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Now that santa brought me a fitting pair of new boots i want to get some socks, what do folks use, just any old skitube or specialist smartwool jobbies?
ta snowdudes
I use Falke for Skiing, nice socks
Falke.
I've tried others (particularly Burton) and they're agony in comparison.
Cheers I had not heard of falke before
Board socks are sometimes a bit thicker than ski socks.
Properly shaped socks with heels toes and ankles tend to be more comfortable than "tubes"
Merino ones will do a few more days without stinking out the chalet (keep you socks and boots aired overnight if that's your plan)- but then you could have twice as many pairs of cheaper socks.
Salomon and K2 have been my favorites.
Yep, as above, board socks are cut/padded differently.
I'd recommend my choice for skiing, Smartwool PHD Lights. They do a board version as well, and if they are even half as good as the ski version, they'll be all of teh awsumz.
Smartwool are good, Point6 (the new brand by the guys that started Smartwool) are betterer!
To be honest I just use the basic Decathlon socks, cheap as chips, warm and comfy.
Used to be called RNS50, now rebadged FirstHeat socks but still only £2.99 a pair.
http://www.decathlon.co.uk/firstheat-socks-id_8111630.html
Aldi - though I might try a pair of something more expensive to see if they're worth the extra. Smartwool / Point6 sound interesting.
Smartwool
I just come back from skiing and used the smartwool socks from TKmax. they were great. tkmax had some boarding ones as well.
I also picked up some bridgedale and saloman ones and some aldi
the bridgedale were ok, the saloman and aldi ones i didnt like so ended up keep on wearing the smartwool ones.
seemed to be a habit of mine, by way too much stuff and favour only a few items which just work really well
Honestly, just about anything will do. The thinner, the better.