Thermal Rating of Wool Socks?
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In 1968, while I was working as a logger, I received the following advise from an older member of the crew: \"I don\'t care how cold and wet you get; when you are wearing black wool underwear, you are always warm and dry.\" I suppose that applies to wool socks as well. 
cohunter14
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\"Swede\" said:In 1968, while I was working as a logger, I received the following advise from an older member of the crew: \"I don\'t care how cold and wet you get; when you are wearing black wool underwear, you are always warm and dry.\" I suppose that applies to wool socks as well.
What if it\'s grey? :lol:
Brad. I only use wool socks for hunting. I wear the merino wool ones and only ones that are 70% or better wool. I use the hiker or lighter weight ones in September elk hunting with 400gram boots. Here in Iowa during the winter sitting in a tree stand I wear thick ones about twice as thick and they are warm. I have had soaking wet wring your socks out wet feet before in the spring time and my feet stayed warm. I picked up some at Cabelas a month or two ago, the hiker weight for $8 for a two pack. My thicker ones I usually pay 8-10 a pair. Steve borrowed a pair last year and I think he has converted to the wool socks.
I think your 200 gram rating would be pretty close.
I think your 200 gram rating would be pretty close.
I am a convert. I will only wear wool when I go to the mountains. Around here I\'ll still wear my cheap hunting socks because I\'m close to home and it\'s never that cold especially turkey hunting. Besides I don\'t want to wear out my \"good socks\" chasing turkeys. My favorite pair is a pair I bought from REI. I will have more of those before this September.
I\'m not sure that you can say ... compression has a lot to do with it. After all, it\'s not the wool that insulates, it\'s the air between the fibers.
I get cold feet all the time ... like right now, for instance. I think wool is great and it\'s practically all I wear, but where it really helps is with wetness ... I get sweaty feet, but my wool socks help keep that from causing a loss of heat.
If anyone finds a way to get warm hands and feet, let me know. Mine are always freezing.
I get cold feet all the time ... like right now, for instance. I think wool is great and it\'s practically all I wear, but where it really helps is with wetness ... I get sweaty feet, but my wool socks help keep that from causing a loss of heat.
If anyone finds a way to get warm hands and feet, let me know. Mine are always freezing.
\"Deertick\" said:
John, I have heard of a trick that keeps your feet warm. I haven\'t tried it but it sounds as if it would work. I have heard if you spray your feet with antiperspirant to keep them from sweating they wont get cold from being wet from sweat.
elky McElkerson
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I think the trick is to keep your feet cool. When I over insulate my feet sweat. Then game over. I discovered this when hunting near my home on day hunts. I just wear white cotton athletic socks. My feet were warm. My socks are on the thin side too. Now on long hunts I run relatively thin wool socks. No issues. Not with my style of hunting. Hike-hunts.
Btw. I had a foot doc tell me when I was a kid. To prevent foot fungus, wear white cotton socks. I never thought to ask \"why\".
Btw. I had a foot doc tell me when I was a kid. To prevent foot fungus, wear white cotton socks. I never thought to ask \"why\".
