MT

Yes I know what a liner sock is...the silk and polypro pairs are still in the drawer from 20 + years ago. Since I more frequency suffer from CRS now I do occasionally take them out and try them again only to remind myself why I put them there in the first place ( note: figure of speech), but I cant remember the last time I did that.

Whatever floats your boat...you know. For me they cause more problems in my method of madness...I am blessed with dogs that are kind to me

Bisters are not about socks but a poor fitting boot/shoe, or just a poor boot/shoe; could be poor from the start or plan wore out. If one stops to think about it a bit boots and shoes are cookie cutter by manufacturing nature and feet are not. Focus on the fit, IMHO. Wear wool, merino doesnt itch. Even double sock, add foot beds, and get fitted properly. Blisters are about friction not wet skin. YOur feet will be saying OOLaLA mon cheri

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Ben Franklin once said that you can have your opinion or your friends, you can't have both.    [/quote]

This quote was meant to apply to ME, period. While I personally don't think I am opinionated (holding to an opinion regardless of the facts) I am a person of, shall we say, firm convictions. Add to the mix not being especially shy and there is a recipe for "rubbing" some folk the wrong way. (How's that for being on topic!). Hence I try and keep the Franklin quote in my back pocket. Anyway, I had to clarify that lest poor, pitiful me be mis-understood.

Old Salt wrote on May 30^th, 2010 at 10:06pm:


I am always interested in learning from others. Both you and S_T like the Coolmax liners instead of polypro. I will check them out but am interested why you prefer the Coolmax?

  I like Cool-max over Polypro, because too me, if feels more like a cotton sock, than a synthetic, which they both are.

Other's might not see much of a difference.

Ben,
The thing about wetfooting, is once your socks get wet, you lose a lot of the cushion/thickness, and your feet can easily slide around in boots that aren't a close fit.  I always wear a liner, a mid-weight wool, and heavy wool hiking sock, and select those to fit very snugly when put on dry - if needed, I'll add a fourth pair of old, streched out hiking socks over the top to keep the fit snug.

I wonder if some of your problem came from the bungee cord laces not stayiing tight enough - i.e. they stretched while walking ?

I hated those on my quetico trekkers, and replaced with parachute cord.

Another thing I do on some boots, to keep the slack in the laces from migrating, is to use the first 4 or 5 sets of eyelets, and tie off there with a square knot, then finish lacing and tie off at the top.  Seems to me that without doing that, the slack tends to migrate to the bottom, around your foot, while the top of the boot gets tighter around the ankle.

other than the blisters, did you have any durability issues with the
Q. T.s -
last thing I've seen on those - oh maybe within the last few months, was some blog where the paddler had to use cable ties, thru slits cut into the toe box, to keep the sole from peeling off - that was after about three days of use or so with a brand new pair.