[Closed] Soggy Five Tens

I own 3 pairs for the above reason.

At xmas i'll have 4 pairs

These work better;

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B019DDFATU/ref=asc_df_B019DDFATU56837421

I tried the silica stuff but the shoes needed a heat source to make the water evaporate so ended up on a radiator.

These low powered fans are great, especially with the timer.

and you don't end up with shoes that smell like a swamp from having been wet for too long.

I want one of those warm air dryers.  I don't see silica gel having a hope in hell against the amount of water my five tens can soak up

Buy one of these... I wish I had bought mine years ago! Perfect for boots, shoes, wellies, gloves, hats. Set the timer, set the heat, come back in a few hours, and everything is toasty warm and dry. I even use it to preheat my NorthWave winter boots if I know that it is going to be a cold ride.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/MaxxDry-Unisexs-Heavy-Gloves-Dryer/dp/B01LZEF17K

Or

Five Ten Tennie GTX Goretex .

Five Ten Camp Four

2 pairs of sealskinz, means I don't really care if my shoes are dry*, as I can't feel the wet anyway, and if they're not, they soon will be.

*Which they always are, due to standard issue woodburner, natch.

mine got a bit pongy with a damp smell, and after a recent soaking didnt dry out where they usually live in the conservatory. have invested in a boot heater from amazon thanks to this post 🙂

I've got one very similar to the one WWASWAS linked.
Best piece of kit I've bought in ages.

(most of our usual group have bought 'em now. They're a life saver. Shoes last longer too. Double win)

I just hose mine off, leave them on the door mat for an hour or so then bung them on top of a double radiator until my next ride.

Always dry and smell free by my next time out.

I was reluctant to leave mine on the rad, thought that heat might be bad for them, dry glue out etc??

Might try one of those dryer wotsits, would make an exciting Xmas pressie for someone to give me.

Current solution for me is multiple pairs and leave them in a room to dry. The Freerider EPS dry out way quicker than many of the old versions FWIW - unless you absolutely submerge them.

biggest problem with the 'leave them on a rad' approach is warm, wet weeks where the radiators never go on and the shoes sit and go mouldy.

I've got one of these mounted on the shed wall, works OK - 40 watts - shoes/ gloves dry out nicely overnight

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01M2Z9LJS

If it’s warm they stay in the garage. It’s either warm enough in there to dry them or it they haven’t got wet enough. Autumn/winter they live on a rad.

It took nearly four years for my 5:10 VXIs to shed their soles and that was down down to wear and tear.

Finally got a boot dryer, for $50 CDN it changed my life:).

I found the answer.

No you didn't, you found a poor alternative.

I found the answer.

Give up bikes and taste, catch a plane instead?

biggest problem with the ‘leave them on a rad’ approach is warm, wet weeks where the radiators never go on and the shoes sit and go mouldy.

For me it's complaints about the smell!

I tend to just leave them in the wood shed outside, dry off fine.

I have some of the ones with the flap over the laces for winter. They are pretty good compared to my Elements five 10s.

https://m.addnature.co.uk/five-ten-freerider-elc-shoe-blue-black-565679.html

Matched with neoprene socks.

Imho most five tens are barely fit for purpose because they are so sponge-like. I remain quite disappointed with my pair.

For removing nasty niffs just stick some bicarbonate of soda in them for a few days then hoover out - worked a treat on my lads and believe me they were humming!

Hose down rinse under tap, leave upside down until no longerdripping , then ball up an old newspaper into the toe then fill with more balls of paper, leave overnight under radiator, next morning take out wet paper balls and leave to air dry under radiator, dried in under 48 hours , sometimes 24 hours

Five Tens grip amazingly but they're a bit shit really.

Got some Merrell walking shoes.  Talk about comfy! And when they get walk-through-a-river wet they take **** all time do dry out.  After months-long use not a whiff either.

Yep, they're not s patch on the five tens for grip but for every single other metric you can think of they win hands down.

There's simply not enough competition in the sector for us to get anything like that quality unfortunately 🙁

ball up an old newspaper

It's been years since I had newspapers in our house, as a modern alternative I tried putting an iPad in my boots it didn't work...

I now use a boot dryer, and have dry five tens in 2-3 hours.

@fooman, yep I take a load when I’m at my mums as she still gets a local daily and the weekend YP

A newspaper?!?! As above, I haven't had one of those in the hosue for a long time! Might have to start buying the Sunday paper again

Or just give in and spend £25 on a boot dryer

Endura now do a neoprene overshoe for the likes of 5/10's

https://www.endurasport.com/product/mt500-plus-overshoe/

Five Ten Tennie GTX Goretex .

I bought a pair of these thinking that they would be brilliant for riding and hike-a-bike. And indeed they were for about six months before the sole started to delaminate, a hole developed in the rubber in the toe and the fabric and stitching started to fray.

Now have Freeriders and they have held up much better over the last 15 months despite seeing more use.