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Darn Tough Socks
« on: January 22, 2016, 03:33:46 PM »
I have read some great reviews and I am wanting to get a couple pair. I like their guarantee and that they are made in the USA. The problem is they have so many choices. I'm looking for a good hiking/hunting sock any recommendations?

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Re: Darn Tough Socks
« Reply #1 on: January 22, 2016, 03:51:08 PM »
The reviews look good.

I personally prefer to wear two pairs of socks: a light inner sock, and a second outer sock. As a result I light the outer sock to be thin, otherwise my foot becomes too tight in the boot.
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Re: Darn Tough Socks
« Reply #2 on: January 22, 2016, 04:37:17 PM »
I've got 3 pairs of these ones. Love them for hiking and hunting.

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Re: Darn Tough Socks
« Reply #4 on: January 22, 2016, 05:57:13 PM »
I have been running them for a year+  and like them !!! Also FITS socks, I also run a silk  liner sock when hiking
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Re: Darn Tough Socks
« Reply #5 on: January 22, 2016, 06:18:31 PM »
I also run a silk  liner sock when hiking

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Re: Darn Tough Socks
« Reply #6 on: January 22, 2016, 06:22:52 PM »
I have been running them for a year+  and like them !!! Also FITS socks, I also run a silk  liner sock when hiking
So silk liner with the darn tough socks?

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Re: Darn Tough Socks
« Reply #7 on: January 22, 2016, 07:09:04 PM »
Yep silk will keep a dry barrier and merino will wick moisture away! I found this out while trying to break in a pair of Kennetrek boots that destroyed my feet ! But I still use this combo hot or cold and have had happy feet ever since!
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Re: Darn Tough Socks
« Reply #8 on: January 22, 2016, 09:12:26 PM »
I have probally 30 pairs of darn tough socks, it's all me and the wife has been wearing for the last 3 years, hunting, hiking, work, everyday. Never used a liner sock though.
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Re: Darn Tough Socks
« Reply #9 on: January 22, 2016, 09:23:49 PM »
my buddy wore those sock liners this year on a backpack trip, got blisters half way up the trail, took them off. its an ongoing joke about him wearing panyhose on a hunting trip

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Re: Darn Tough Socks
« Reply #10 on: January 22, 2016, 09:24:59 PM »
I don't do liner socks at all. I've tried. No good for me. Different strokes for different folks.
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Re: Darn Tough Socks
« Reply #11 on: January 22, 2016, 11:02:34 PM »
Darn toughs are great. The guys at Lathrop and sons really like them. Have used liners but they didn't seem to make a big difference to me. Some people swear by them.

My favorite is the cabelas ingenius. I bought some one day without looking into it much. I noticed that they didn't make my feet hot and sweaty nearly as much as the darn toughs or smartwools in the warmer weather. I went home and ordered 5 pair. Supposedly they're a liner sock and insulating sock in one. I also have no problem wearing them in below freezing weather.
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Re: Darn Tough Socks
« Reply #12 on: January 22, 2016, 11:18:23 PM »
I cant get the socks I love.  I bought 6 pairs of fox river socks from a sale bin at Dels feed back in 2006, they have been worn near daily, hiked in, hunted in, around the house, you name it I love these darn socks.  2 pairs now have blown holes in toes, and the other 4 pairs are getting weak.  I am guessing I will be losing my favorite socks ever this year and have found NO other socks that have ever held up like these.  10 years they have lasted at about 8 a pair pretty good investment.


these are similar but not the socks I have https://www.foxsox.com/catalog/product.aspx?type=sockfinder&sortorder=stylenumber&height=L0003&weight=W0003&padding=&content=I0006&temperature=&activity=&feature=&size=&audience=&stylenumber=&selectedstyle=2099

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Re: Darn Tough Socks
« Reply #13 on: January 23, 2016, 11:49:23 AM »
I cant get the socks I love.  I bought 6 pairs of fox river socks from a sale bin at Dels feed back in 2006, they have been worn near daily, hiked in, hunted in, around the house, you name it I love these darn socks.  2 pairs now have blown holes in toes, and the other 4 pairs are getting weak.  I am guessing I will be losing my favorite socks ever this year and have found NO other socks that have ever held up like these.  10 years they have lasted at about 8 a pair pretty good investment.


these are similar but not the socks I have https://www.foxsox.com/catalog/product.aspx?type=sockfinder&sortorder=stylenumber&height=L0003&weight=W0003&padding=&content=I0006&temperature=&activity=&feature=&size=&audience=&stylenumber=&selectedstyle=2099

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Re: Darn Tough Socks
« Reply #14 on: January 24, 2016, 05:42:03 AM »
I have probally 30 pairs of darn tough socks, it's all me and the wife has been wearing for the last 3 years, hunting, hiking, work, everyday. Never used a liner sock though.
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