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01-12-2012, 02:20 PM
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#1 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Dec 2011 Posts: 26
|  Liner Socks?
Do you combine two pair of socks, one thin and one thick, when hiking? Apparently this should help by preventing blisters formation? Any thoughts on this?
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01-12-2012, 02:30 PM
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#2 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Colorado Posts: 714
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I have used them, and I have not used them. The theory is that they help wick moisture away from your feet and keep them dry.
I find them useful for tuning boot fit. If my boots are a bit loose, I add a liner sock. If they're snug, I remove them.
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01-12-2012, 04:56 PM
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#3 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Mt Rogers Virginia Posts: 1,173
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What Lamebeaver said is exactly what I have done.
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01-12-2012, 05:02 PM
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#4 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Idaho Posts: 2,487
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ditto for me.
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01-12-2012, 07:33 PM
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#5 | | Platnium Member
Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Morris County, NJ Posts: 246
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For long hikes and backpacking I use liner socks. They do seem to cut down on blister formation.
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01-12-2012, 08:20 PM
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#6 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Liberty, N.Y. Lower Catskill Mountains. Posts: 968
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Hi...
I'm a bit old fashioned. One pair of socks does it for me, with the possible exception of unlined rubber knee boots.
If I could, I'd still be wearing "high tops" (does anybody remember them?).
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01-13-2012, 03:42 PM
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#7 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Southern Indiana Posts: 955
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One pair for me as well as long as the boots fit correctly. I found that if the boots fit and I use a good wool sock very little problems with blisters.
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01-13-2012, 06:06 PM
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#8 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 609
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They stick to your feet so any sliding that occurs happens between the liner and sock or sock and shoe. I've never had a blister while wearing liners.
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01-13-2012, 06:43 PM
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#9 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 369
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I'll use them occasionally and when coupled with hiking socks and properly fitting pair of boots will give you miles of carefree hiking.
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01-13-2012, 08:24 PM
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#10 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Liberty, N.Y. Lower Catskill Mountains. Posts: 968
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Hi...
That reminds me...I've got to put an extra pair of hiking socks in my BOB, in case the pair I'm wearing gets damp/wet. Some of my footwear isn't waterproof, so if the socks get wet, I can change them...then put a poly grocery bag over each dry sock, and continue on with dry feet.
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