfoot!
And yes... you guessed right... they were issued Lundhags Military p-)

If you've read the book by Mike Curtis, Cloe Quarter Battle, he says different.

[RGRBOX]

Mikebox, too bad your store is on the other side of the planet. ;) Thanks!



[edit] I can't find the socks on: www.rohner.com :|

I'll check on that a get back with you. Sorry that'a bad URL...

[Sabre]

I must also say that i don´t go with goretex-boots anymore.
My advice is to buy this kind of boots:

http://shop.lundhags.se/upload/products/fullsize%5C00125.jpg

or:

http://shop.lundhags.se/upload/products/fullsize%5C00146.jpg

http://www.lundhags.se/

Ask the Paras in Falklands how they feel about this boot.
It was the only unit in the expiditionary force that didn´t have trenchfoot!
And yes... you guessed right... they were issued Lundhags Military p-)

I had read something about the SAS trying to get hold of 'swedish ski-march boots' for use in the falklands. These must be said boots. Cool, i think I saaw these when I was over in Sweden in the summer. Might think about getting a pair.

[Adam Wilhelm]

mikebox: Lundhags has used pictures of paras in Falklands in their ads.
A plaaton of paras is gathered around a union jack and everyone is wearing Lundhags Military.
Maybe not all units were issued the Lundhags Militaryboot?

Sabre: You must understand that Lundhags boots don´t breath at all, but they are almost completely waterproofed.

The 'swedish ski-march boots' is The Lundhags Military. This boot is not longer manufactured but the successor (Professionall) is avaliable.

[RGRBOX]

mikebox: Lundhags has used pictures of paras in Falklands in their ads.
A plaaton of paras is gathered around a union jack and everyone is wearing Lundhags Military.
Maybe not all units were issued the Lundhags Militaryboot?

Sabre: You must understand that Lundhags boots don´t breath at all, but they are almost completely waterproofed.

The 'swedish ski-march boots' is The Lundhags Military. This boot is not longer manufactured but the successor (Professionall) is avaliable.

Adam, do they have a web site??

[Adam Wilhelm]

The ad was used ca 1985 when there wasn´t any internet!
And i´m afraid that their website is only in swedish.
Sorry.

But heres the site anyway: http://www.lundhags.se/

[RGRBOX]

The ad was used ca 1985 when there wasn´t any internet!
And i´m afraid that their website is only in swedish.
Sorry.

But heres the site anyway: http://www.lundhags.se/

Thanks anyway, any little bit will do.

[EsoognomEhT]

Sabre, why don't you like goretex boots?

We're British. We dont like gaytex!

[RGRBOX]

Sabre, why don't you like goretex boots?

We're British. We dont like gaytex!

Too expensive in the U Gay...UK rofl

[Adam Wilhelm]

Update:
Now Lundhags also have a english site. p-)

http://www.lundhags.se/